Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Iowa instead of Sri Lanka, you would:
Economy
make 4.9 times more money
Sri Lanka has a GDP per capita of $13,000 as of 2023, while in Iowa, the GDP per capita is $63,747 as of 2024.
be 48.1% less likely to be unemployed
In Sri Lanka, 6.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Iowa, that number is 3.3% as of 2025.
Basic Needs
be 31.2% more likely to have internet access
In Sri Lanka, approximately 67.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Iowa, about 87.9% 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.
