Quality of life comparison
If you lived in United States instead of Greece, you would:
be 45.4% more likely to be obese
In Greece, 24.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In United States, that number is 36.2% of people as of 2016.
make 2.2 times more money
Greece has a GDP per capita of $27,800 as of 2017, while in United States, the GDP per capita is $59,800 as of 2017.
be 79.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Greece, 21.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In United States, that number is 4.4% as of 2017.
be 58.1% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Greece, 36.0% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In United States, however, that number is 15.1% as of 2010.
pay a 17.5% lower top tax rate
Greece has a top tax rate of 48.0% as of 2016. In United States, the top tax rate is 39.6% as of 2016.
have 59.0% more children
In Greece, there are approximately 7.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In United States, there are 12.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020.
be 6.3 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Greece, approximately 3.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In United States, 19.0 women do as of 2017.
be 43.2% more likely to die during infancy
In Greece, approximately 3.7 children die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In United States, on the other hand, 5.3 children do as of 2020.
be 19.6% more likely to have internet access
In Greece, approximately 73.0% of the population has internet access as of 2018. In United States, about 87.3% do as of 2018.
see 45.7% more coastline
Greece has a total of 13,676 km of coastline. In United States, that number is 19,924 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Internal Revenue Service, GSIS, Greece.
United States: At a glance
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