Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Iowa instead of Singapore, you would:
Health
be 2.3 times more likely to be obese
In Singapore, 17.0% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Iowa, that number is 38.7% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 17.0% more likely to be unemployed
In Singapore, 2.8% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Iowa, that number is 3.3% as of 2025.
make 35.5% less money
Singapore has a GDP per capita of $98,814 as of 2025, while in Iowa, the GDP per capita is $63,747 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
