Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Alaska instead of Latvia, you would:
Economy
make 2.0 times more money
Latvia has a GDP per capita of $37,800 as of 2023, while in Alaska, the GDP per capita is $75,882 as of 2024.
be 23.4% less likely to be unemployed
In Latvia, 6.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Alaska, that number is 5.0% as of 2025.
be 56.0% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Latvia, 22.5% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Alaska, however, that number is 9.9% 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.
