Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Indiana instead of Spain, you would:
Health
be 2.5 times more likely to be obese
In Spain, 15.3% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Indiana, that number is 38.5% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 74.0% less likely to be unemployed
In Spain, 10.4% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Indiana, that number is 2.7% as of 2025.
be 42.6% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Spain, 20.2% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Indiana, however, that number is 11.6% as of 2023.
make 53.0% more money
Spain has a GDP per capita of $38,627 as of 2025, while in Indiana, the GDP per capita is $59,083 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), 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
