Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in District of Columbia instead of New Zealand, you would:

Health

be 25.6% less likely to be obese

In New Zealand, 34.0% of adults are obese as of 2024. In District of Columbia, that number is 25.3% of people as of 2022.

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Economy

make 4.2 times more money

New Zealand has a GDP per capita of $49,591 as of 2025, while in District of Columbia, the GDP per capita is $209,167 as of 2024.

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be 26.0% more likely to be unemployed

In New Zealand, 5.1% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In District of Columbia, that number is 6.4% as of 2025.

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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

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