Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Oklahoma instead of Mexico, you would:
Economy
be 51.4% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Mexico, 29.6% live below the poverty line as of 2024. In Oklahoma, however, that number is 14.4% as of 2023.
make 3.7 times more money
Mexico has a GDP per capita of $13,889 as of 2025, while in Oklahoma, the GDP per capita is $51,007 as of 2024.
be 42.3% more likely to be unemployed
In Mexico, 2.7% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Oklahoma, that number is 3.8% as of 2025.
Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
