Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Guam instead of China, you would:
Economy
make 3.0 times more money
China has a GDP per capita of $13,862 as of 2025, while in Guam, the GDP per capita is $41,833 as of 2022.
be 20.6% more likely to be unemployed
In China, 4.6% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Guam, that number is 5.6% as of 2025.
Life
have 2.6 times more children
In China, there are approximately 6.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Guam, there are 17.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 2.8 times more likely to die during infancy
In China, approximately 4.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Guam, on the other hand, 11.5 children do as of 2022.
Geography
see 99.1% less coastline
China has a total of 14,500 km of coastline. In Guam, that number is 126 km.
Safety
be 8.7 times more likely to be murdered
China has a homicide rate of 0.5 per 100,000 people as of 2020. In Guam, that number is 4.3 per 100,000 as of 2019.
Infrastructure
find 96.1% less home broadband
China has 47.2 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Guam has 1.8 as of 2022.
Sources: World Bank (2019–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this
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