Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 6.5 years longer

In Guam, the average life expectancy is 77 years (74 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2024. In Italy, that number is 84 years (82 years for men, 86 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

be 14.7% more likely to be unemployed

In Guam, 5.6% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Italy, that number is 6.4% as of 2025.

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Life

be 79.9% 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 Italy, on the other hand, 2.3 children do as of 2024.

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have 63.7% fewer children

In Guam, there are approximately 17.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Italy, there are 6.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 10.8% more likely to have internet access

In Guam, approximately 80.5% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Italy, about 89.2% do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 60.6 times more coastline

Guam has a total of 126 km of coastline. In Italy, that number is 7,600 km.

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Infrastructure

find 17.3 times more home broadband

Guam has 1.8 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Italy has 31.8 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), The World Factbook (2021–2022). How we calculate this

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Italy is 41.5% cheaper than Guam overall
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Italy: At a glance

Italy is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 294,140 sq km. Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the regional states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI established a Fascist dictatorship. His alliance with Nazi Germany led to Italy's defeat in World War II. A democratic republic replaced the monarchy in 1946 and economic revival followed. Italy is a charter member of NATO and the European Economic Community (EEC). It has been at the forefront of European economic and political unification, joining the Economic and Monetary Union in 1999. Persistent problems include sluggish economic growth, high youth and female unemployment, organized crime, corruption, and economic disparities between southern Italy and the more prosperous north.
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