Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Guam instead of Venezuela, you would:
Health
live 4.8 years longer
In Venezuela, the average life expectancy is 73 years (69 years for men, 77 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 12.0 times more money
Venezuela has a GDP per capita of $3,495 as of 2025, while in Guam, the GDP per capita is $41,833 as of 2022.
Life
be 45.9% less likely to die during infancy
In Venezuela, approximately 21.2 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 13.9% more children
In Venezuela, there are approximately 15.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Guam, there are 17.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Geography
see 95.5% less coastline
Venezuela has a total of 2,800 km of coastline. In Guam, that number is 126 km.
Safety
be 65.8% less likely to be murdered
Venezuela has a homicide rate of 12.7 per 100,000 people as of 2022. In Guam, that number is 4.3 per 100,000 as of 2019.
Infrastructure
find 85.8% less home broadband
Venezuela has 12.9 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Guam has 1.8 as of 2022.
Sources: World Bank (2019–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this
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