Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in New Mexico instead of Oman, you would:

Economy

make 2.8 times more money

Oman has a GDP per capita of $19,947 as of 2025, while in New Mexico, the GDP per capita is $56,008 as of 2024.

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be 29.2% more likely to be unemployed

In Oman, 3.2% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In New Mexico, that number is 4.2% as of 2025.

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Basic Needs

be 11.3% less likely to have internet access

In Oman, approximately 95.2% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In New Mexico, about 84.5% 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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