Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 6.1 years less

In Guam, the average life expectancy is 77 years (74 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2024. In Dominica, that number is 71 years (68 years for men, 75 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

make 73.7% less money

Guam has a GDP per capita of $41,833 as of 2022, while in Dominica, the GDP per capita is $10,989 as of 2025.

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Life

be 2.9 times 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 Dominica, on the other hand, 33.3 children do as of 2024.

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have 36.7% fewer children

In Guam, there are approximately 17.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Dominica, there are 11.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Geography

see 17.9% more coastline

Guam has a total of 126 km of coastline. In Dominica, that number is 148 km.

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Infrastructure

find 11.3 times more home broadband

Guam has 1.8 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Dominica has 20.9 as of 2022.

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

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Cost of Living Comparison · 6 categories - 2026 data
Dominica is 61.1% cheaper than Guam overall
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Dominica: At a glance

Dominica is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 751 sq km. Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands to be colonized by Europeans due chiefly to the fierce resistance of the native Caribs. France ceded possession to Great Britain in 1763, which made the island a colony in 1805. In 1980, two years after independence, Dominica's fortunes improved when a corrupt and tyrannical administration was replaced by that of Mary Eugenia CHARLES, the first female prime minister in the Caribbean, who remained in office for 15 years. Some 3,000 Carib Indians still living on Dominica are the only pre-Columbian population remaining in the eastern Caribbean.
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