Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Arkansas instead of Nicaragua, you would:
Economy
be 16.7% less likely to be unemployed
In Nicaragua, 5.0% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Arkansas, that number is 4.2% as of 2025.
make 14.9 times more money
Nicaragua has a GDP per capita of $3,173 as of 2025, while in Arkansas, the GDP per capita is $47,319 as of 2024.
Basic Needs
be 38.3% more likely to have internet access
In Nicaragua, approximately 61.4% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Arkansas, about 84.9% do as of 2023.
Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023). How we calculate this
