Quality of life comparison
compared to
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.
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.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis.