Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Massachusetts instead of Turkey, you would:

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be 44.8% less likely to be unemployed

In Turkey, 8.5% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Massachusetts, that number is 4.7% as of 2025.

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be 26.9% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Turkey, 13.0% live below the poverty line as of 2024. In Massachusetts, however, that number is 9.5% as of 2023.

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make 4.7 times more money

Turkey has a GDP per capita of $18,599 as of 2025, while in Massachusetts, the GDP per capita is $87,892 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this

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