Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Economy

make 2.1 times more money

Guam has a GDP per capita of $41,833 as of 2022, while in Washington, the GDP per capita is $87,768 as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 15.7% more likely to have internet access

In Guam, approximately 80.5% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Washington, about 93.1% do as of 2023.

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Sources: World Bank (2022), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024), The World Factbook (2021), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023). How we calculate this

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