Quality of life comparison
If you lived in South Dakota instead of Turkey, you would:
Economy
make 79.4% more money
Turkey has a GDP per capita of $34,400 as of 2023, while in South Dakota, the GDP per capita is $61,724 as of 2024.
be 74.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Turkey, 9.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In South Dakota, that number is 2.4% as of 2025.
be 22.2% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Turkey, 14.4% live below the poverty line as of 2020. In South Dakota, however, that number is 11.2% 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.
