Quality of life comparison
If you lived in California instead of Uruguay, you would:
Economy
make 2.7 times more money
Uruguay has a GDP per capita of $30,700 as of 2023, while in California, the GDP per capita is $84,028 as of 2024.
be 38.9% less likely to be unemployed
In Uruguay, 8.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In California, that number is 5.1% as of 2025.
be 18.2% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Uruguay, 9.9% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In California, however, that number is 11.7% 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.
