If you lived in Ohio instead of Nicaragua, you would:

Economy

make 8.3 times more money

Nicaragua has a GDP per capita of $7,300 as of 2023, while in Ohio, the GDP per capita is $60,669 as of 2024.

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be 16.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Nicaragua, 4.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Ohio, that number is 4.0% as of 2025.

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Basic Needs

be 56.1% more likely to have internet access

In Nicaragua, approximately 57.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Ohio, about 89.0% do 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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