Quality of life comparison
compared to
If you lived in Washington instead of Bahrain, you would:
Economy
make 52.4% more money
Bahrain has a GDP per capita of $57,600 as of 2023, while in Washington, the GDP per capita is $87,768 as of 2024.
be 4.6 times more likely to be unemployed
In Bahrain, 1.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Washington, that number is 5.3% as of 2025.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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Bahrain is about 227 times smaller than Washington.
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