Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Illinois instead of Peru, you would:

Health

be 18.7% more likely to be obese

In Peru, 29.1% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Illinois, that number is 34.6% of people as of 2022.

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Economy

be 55.6% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Peru, 25.7% live below the poverty line as of 2025. In Illinois, however, that number is 11.4% as of 2023.

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make 7.3 times more money

Peru has a GDP per capita of $9,684 as of 2025, while in Illinois, the GDP per capita is $70,691 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (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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