Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Kansas instead of Romania, you would:
Economy
make 50.6% more money
Romania has a GDP per capita of $40,500 as of 2023, while in Kansas, the GDP per capita is $60,996 as of 2024.
be 39.3% less likely to be unemployed
In Romania, 5.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Kansas, that number is 3.4% as of 2025.
be 48.1% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Romania, 21.2% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Kansas, however, that number is 11.0% as of 2023.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Census Bureau (American Community Survey), Bureau of Economic Analysis.
