COMPARE COUNTRIES AND CITIES AROUND THE WORLD
MyLifeElsewhere is a collaborative community that allows you to compare the country you live in with other countries around the world. We'll show you various statistics that differentiate your country from others, including cost of living, geographic size, and more. If you moved to another country, what would your life be like?
Quality of Life
Compare healthcare, education, safety, and more across territories.
Cost of Living
See how prices for groceries, rent, and more stack up worldwide.
Size Comparison
Overlay countries, states, and cities on a map to see their true size.
Salary Estimator
Moving somewhere new? Calculate what salary you'd need to maintain your current lifestyle.
Try the calculator →Build Your Own True Size Map
Drag and drop countries onto an interactive true size map to compare their real area.
Launch the map →Best Country For...
Composite rankings scored across multiple quality of life and cost metrics.
France vs United States — See full comparison →
The Mercator Map Problem: How Big Are Countries Really?
How the Mercator projection distorts country sizes and how to see their real area.
Monthly Budget to Live Comfortably in Mexico City
What it actually costs to live well in CDMX — rent, food, transport, and more — based on real price data.
How to Compare Quality of Life Between Countries
A practical guide to the key metrics that define quality of life and how to compare them across countries.
California to West Virginia: $16,798 in Annual Savings
How cost of living varies dramatically across US states.
South Korea country of the day
South Korea (sometimes abbreviated ROK) is a sovereign country in East/Southeast Asia, with a total land area of approximately 96,920 sq km. An independent kingdom for much of its long history, Korea was occupied by Japan beginning in 1905 following the Russo-Japanese War. In 1910, Tokyo formally annexed the entire Peninsula.…