Quality of life comparison
compared to
If you lived in Illinois instead of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, you would:
Economy
make 3.9 times more money
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has a GDP per capita of $17,900 as of 2023, while in Illinois, the GDP per capita is $70,691 as of 2024.
be 74.3% less likely to be unemployed
In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 18.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Illinois, that number is 4.8% as of 2025.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Illinois is 3.0 times more expensive than Saint Vincent and the Grenadines overall
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is about 370 times smaller than Illinois.
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