Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Alabama instead of Kazakhstan, you would:
Economy
make 38.7% more money
Kazakhstan has a GDP per capita of $35,500 as of 2023, while in Alabama, the GDP per capita is $49,225 as of 2024.
be 52.6% less likely to be unemployed
In Kazakhstan, 4.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Alabama, that number is 2.3% as of 2025.
be 2.8 times more likely to live below the poverty line
In Kazakhstan, 5.2% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Alabama, however, that number is 14.8% as of 2023.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Census Bureau (American Community Survey), Bureau of Economic Analysis.