Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Arizona instead of Norway, you would:
Health
be 66.4% more likely to be obese
In Norway, 20.2% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Arizona, that number is 33.6% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 13.8% less likely to be unemployed
In Norway, 4.6% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Arizona, that number is 4.0% as of 2025.
make 38.0% less money
Norway has a GDP per capita of $94,594 as of 2025, while in Arizona, the GDP per capita is $58,628 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
