Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines instead of District of Columbia, you would:

Health

be 36.8% more likely to be obese

In District of Columbia, 25.3% of adults are obese as of 2022. In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, that number is 34.6% of people as of 2024.

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Economy

be 2.8 times more likely to be unemployed

In District of Columbia, 6.4% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, that number is 18.0% as of 2025.

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make 94.0% less money

District of Columbia has a GDP per capita of $209,167 as of 2024, while in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the GDP per capita is $12,562 as of 2025.

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Basic Needs

be 15.6% less likely to have internet access

In District of Columbia, approximately 90.3% of the population has internet access as of 2023. In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, about 76.2% do as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), World Health Organization (2024), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023). How we calculate this

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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is 62.1% cheaper than District of Columbia
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District of Columbia is about 2.2 times smaller than Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: At a glance

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 389 sq km. Resistance by native Caribs prevented colonization on Saint Vincent until 1719. Disputed between France and the United Kingdom for most of the 18th century, the island was ceded to the latter in 1783. Between 1960 and 1962, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was a separate administrative unit of the Federation of the West Indies. Autonomy was granted in 1969 and independence in 1979.
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