Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Guam instead of Maldives, you would:
Economy
make 2.7 times more money
Maldives has a GDP per capita of $13,000 as of 2020, while in Guam, the GDP per capita is $35,600 as of 2016.
be 55.2% more likely to be unemployed
In Maldives, 2.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Guam, that number is 4.5% as of 2017.
be 2.8 times more likely to live below the poverty line
In Maldives, 8.2% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Guam, however, that number is 23.0% as of 2001.
Life
be 55.4% less likely to die during infancy
In Maldives, approximately 25.7 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Guam, on the other hand, 11.5 children do as of 2022.
have 19.4% more children
In Maldives, there are approximately 15.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Guam, there are 18.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 28.6% more likely to have internet access
In Maldives, approximately 63.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Guam, about 81.0% do as of 2019.
Geography
see 80.5% less coastline
Maldives has a total of 644 km of coastline. In Guam, that number is 126 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Guam: At a glance
How big is Guam compared to Maldives? See an in-depth size comparison.