Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Florida instead of Portugal, you would:
Health
be 80.4% more likely to be obese
In Portugal, 18.1% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Florida, that number is 32.6% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 28.6% less likely to be unemployed
In Portugal, 6.2% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Florida, that number is 4.4% as of 2025.
be 29.9% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Portugal, 16.4% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Florida, however, that number is 11.5% as of 2023.
make 79.7% more money
Portugal has a GDP per capita of $32,082 as of 2025, while in Florida, the GDP per capita is $57,636 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
