Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Michigan instead of Guam, you would:
Economy
be 13.8% less likely to be unemployed
In Guam, 5.6% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Michigan, that number is 4.8% as of 2025.
make 32.7% more money
Guam has a GDP per capita of $41,833 as of 2022, while in Michigan, the GDP per capita is $55,508 as of 2024.
Basic Needs
be 11.1% more likely to have internet access
In Guam, approximately 80.5% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Michigan, about 89.4% 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
