International Rankings of Guam 2024, 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	2.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	186	3000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	30	80.50 %	2021
Internet users - total	182	136850	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	19	41.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	147	70000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	86	62.00	2009
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	190	98000	2009
Economy
Budget - expenditures	167	1.299 billion US Dollars	2016
Budget - revenues	160	1.240 billion US Dollars	2016
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	40	1.00 % of GDP	N/A
Exports	173	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	19.40 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	2	55.00 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	128	56.20 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	113	51.20 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	83	20.60 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	110	58.40 % of GDP	2015
Imports	162	2.964 billion US Dollars	2016
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	163	1.00 %	2017
Labor force	185	76200 US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	76	23 %	2001
Public debt	176	22.10 % 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	53	35600 US Dollars	2016
Taxes and other revenues	74	21.40 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	107	6.98 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	96	16.10 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	90	14.70 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	90	15.30 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	155	1.828 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	160	1.828 million	2019
Electricity - consumption	150	1.683 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	152	455000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	159	85.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	19	96.00 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	33	4.00 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	33	152.767 million Btu/person	2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	182	2100 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - imports	142	13500 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Land use - agricultural land	110	33	2018
Land use - arable land	144	2	2018
Land use - forest	51	48	2018
Land use - permanent crops	14	17	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	96	15	2018
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	122	0.84	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	7	95	2022
Geography
Area - land	194	544 sq km	N/A
Area - total	197	544 sq km	N/A
Coastline	149	126 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	161	406 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	155	2 sq km	2012
Land use - agricultural land	110	33	2018
Land use - arable land	144	2	2018
Land use - forest	51	48	2018
Land use - permanent crops	14	17	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	96	15	2018
Population Density	45	311.27 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Birth rate	70	18.30 births/1,000 population	2023
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	155	37 %	2023
Death rate	67	6.10 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	63	18.40 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	103	5.40 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	64	60.70 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	83	42.30 %	N/A
Gross reproduction rate	48	1.33 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	102	11.20 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	117	11.20 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	109	11.20 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	50	80 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	53	75 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	53	78 years	2023
Median age - female	99	31 years	N/A
Median age - male	97	29 years	N/A
Median age - total	91	30 years	2023
Net migration rate	115	10.90 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Population	185	169330	2023
Population growth rate	141	0.13 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	50	90 % of population	2015
Sanitation facility access - rural	86	10 % of population	2015
Sanitation facility access - total	76	10 % of population	2015
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	45	10 % of population	2015
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	14	1.09 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	26	0.87 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.07 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	13	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	56	2.76 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	122	0.84	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	7	95	2022
Transportation
Airports	122	3	2024
Heliports	64	2	2024
Merchant marine - total	139	3	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 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Guam 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Guam 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.