Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in North Carolina instead of Nicaragua, you would:

Economy

be 32.5% less likely to be unemployed

In Nicaragua, 5.0% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In North Carolina, that number is 3.4% as of 2025.

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make 18.7 times more money

Nicaragua has a GDP per capita of $3,173 as of 2025, while in North Carolina, the GDP per capita is $59,308 as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 44.5% more likely to have internet access

In Nicaragua, approximately 61.4% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In North Carolina, about 88.7% do as of 2023.

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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

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