Quality of life comparison
If you lived in District of Columbia instead of Latvia, you would:
Health
be 13.4% more likely to be obese
In Latvia, 22.3% of adults are obese as of 2024. In District of Columbia, that number is 25.3% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 39.6% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Latvia, 22.5% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In District of Columbia, however, that number is 13.6% as of 2023.
make 7.9 times more money
Latvia has a GDP per capita of $26,312 as of 2025, while in District of Columbia, the GDP per capita is $209,167 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), World Health Organization (2024), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PLACES) (2022), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
