Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Utah instead of Guyana, you would:

Economy

be 70.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Guyana, 12.0% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Utah, that number is 3.5% as of 2025.

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make 2.0 times more money

Guyana has a GDP per capita of $32,414 as of 2025, while in Utah, the GDP per capita is $66,207 as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 11.9% more likely to have internet access

In Guyana, approximately 83.0% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Utah, about 92.9% do as of 2023.

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Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023). How we calculate this

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