Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Pennsylvania instead of Netherlands, you would:
Health
be 2.3 times more likely to be obese
In Netherlands, 14.7% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Pennsylvania, that number is 34.4% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 22.1% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Netherlands, 14.5% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Pennsylvania, however, that number is 11.3% as of 2023.
make 16.5% less money
Netherlands has a GDP per capita of $73,684 as of 2025, while in Pennsylvania, the GDP per capita is $61,506 as of 2024.
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
