Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Florida instead of Sweden, you would:
Health
be 86.2% more likely to be obese
In Sweden, 17.5% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Florida, that number is 32.6% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 49.4% less likely to be unemployed
In Sweden, 8.7% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Florida, that number is 4.4% as of 2025.
be 28.6% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Sweden, 16.1% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Florida, however, that number is 11.5% as of 2023.
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). How we calculate this
