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

Economy

be 49.3% less likely to be unemployed

In Lebanon, 11.0% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2023. In Guam, that number is 5.6% as of 2025.

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make 9.4 times more money

Lebanon has a GDP per capita of $4,473 as of 2024, while in Guam, the GDP per capita is $41,833 as of 2022.

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Life

be 25.1% less likely to die during infancy

In Lebanon, approximately 15.3 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.

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Geography

see 44.2% less coastline

Lebanon has a total of 225 km of coastline. In Guam, that number is 126 km.

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Safety

be 93.3% more likely to be murdered

Lebanon has a homicide rate of 2.2 per 100,000 people as of 2020. In Guam, that number is 4.3 per 100,000 as of 2019.

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Infrastructure

find 74.8% less home broadband

Lebanon has 7.3 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Guam has 1.8 as of 2022.

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Sources: World Bank (2019–2025), The World Factbook (2022). 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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