Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Antigua and Barbuda instead of Guam, you would:

Economy

make 40.7% less money

Guam has a GDP per capita of $41,833 as of 2022, while in Antigua and Barbuda, the GDP per capita is $24,819 as of 2025.

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Life

be 38.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Guam, approximately 11.5 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Antigua and Barbuda, on the other hand, 7.0 children do as of 2024.

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have 32.2% fewer children

In Guam, there are approximately 17.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Antigua and Barbuda, there are 11.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Geography

see 21.9% more coastline

Guam has a total of 126 km of coastline. In Antigua and Barbuda, that number is 153 km.

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Infrastructure

find 5.8 times more home broadband

Guam has 1.8 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Antigua and Barbuda has 10.7 as of 2022.

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

Compare further: Guam vs. Antigua and Barbuda

Cost of Living Comparison · 6 categories - 2026 data
Antigua and Barbuda is 35.1% cheaper than Guam overall
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Antigua and Barbuda: At a glance

Antigua and Barbuda is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 442 sq km. The Siboney were the first people to inhabit the islands of Antigua and Barbuda in 2400 B.C., but Arawak Indians populated the islands when COLUMBUS landed on his second voyage in 1493. Early Spanish and French settlements were succeeded by an English colony in 1667. Slavery, established to run the sugar plantations on Antigua, was abolished in 1834. The islands became an independent state within the British Commonwealth of Nations in 1981.
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