Quality of life comparison
If you lived in District of Columbia instead of Albania, you would:
Economy
be 41.4% less likely to be unemployed
In Albania, 10.9% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In District of Columbia, that number is 6.4% as of 2025.
be 31.0% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Albania, 19.7% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In District of Columbia, however, that number is 13.6% as of 2023.
make 16.1 times more money
Albania has a GDP per capita of $12,998 as of 2025, while in District of Columbia, the GDP per capita is $209,167 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
