Quality of life comparison
If you lived in South Carolina instead of Turkey, you would:
Health
be 23.0% more likely to be obese
In Turkey, 28.8% of adults are obese as of 2024. In South Carolina, that number is 35.4% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 42.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Turkey, 8.5% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In South Carolina, that number is 4.9% as of 2025.
make 2.7 times more money
Turkey has a GDP per capita of $18,599 as of 2025, while in South Carolina, the GDP per capita is $49,914 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
