Vermont is the state with the smallest GDP, but it is sparsely populated which raises its $GPD/person. Yemen has a population of 22.5 M, Vermont only has 600,000. It’s 34 times better to live in Vermont than Yemen if money is your only yardstick.

Idaho and Sudan have $GDPs of $54.1 B and $54.6 B. With a population of 45 M in Sudan to 1.5M in Idaho, it’s 34 times better on the money yardstick to live in Idaho.

California is the biggest state with the biggest GDP at $1.88 T. That’s trillion with a ‘t’. It ranks up with Italy at $2.1 T, a mere $200B difference. With similar populations, it is 1.5 times better to live in California than Italy, although when the ratios are that small, many other factors come into play. Venice CA or Venice Italy? You decide.