Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Alaska instead of Afghanistan, you would:
Health
be 55.1% more likely to be obese
In Afghanistan, 20.6% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Alaska, that number is 31.9% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 62.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Afghanistan, 13.3% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Alaska, that number is 5.0% as of 2025.
make 182.0 times more money
Afghanistan has a GDP per capita of $417 as of 2024, while in Alaska, the GDP per capita is $75,882 as of 2024.
Basic Needs
be 5.6 times more likely to have internet access
In Afghanistan, approximately 16.1% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Alaska, about 90.8% do as of 2023.
Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023). How we calculate this
