Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Guam instead of Colombia, you would:

Economy

be 32.8% less likely to be unemployed

In Colombia, 8.3% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Guam, that number is 5.6% as of 2025.

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make 4.9 times more money

Colombia has a GDP per capita of $8,562 as of 2025, while in Guam, the GDP per capita is $41,833 as of 2022.

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Life

have 30.9% more children

In Colombia, there are approximately 13.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Guam, there are 17.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Geography

see 96.1% less coastline

Colombia has a total of 3,208 km of coastline. In Guam, that number is 126 km.

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Infrastructure

find 89.3% less home broadband

Colombia has 17.2 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Guam has 1.8 as of 2022.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), The World Factbook. How we calculate this

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Guam: At a glance

Guam is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 544 sq km. Spain ceded Guam to the US in 1898. Captured by the Japanese in 1941, it was retaken by the US three years later. The military installations on the island are some of the most strategically important US bases in the Pacific.
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