Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Guam instead of Liberia, you would:
Health
live 15.1 years longer
In Liberia, the average life expectancy is 62 years (61 years for men, 64 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
make 45.7 times more money
Liberia has a GDP per capita of $915 as of 2025, while in Guam, the GDP per capita is $41,833 as of 2022.
be 93.4% more likely to be unemployed
In Liberia, 2.9% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Guam, that number is 5.6% as of 2025.
Life
be 81.9% less likely to die during infancy
In Liberia, approximately 63.2 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.
have 43.3% fewer children
In Liberia, there are approximately 30.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Guam, there are 17.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Basic Needs
be 3.1 times more likely to have access to electricity
In Liberia, approximately 32% of people have electricity access (53% in urban areas, and 9% in rural areas) as of 2023. In Guam, that number is 100% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 100% in rural areas) as of 2023.
be 2.5 times more likely to have internet access
In Liberia, approximately 32.2% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Guam, about 80.5% do as of 2021.
be 26.3% more likely to have access to drinking water
In Liberia, approximately 79% of people have access to drinking water as of 2024. In Guam, 100% of people do as of 2024.
Geography
see 78.3% less coastline
Liberia has a total of 579 km of coastline. In Guam, that number is 126 km.
Infrastructure
find 6.8 times more home broadband
Liberia has 0.3 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Guam has 1.8 as of 2022.
Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), The World Factbook (2021–2022). How we calculate this
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Guam: At a glance
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