Quality of life comparison
If you lived in North Carolina instead of Turkey, you would:
Economy
make 72.4% more money
Turkey has a GDP per capita of $34,400 as of 2023, while in North Carolina, the GDP per capita is $59,308 as of 2024.
be 63.9% less likely to be unemployed
In Turkey, 9.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In North Carolina, that number is 3.4% as of 2025.
be 16.0% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Turkey, 14.4% live below the poverty line as of 2020. In North Carolina, however, that number is 12.1% 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.
