If you lived in Oklahoma instead of Syria, you would:

Economy

make 17.6 times more money

Syria has a GDP per capita of $2,900 as of 2021, while in Oklahoma, the GDP per capita is $51,007 as of 2024.

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be 71.9% less likely to be unemployed

In Syria, 13.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Oklahoma, that number is 3.8% as of 2025.

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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.

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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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