If you lived in District of Columbia instead of Brunei, you would:

Economy

make 2.7 times more money

Brunei has a GDP per capita of $77,900 as of 2023, while in District of Columbia, the GDP per capita is $209,167 as of 2024.

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be 21.4% more likely to be unemployed

In Brunei, 5.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In District of Columbia, that number is 6.4% as of 2025.

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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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