Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Washington instead of Turkey, you would:
Economy
be 37.8% less likely to be unemployed
In Turkey, 8.5% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Washington, that number is 5.3% as of 2025.
be 27.7% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Turkey, 13.0% live below the poverty line as of 2024. In Washington, however, that number is 9.4% as of 2023.
make 4.7 times more money
Turkey has a GDP per capita of $18,599 as of 2025, while in Washington, the GDP per capita is $87,768 as of 2024.
Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
