Quality of life comparison
If you lived in North Dakota instead of Ukraine, you would:
Health
be 62.6% more likely to be obese
In Ukraine, 22.8% of adults are obese as of 2024. In North Dakota, that number is 37.1% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 56.9% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Ukraine, 23.2% live below the poverty line as of 2020. In North Dakota, however, that number is 10.0% as of 2023.
make 13.5 times more money
Ukraine has a GDP per capita of $5,866 as of 2025, while in North Dakota, the GDP per capita is $79,272 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
