Do you have ambition to live or retire abroad?

Somebody showed me this yesterday:

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/...orest US state has,than Germany's at €51,304.
I'm like, yeah but the standard of living is so much higher in Germany than in Mississippi. Plus good education, free healthcare, etc.

so then you have to ask yourself how does Mississippi, with a "per capita GDP" that exceeds Spain, rank the lowest in almost every metric?

Spain.
Portugal
France
Austria
Switzerland
Italy

WHERE IN THE !@#!@# is the money going?