Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Guam instead of Eritrea, you would:
Health
live 8.5 years longer
In Eritrea, the average life expectancy is 69 years (67 years for men, 71 years for women) as of 2024. In Guam, that number is 77 years (74 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2024.
Economy
be 54.0% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Eritrea, 50.0% live below the poverty line as of 2004. In Guam, however, that number is 23.0% as of 2001.
Life
be 53.6% less likely to die during infancy
In Eritrea, approximately 24.7 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.
have 39.6% fewer children
In Eritrea, there are approximately 28.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Guam, there are 17.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Basic Needs
be 83.8% more likely to have access to electricity
In Eritrea, approximately 54% of people have electricity access (77% in urban areas, and 37% in rural areas) as of 2023. In Guam, that number is 100% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 100% in rural areas) as of 2023.
be 3.0 times more likely to have internet access
In Eritrea, approximately 26.6% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Guam, about 80.5% do as of 2021.
Geography
see 94.4% less coastline
Eritrea has a total of 2,234 km of coastline. In Guam, that number is 126 km.
Infrastructure
find 10.8 times more home broadband
Eritrea has 0.2 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Guam has 1.8 as of 2022.
Sources: World Bank (2022–2024), The World Factbook (2001–2022), United Nations SDG Indicators (2022). How we calculate this
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