Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Oklahoma instead of Syria, you would:
Health
be 22.2% more likely to be obese
In Syria, 33.0% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Oklahoma, that number is 40.3% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 72.0% less likely to be unemployed
In Syria, 13.6% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Oklahoma, that number is 3.8% as of 2025.
make 48.3 times more money
Syria has a GDP per capita of $1,057 as of 2022, while in Oklahoma, the GDP per capita is $51,007 as of 2024.
Basic Needs
be 87.6% more likely to have internet access
In Syria, approximately 46.6% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Oklahoma, about 87.4% do as of 2023.
Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024), The World Factbook (2022), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023). How we calculate this
