Ranking Countries
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If Illinoiswere a country
IL
Where it ranks in Europe —
median rank 37th
·
all states
vs US states
vs Europe
vs World
▸
Life expectancy
77.1 years
’21
35th
▸
Lowest homicide rate
8.4 per 100k
’24
45th
▸
Lowest gun deaths
†
12.5 per 100k
’24
44th
▸
Lowest prisoner population
†
238 per 100k
’23
43rd
▸
Paid maternity leave
†
0 weeks
’26
32nd
▸
Statutory paid holiday
0 days
’26
30th
▸
Lowest road deaths
†
9.3 per 100k
’24
38th
▸
Lowest drug deaths
‡
15.4 per 100k
’25
34th
▸
Lowest obesity
‡
34.2 % of adults
’24
39th
▸
GDP per capita
†
$90,418
’24
5th
▸
Lowest unemployment
5%
’24
18th
▸
Lowest infant mortality
5.7 per 1k births
’24
40th
▸
Lowest suicide rate
†
11.4 per 100k
’24
17th
▸
Lowest CO₂ per person
†
14.6 t per person
’22
39th
▸
Renewable energy share
†
7.6%
’24
42nd
▸
Nobel laureates per million
‡
2.2 per million
’25
5th
▸
Population
12.7M people
’25
11th
▸
Land area
143,779 km²
’25
14th
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