Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Texas instead of Sweden, you would:
Health
be 2.1 times more likely to be obese
In Sweden, 17.5% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Texas, that number is 36.8% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 55.1% less likely to be unemployed
In Sweden, 8.7% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Texas, that number is 3.9% as of 2025.
be 21.7% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Sweden, 16.1% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Texas, however, that number is 12.6% as of 2023.
make 11.0% more money
Sweden has a GDP per capita of $63,133 as of 2025, while in Texas, the GDP per capita is $70,071 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
