Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 10.2 years less

In Guam, the average life expectancy is 77 years (74 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2024. In Tuvalu, that number is 67 years (64 years for men, 71 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

make 85.6% less money

Guam has a GDP per capita of $41,833 as of 2022, while in Tuvalu, the GDP per capita is $6,041 as of 2025.

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Life

have 26.7% more children

In Guam, there are approximately 17.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Tuvalu, there are 22.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 44.0% more 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 Tuvalu, on the other hand, 16.5 children do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 80.9% less coastline

Guam has a total of 126 km of coastline. In Tuvalu, that number is 24 km.

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Infrastructure

find 2.5 times more home broadband

Guam has 1.8 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Tuvalu has 4.5 as of 2022.

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

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Tuvalu is 79.3% cheaper than Guam overall
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Tuvalu: At a glance

Tuvalu is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 26 sq km. In 1974, ethnic differences within the British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands caused the Polynesians of the Ellice Islands to vote for separation from the Micronesians of the Gilbert Islands. The following year, the Ellice Islands became the separate British colony of Tuvalu. Independence was granted in 1978. In 2000, Tuvalu negotiated a contract leasing its Internet domain name ".tv" for $50 million in royalties over a 12-year period.
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