Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Pennsylvania instead of Sri Lanka, you would:
Economy
make 4.7 times more money
Sri Lanka has a GDP per capita of $13,000 as of 2023, while in Pennsylvania, the GDP per capita is $61,506 as of 2024.
be 41.8% less likely to be unemployed
In Sri Lanka, 6.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Pennsylvania, that number is 3.7% as of 2025.
Basic Needs
be 32.5% more likely to have internet access
In Sri Lanka, approximately 67.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Pennsylvania, about 88.8% 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.
