Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Massachusetts instead of Puerto Rico, you would:
Health
be 32.1% less likely to be obese
In Puerto Rico, 42.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Massachusetts, that number is 28.8% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 21.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Puerto Rico, 6.0% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Massachusetts, that number is 4.7% as of 2025.
make 2.2 times more money
Puerto Rico has a GDP per capita of $40,620 as of 2025, while in Massachusetts, the GDP per capita is $87,892 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
