Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in District of Columbia instead of Taiwan, you would:

Health

live 3.2 years less

In Taiwan, the average life expectancy is 81 years (78 years for men, 84 years for women) as of 2022. In District of Columbia, that number is 78 years (75 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2019.

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Sources: The World Factbook (2022), OECD Regional Demography (2019). How we calculate this

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