Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Economy

be 15.6% less likely to be unemployed

In Guam, 5.6% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Massachusetts, that number is 4.7% as of 2025.

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make 2.1 times more money

Guam has a GDP per capita of $41,833 as of 2022, while in Massachusetts, the GDP per capita is $87,892 as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 14.2% more likely to have internet access

In Guam, approximately 80.5% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Massachusetts, about 91.9% do as of 2023.

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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

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