Quality of life comparison
If you lived in District of Columbia instead of Brunei, you would:
Health
be 31.7% less likely to be obese
In Brunei, 37.0% of adults are obese as of 2024. In District of Columbia, that number is 25.3% of people as of 2022.
Economy
make 6.5 times more money
Brunei has a GDP per capita of $32,235 as of 2025, while in District of Columbia, the GDP per capita is $209,167 as of 2024.
be 21.2% more likely to be unemployed
In Brunei, 5.3% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In District of Columbia, that number is 6.4% as of 2025.
Sources: World Bank (2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
