Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Mississippi instead of Poland, you would:
Health
be 92.2% more likely to be obese
In Poland, 21.8% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Mississippi, that number is 41.9% of people as of 2022.
Economy
make 47.0% more money
Poland has a GDP per capita of $28,420 as of 2025, while in Mississippi, the GDP per capita is $41,778 as of 2024.
be 36.3% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Poland, 13.5% live below the poverty line as of 2025. In Mississippi, however, that number is 18.4% as of 2023.
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
