Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in United States instead of Guernsey, you would:

Health

live 4.3 years less

In Guernsey, the average life expectancy is 83 years (81 years for men, 86 years for women) as of 2022. In United States, that number is 79 years (76 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

be 29.8% less likely to be unemployed

In Guernsey, 6.0% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2023. In United States, that number is 4.2% as of 2025.

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Life

be 63.7% more likely to die during infancy

In Guernsey, approximately 3.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In United States, on the other hand, 5.5 children do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 398.5 times more coastline

Guernsey has a total of 50 km of coastline. In United States, that number is 19,924 km.

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Sources: The World Factbook (2022–2023), World Bank (2024–2025). How we calculate this

Compare further: Guernsey vs. United States

Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
United States is 9.9% cheaper than Guernsey overall
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Size Comparison · See true size
Guernsey is about 126,071 times smaller than United States.
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United States: At a glance

United States (sometimes abbreviated US or USA) is a sovereign country in North America, with a total land area of approximately 9,147,593 sq km. Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the original 13 as the nation expanded across the North American continent and acquired a number of overseas possessions. The two most traumatic experiences in the nation's history were the Civil War (1861-65), in which a northern Union of states defeated a secessionist Confederacy of 11 southern slave states, and the Great Depression of the 1930s, an economic downturn during which about a quarter of the labor force lost its jobs. Buoyed by victories in World Wars I and II and the end of the Cold War in 1991, the US remains the world's most powerful nation state. Since the end of World War II, the economy has achieved relatively steady growth, low unemployment and inflation, and rapid advances in technology.
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