Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Louisiana instead of Ukraine, you would:
Health
be 78.0% more likely to be obese
In Ukraine, 22.8% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Louisiana, that number is 40.6% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 20.7% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Ukraine, 23.2% live below the poverty line as of 2020. In Louisiana, however, that number is 18.4% as of 2023.
make 9.5 times more money
Ukraine has a GDP per capita of $5,866 as of 2025, while in Louisiana, the GDP per capita is $55,662 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2020–2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
