If you lived in Oklahoma instead of Egypt, you would:

Economy

be 44.0% less likely to be unemployed

In Egypt, 6.8% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Oklahoma, that number is 3.8% as of 2025.

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be 57.0% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Egypt, 33.5% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Oklahoma, however, that number is 14.4% as of 2023.

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make 16.5 times more money

Egypt has a GDP per capita of $3,086 as of 2025, while in Oklahoma, the GDP per capita is $51,007 as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 17.1% more likely to have internet access

In Egypt, approximately 74.7% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Oklahoma, about 87.4% do as of 2023.

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Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this

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