Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Washington instead of Australia, you would:
Economy
be 29.9% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Australia, 13.4% live below the poverty line as of 2020. In Washington, however, that number is 9.4% as of 2023.
make 34.8% more money
Australia has a GDP per capita of $65,130 as of 2025, while in Washington, the GDP per capita is $87,768 as of 2024.
be 29.6% more likely to be unemployed
In Australia, 4.1% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Washington, that number is 5.3% as of 2025.
Sources: World Bank (2025), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), The World Factbook (2020), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
