International Rankings of Guam 2023, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Guam, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Guam, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	52	2	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	186	3000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	30	80.5 %	2021
Internet users - total	182	136850	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	19	41	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	141	70000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	87	62	2009
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	187	98000	2009
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	167	1.299 billion US Dollars	2016
Budget - revenues	160	1.240 billion US Dollars	2016
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	40	1 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	209	N/A US Dollars	2023
Debt - external	206	N/A US Dollars	0
Exports	174	1.124 billion US Dollars	2016
GDP (official exchange rate)	161	5.793 billion US Dollars	2016
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	151	19.4 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	2	55 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	128	56.2 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	113	51.2 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	83	20.6 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	75	N/A % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	151	N/A % of GDP	0
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	178	N/A % of GDP	0
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	110	58.4 % of GDP	2015
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	129	N/A %	2023
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	112	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Imports	161	2.964 billion US Dollars	2016
Industrial production growth rate	197	N/A %	0
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	162	1 %	2017
Labor force	185	76200 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	146	0.3 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	59	21.6 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	27	78.1 %	2013
Population below poverty line	76	23 %	2001
Public debt	170	22.1 % of GDP	2016
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	173	5.793 billion US Dollars	2016
Real GDP growth rate	164	1.06 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	52	35600 US Dollars	2016
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	195	N/A US Dollars	2023
Taxes and other revenues	74	21.4 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	107	6.98 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	96	16.1	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	90	14.7	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	90	15.3	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	155	1.828 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	150	1.683 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	152	455000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	159	85.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	19	96 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	132	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	33	4 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	33	152.767 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	182	2100 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	142	13500 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	184	N/A megatons	2023
Air pollutants - methane emissions	185	N/A megatons	2023
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	189	N/A micrograms per cubic meter	2023
Land use - agricultural land	110	33.4	2018
Land use - arable land	144	1.9	2018
Land use - forest	51	47.9	2018
Land use - other	129	18.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	14	16.7	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	96	14.8	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	98	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	180	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	146	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - industrial	109	N/A cubic meters	2023
Total water withdrawal - municipal	115	N/A cubic meters	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	122	0.84	2025
Urbanization - urban population	7	95.2	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	109	141500 tons	2012
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	95	25258 tons	2011
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	42	17.9 %	2011
Geography
Area - land	195	544 sq km	0
Area - total	196	544 sq km	0
Area - water	195	0194 sq km	0
Coastline	149	125.5 km	0
Elevation - highest point	167	406 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	152	N/A meters	2023
Irrigated land	155	2 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	164	N/A km	2023
Land use - agricultural land	110	33.4	2018
Land use - arable land	144	1.9	2018
Land use - forest	51	47.9	2018
Land use - other	129	18.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	14	16.7	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	96	14.8	2018
Military
Military expenditures	53	N/A % of GDP	2023
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	153	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	64	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	136	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	169	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	97	N/A liters of pure alcohol	2023
Birth rate	73	18.33 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	103	N/A %	0
Contraceptive prevalence rate	130	N/A %	0
Current health expenditure	93	N/A % of GDP	0
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	155	37 %	2023
Death rate	136	6.08 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	63	18.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	103	5.4 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	64	60.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	83	42.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	66	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	110	N/A % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0.3 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	65	N/A % of population	0
Education expenditures	74	N/A % of GDP	0
Gross reproduction rate	47	1.33 %	2023
Hospital bed density	71	N/A beds/1,000 population	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	111	11.16 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	134	11.23 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	125	11.2 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	78	80.31 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	71	75.33 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	75	77.74 years	0
Literacy - female	122	N/A %	0
Literacy - male	100	N/A %	0
Literacy - total population	110	N/A %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	122	N/A deaths/100,000 live births	2023
Median age - female	96	30.2 years	2020
Median age - male	94	28.7 years	0
Median age - total	93	29.4 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	192	10.94 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	145	N/A %	2023
Physicians density	159	N/A physicians/1,000 population	2023
Population	186	169330	2023
Population growth rate	136	0.13 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	50	89.8 % of population	2015
Sanitation facility access - rural	86	10.2 % of population	2015
Sanitation facility access - total	76	10.2 % of population	2015
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	45	10.2 % of population	2015
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	14	1.09 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	26	0.87 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	6	1.07 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	13	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	114	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - male	140	N/A %	2023
Tobacco use - total	129	N/A %	2023
Total fertility rate	52	2.76 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	122	0.84	2025
Urbanization - urban population	7	95.2	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	96	16.1	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	90	14.7	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	90	15.3	0
Transportation
Airports	118	5	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	97	11000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	141	3	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	158	N/A	2023
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	102	N/A	2023
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2023
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	168	N/A km	2023
Roadways - total	188	N/A km	2023
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Guam on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guam 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Guam 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.