Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 8.7 years less

In Guam, the average life expectancy is 77 years (74 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2024. In Bolivia, that number is 69 years (66 years for men, 71 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

be 46.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Guam, 5.6% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Bolivia, that number is 3.0% as of 2025.

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make 87.7% less money

Guam has a GDP per capita of $41,833 as of 2022, while in Bolivia, the GDP per capita is $5,148 as of 2025.

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Life

have 21.3% more children

In Guam, there are approximately 17.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Bolivia, there are 21.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 23.9% more 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 Bolivia, on the other hand, 14.2 children do as of 2024.

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Infrastructure

find 6.6 times more home broadband

Guam has 1.8 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Bolivia has 12.1 as of 2024.

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

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Bolivia: At a glance

Bolivia is a sovereign country in South America, with a total land area of approximately 1,083,301 sq km. Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and countercoups. Democratic civilian rule was established in 1982, but leaders have faced difficult problems of deep-seated poverty, social unrest, and illegal drug production. In December 2005, Bolivians elected Movement Toward Socialism leader Evo MORALES president - by the widest margin of any leader since the restoration of civilian rule in 1982 - after he ran on a promise to change the country's traditional political class and empower the nation's poor, indigenous majority. In December 2009, President MORALES easily won reelection, and his party took control of the legislative branch of the government, which will allow him to continue his process of change. In October 2011, the country held its first judicial elections to select judges for the four highest courts.
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