Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Alaska instead of Saudi Arabia, you would:
Health
be 20.4% less likely to be obese
In Saudi Arabia, 40.1% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Alaska, that number is 31.9% of people as of 2022.
Economy
make 2.2 times more money
Saudi Arabia has a GDP per capita of $34,537 as of 2025, while in Alaska, the GDP per capita is $75,882 as of 2024.
be 64.5% more likely to be unemployed
In Saudi Arabia, 3.0% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Alaska, that number is 5.0% as of 2025.
Sources: World Bank (2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
