Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Spain 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 Spain, that number is 84 years (81 years for men, 86 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

be 86.4% more likely to be unemployed

In Guam, 5.6% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Spain, that number is 10.4% as of 2025.

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Life

be 77.3% 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 Spain, on the other hand, 2.6 children do as of 2024.

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have 62.5% fewer children

In Guam, there are approximately 17.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Spain, there are 6.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 19.0% more likely to have internet access

In Guam, approximately 80.5% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Spain, about 95.8% do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 39.6 times more coastline

Guam has a total of 126 km of coastline. In Spain, that number is 4,964 km.

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Infrastructure

find 21.3 times more home broadband

Guam has 1.8 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Spain has 39.2 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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Spain is 43.3% cheaper than Guam overall
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Spain: At a glance

Spain is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 498,980 sq km. Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in economic and political power. Spain remained neutral in World War I and II but suffered through a devastating civil war (1936-39). A peaceful transition to democracy following the death of dictator Francisco FRANCO in 1975, and rapid economic modernization (Spain joined the EU in 1986) gave Spain a dynamic and rapidly growing economy and made it a global champion of freedom and human rights. More recently the government has had to focus on measures to reverse a severe economic recession that began in mid-2008. Austerity measures implemented to reduce a large budget deficit and reassure foreign investors have led to one of the highest unemployment rates in Europe.
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