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

Economy

be 66.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Jordan, 16.5% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Guam, that number is 5.6% as of 2025.

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make 7.8 times more money

Jordan has a GDP per capita of $5,348 as of 2025, while in Guam, the GDP per capita is $41,833 as of 2022.

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Life

have 15.2% fewer children

In Jordan, there are approximately 20.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Guam, there are 17.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 15.8% less likely to have internet access

In Jordan, approximately 95.6% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Guam, about 80.5% do as of 2021.

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Geography

see 4.8 times more coastline

Jordan has a total of 26 km of coastline. In Guam, that number is 126 km.

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Infrastructure

find 73.8% less home broadband

Jordan has 7.0 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Guam has 1.8 as of 2022.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), The World Factbook (2021). How we calculate this

Guam: At a glance

Guam is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 544 sq km. Spain ceded Guam to the US in 1898. Captured by the Japanese in 1941, it was retaken by the US three years later. The military installations on the island are some of the most strategically important US bases in the Pacific.
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