Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Guam instead of Israel, you would:
Health
live 5.8 years less
In Israel, the average life expectancy is 83 years (81 years for men, 85 years for women) as of 2024. In Guam, that number is 77 years (74 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2024.
Economy
be 59.6% more likely to be unemployed
In Israel, 3.5% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Guam, that number is 5.6% as of 2025.
make 30.7% less money
Israel has a GDP per capita of $60,337 as of 2025, while in Guam, the GDP per capita is $41,833 as of 2022.
Life
be 4.2 times more likely to die during infancy
In Israel, approximately 2.7 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Guam, on the other hand, 11.5 children do as of 2022.
Geography
see 54.0% less coastline
Israel has a total of 273 km of coastline. In Guam, that number is 126 km.
Safety
be 2.7 times more likely to be murdered
Israel has a homicide rate of 1.6 per 100,000 people as of 2022. In Guam, that number is 4.3 per 100,000 as of 2019.
Infrastructure
find 93.7% less home broadband
Israel has 29.2 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Guam has 1.8 as of 2022.
Sources: World Bank (2019–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this
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