Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Guam instead of Italy, you would:
Health
live 6.5 years less
In Italy, the average life expectancy is 84 years (82 years for men, 86 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 12.8% less likely to be unemployed
In Italy, 6.4% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Guam, that number is 5.6% as of 2025.
Life
have 2.8 times more children
In Italy, there are approximately 6.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Guam, there are 17.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 5.0 times more likely to die during infancy
In Italy, approximately 2.3 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 98.3% less coastline
Italy has a total of 7,600 km of coastline. In Guam, that number is 126 km.
Infrastructure
find 94.2% less home broadband
Italy has 31.8 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Guam has 1.8 as of 2022.
Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this
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Guam: At a glance
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