Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Washington instead of Puerto Rico, you would:
Health
be 26.6% less likely to be obese
In Puerto Rico, 42.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Washington, that number is 31.1% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 11.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Puerto Rico, 6.0% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Washington, that number is 5.3% as of 2025.
make 2.2 times more money
Puerto Rico has a GDP per capita of $40,620 as of 2025, while in Washington, the GDP per capita is $87,768 as of 2024.
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
