Quality of life comparison
If you lived in District of Columbia instead of Suriname, you would:
Health
be 17.8% less likely to be obese
In Suriname, 30.8% of adults are obese as of 2024. In District of Columbia, that number is 25.3% of people as of 2022.
Economy
be 18.3% less likely to be unemployed
In Suriname, 7.8% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In District of Columbia, that number is 6.4% as of 2025.
be 22.7% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Suriname, 17.6% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In District of Columbia, however, that number is 13.6% as of 2023.
make 29.6 times more money
Suriname has a GDP per capita of $7,070 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), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
