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Mortality in Guam, by the numbers

Guam sits in East Asia & Pacific. A newborn there can expect about 77.6 years of life, 78th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Guam, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
77.6 yrs
78th of 212
Life-expectancy gap (F−M)
7.9 yrs
19th highest of 212
GDP per capita
$41,833
37th highest of 212

7 measures · sources: World Bank Open Data and WHO Global Health Observatory (Global Health Estimates 2021) · latest available year per figure

How Guam ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 77.6 yrs 78 of 212 2024
Crude death rate 6.9 /1,000 123 of 212 2024
Male mortality penalty 96.7 /1,000 40 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 7.9 yrs 19 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 85.4 men/100 women 147 of 212 2024
Population aged 65+ 12.6 % 74 of 212 2024
GDP per capita $41,833 37 of 212 2022

Measured against the rest of the world, Guam's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 19th highest life-expectancy gap in the world (7.9 yrs) and the 37th highest GDP per capita in the world ($41,833). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Guam; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.