Quality of life comparison

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

Economy

be 3.0 times more likely to be unemployed

In Guam, 5.6% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Jordan, that number is 16.5% as of 2025.

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make 87.2% less money

Guam has a GDP per capita of $41,833 as of 2022, while in Jordan, the GDP per capita is $5,348 as of 2025.

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Life

have 17.9% more children

In Guam, there are approximately 17.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Jordan, there are 20.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 18.8% more likely to have internet access

In Guam, approximately 80.5% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Jordan, about 95.6% do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 79.3% less coastline

Guam has a total of 126 km of coastline. In Jordan, that number is 26 km.

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Infrastructure

find 3.8 times more home broadband

Guam has 1.8 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Jordan has 7.0 as of 2024.

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

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Jordan: At a glance

Jordan is a sovereign country in Middle East, with a total land area of approximately 88,802 sq km. Following World War I and the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, the League of Nations awarded Britain the mandate to govern much of the Middle East. Britain demarcated a semi-autonomous region of Transjordan from Palestine in the early 1920s. The area gained its independence in 1946 and thereafter became The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The country's long-time ruler, King HUSSEIN (1953-99), successfully navigated competing pressures from the major powers (US, USSR, and UK), various Arab states, Israel, and a large internal Palestinian population. Jordan lost the West Bank to Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War. King HUSSEIN in 1988 permanently relinquished Jordanian claims to the West Bank; in 1994 he signed a peace treaty with Israel. King ABDALLAH II, King HUSSEIN's eldest son, assumed the throne following his father's death in 1999. He implemented modest political and economic reforms, but in the wake of the "Arab Revolution" across the Middle East, Jordanians continue to press for further political liberalization, government reforms, and economic improvements. In January 2014, Jordan assumed a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2014-15 term.
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