Quality of life comparison
If you lived in South Dakota instead of Ukraine, you would:
Health
be 56.1% more likely to be obese
In Ukraine, 22.8% of adults are obese as of 2024. In South Dakota, that number is 35.6% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 51.7% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Ukraine, 23.2% live below the poverty line as of 2020. In South Dakota, however, that number is 11.2% as of 2023.
make 10.5 times more money
Ukraine has a GDP per capita of $5,866 as of 2025, while in South Dakota, the GDP per capita is $61,724 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
