Quality of life comparison
If you lived in North Dakota instead of Turkey, you would:
Health
be 29.0% more likely to be obese
In Turkey, 28.8% of adults are obese as of 2024. In North Dakota, that number is 37.1% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 70.7% less likely to be unemployed
In Turkey, 8.5% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In North Dakota, that number is 2.5% as of 2025.
be 23.1% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Turkey, 13.0% live below the poverty line as of 2024. In North Dakota, however, that number is 10.0% as of 2023.
make 4.3 times more money
Turkey has a GDP per capita of $18,599 as of 2025, while in North Dakota, the GDP per capita is $79,272 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), 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
