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If West Virginiawere a country
WV
Where it ranks in Europe —
median rank 40th
·
all states
vs US states
vs Europe
vs World
▸
Life expectancy
71 years
’21
45th
▸
Lowest homicide rate
5.5 per 100k
’24
44th
▸
Lowest gun deaths
†
15.9 per 100k
’24
44th
▸
Lowest prisoner population
†
328 per 100k
’23
44th
▸
Paid maternity leave
†
0 weeks
’26
32nd
▸
Statutory paid holiday
0 days
’26
30th
▸
Lowest road deaths
†
14.5 per 100k
’24
44th
▸
Lowest drug deaths
‡
37.9 per 100k
’25
35th
▸
Lowest obesity
‡
41.4 % of adults
’24
42nd
▸
GDP per capita
†
$67,314
’24
15th
▸
Lowest unemployment
4.1%
’24
12th
▸
Lowest infant mortality
6.6 per 1k births
’24
41st
▸
Lowest suicide rate
†
17.1 per 100k
’24
36th
▸
Lowest CO₂ per person
†
44.6 t per person
’22
39th
▸
Renewable energy share
†
3.3%
’24
43rd
▸
Nobel laureates per million
‡
1.13 per million
’25
10th
▸
Population
1.8M people
’25
35th
▸
Land area
62,267 km²
’25
25th
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