Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Oklahoma instead of Uruguay, you would:
Health
be 15.3% more likely to be obese
In Uruguay, 35.0% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Oklahoma, that number is 40.3% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 49.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Uruguay, 7.5% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Oklahoma, that number is 3.8% as of 2025.
be 16.8% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Uruguay, 17.3% live below the poverty line as of 2024. In Oklahoma, however, that number is 14.4% as of 2023.
make 2.0 times more money
Uruguay has a GDP per capita of $25,216 as of 2025, while in Oklahoma, the GDP per capita is $51,007 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
