Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Illinois instead of Sri Lanka, you would:
Economy
make 5.4 times more money
Sri Lanka has a GDP per capita of $13,000 as of 2023, while in Illinois, the GDP per capita is $70,691 as of 2024.
be 24.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Sri Lanka, 6.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Illinois, that number is 4.8% as of 2025.
Basic Needs
be 33.7% more likely to have internet access
In Sri Lanka, approximately 67.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Illinois, about 89.6% do 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.
