Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in District of Columbia instead of Sri Lanka, you would:

Economy

make 16.1 times more money

Sri Lanka has a GDP per capita of $13,000 as of 2023, while in District of Columbia, the GDP per capita is $209,167 as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 34.8% more likely to have internet access

In Sri Lanka, approximately 67.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In District of Columbia, about 90.3% do as of 2023.

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The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, US Census Bureau (American Community Survey), Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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