Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Guam instead of Sweden, you would:
Health
live 6.6 years less
In Sweden, the average life expectancy is 84 years (83 years for men, 86 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
be 35.9% less likely to be unemployed
In Sweden, 8.7% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Guam, that number is 5.6% as of 2025.
make 33.7% less money
Sweden has a GDP per capita of $63,133 as of 2025, while in Guam, the GDP per capita is $41,833 as of 2022.
Life
have 86.5% more children
In Sweden, there are approximately 9.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Guam, there are 17.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 5.7 times more likely to die during infancy
In Sweden, approximately 2.0 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.
Geography
see 96.1% less coastline
Sweden has a total of 3,218 km of coastline. In Guam, that number is 126 km.
Infrastructure
find 95.5% less home broadband
Sweden has 40.6 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Guam has 1.8 as of 2022.
Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this
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Guam: At a glance
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