Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Ohio instead of Netherlands, you would:

Health

be 2.7 times more likely to be obese

In Netherlands, 14.7% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Ohio, that number is 39.5% of people as of 2022.

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Economy

be 11.7% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Netherlands, 14.5% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Ohio, however, that number is 12.8% as of 2023.

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make 17.7% less money

Netherlands has a GDP per capita of $73,684 as of 2025, while in Ohio, the GDP per capita is $60,669 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this

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