Quality of life comparison

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

Economy

make 55.3% less money

Guam has a GDP per capita of $35,600 as of 2016, while in Dominica, the GDP per capita is $15,900 as of 2023.

be 4.2 times more likely to be unemployed

In Guam, 5.4% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Dominica, that number is 23.0% as of 2000.

be 26.1% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Guam, 23.0% live below the poverty line as of 2001. In Dominica, however, that number is 29.0% as of 2009.

Life

have 26.5% fewer children

In Guam, there are approximately 18.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Dominica, there are 13.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Geography

see 17.9% more coastline

Guam has a total of 126 km of coastline. In Dominica, that number is 148 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Dominica: At a glance

Dominica is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 751 sq km. Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands to be colonized by Europeans due chiefly to the fierce resistance of the native Caribs. France ceded possession to Great Britain in 1763, which made the island a colony in 1805. In 1980, two years after independence, Dominica's fortunes improved when a corrupt and tyrannical administration was replaced by that of Mary Eugenia CHARLES, the first female prime minister in the Caribbean, who remained in office for 15 years. Some 3,000 Carib Indians still living on Dominica are the only pre-Columbian population remaining in the eastern Caribbean.
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