If you lived in Mississippi instead of Mongolia, you would:

Economy

make 2.6 times more money

Mongolia has a GDP per capita of $16,300 as of 2023, while in Mississippi, the GDP per capita is $41,778 as of 2024.

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be 49.4% less likely to be unemployed

In Mongolia, 6.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Mississippi, that number is 3.1% as of 2025.

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be 33.8% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Mongolia, 27.8% live below the poverty line as of 2020. In Mississippi, however, that number is 18.4% as of 2023.

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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.

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