Quality of life comparison
If you lived in California instead of Netherlands, you would:
Health
be 93.3% more likely to be obese
In Netherlands, 14.7% of adults are obese as of 2024. In California, that number is 28.4% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 19.3% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Netherlands, 14.5% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In California, however, that number is 11.7% as of 2023.
make 14.0% more money
Netherlands has a GDP per capita of $73,684 as of 2025, while in California, the GDP per capita is $84,028 as of 2024.
be 31.8% more likely to be unemployed
In Netherlands, 3.9% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In California, that number is 5.1% as of 2025.
Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
