If you lived in Guam instead of Turks and Caicos Islands, you would:

Economy

make 11.5% more money

Turks and Caicos Islands has a GDP per capita of $37,507 as of 2024, while in Guam, the GDP per capita is $41,833 as of 2022.

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Life

have 64.5% more children

In Turks and Caicos Islands, there are approximately 10.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Guam, there are 17.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 3.8 times more likely to die during infancy

In Turks and Caicos Islands, approximately 3.0 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.

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Basic Needs

be 13.9% less likely to have internet access

In Turks and Caicos Islands, approximately 93.5% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Guam, about 80.5% do as of 2021.

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Geography

see 67.7% less coastline

Turks and Caicos Islands has a total of 389 km of coastline. In Guam, that number is 126 km.

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Safety

be 94.3% less likely to be murdered

Turks and Caicos Islands has a homicide rate of 76.3 per 100,000 people as of 2022. In Guam, that number is 4.3 per 100,000 as of 2019.

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Sources: World Bank (2019–2024), 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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