If you lived in Guam instead of Saudi Arabia, you would:

Health

live 1.6 years less

In Saudi Arabia, the average life expectancy is 79 years (77 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2024. In Guam, that number is 77 years (74 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

make 21.1% more money

Saudi Arabia has a GDP per capita of $34,537 as of 2025, while in Guam, the GDP per capita is $41,833 as of 2022.

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be 83.2% more likely to be unemployed

In Saudi Arabia, 3.0% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Guam, that number is 5.6% as of 2025.

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Life

be 2.4 times more likely to die during infancy

In Saudi Arabia, approximately 4.7 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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Basic Needs

be 19.5% less likely to have internet access

In Saudi Arabia, approximately 100.0% of the population has internet access as of 2024. In Guam, about 80.5% do as of 2021.

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Geography

see 95.2% less coastline

Saudi Arabia has a total of 2,640 km of coastline. In Guam, that number is 126 km.

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Safety

be 4.6 times more likely to be murdered

Saudi Arabia has a homicide rate of 0.9 per 100,000 people as of 2019. In Guam, that number is 4.3 per 100,000 as of 2019.

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Infrastructure

find 95.8% less home broadband

Saudi Arabia has 44.1 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Guam has 1.8 as of 2022.

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Sources: World Bank (2019–2025), The World Factbook (2021–2022). 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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