Quality of life comparison
If you lived in District of Columbia instead of Guam, you would:
Economy
make 5.0 times more money
Guam has a GDP per capita of $41,833 as of 2022, while in District of Columbia, the GDP per capita is $209,167 as of 2024.
be 14.9% more likely to be unemployed
In Guam, 5.6% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In District of Columbia, that number is 6.4% as of 2025.
Basic Needs
be 12.2% more likely to have internet access
In Guam, approximately 80.5% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In District of Columbia, about 90.3% do as of 2023.
Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024), The World Factbook (2021), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023). How we calculate this
