Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Guam instead of Washington, you would:

Economy

make 52.3% less money

Washington has a GDP per capita of $87,768 as of 2024, while in Guam, the GDP per capita is $41,833 as of 2022.

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Basic Needs

be 13.5% less likely to have internet access

In Washington, approximately 93.1% of the population has internet access as of 2023. In Guam, about 80.5% do as of 2021.

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Sources: Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024), World Bank (2022), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), The World Factbook (2021). How we calculate this

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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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