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Guam

Territory
Oceania · Micronesia (region)
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Guam is a territory in Micronesia (region), Oceania. It covers 549 km² and has a population of approximately 153,836. Its official language is Chamorro and its currency is the United States dollar ($).

Quick facts

Capital
Hagåtña
Population
153,836
Area
549 km²
Currency
United States dollar ($)
Languages
Chamorro, English, Spanish
Calling code
+1671
TLD
.gu
Driving side
Right
Landlocked
No
Continents
Oceania
Timezone
UTC+10:00
Native name
Guåhån

Appears in 157 rankings

Economy

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI) #10 8.32
Countries by GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) #40 34627.99per capita
Countries by Coal rents (% of GDP) #70 0.00
Countries by GDP per capita (constant LCU) #135 32812.69per capita
Countries by Imports of goods and services (current US$) #148 4,421,000,000
Countries by Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$) #149 3631166770.77
Countries by Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (current US$) #155 82596198.46
Countries by Imports of goods and services (constant LCU) #159 3,764,000,000
Countries by Gross domestic income (constant LCU) #159 5421008142.95
Countries by Adjusted savings: particulate emission damage (current US$) #162 14277043.67
Countries by Exports of goods and services (constant LCU) #164 463,000,000
Countries by Exports as a capacity to import (constant LCU) #165 464008142.95
Countries by GDP (current US$) #166 6,910,000,000
Countries by GDP (constant 2015 US$) #166 5719850773.43
Countries by Exports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$) #169 464773946.36
Countries by Exports of goods and services (current US$) #171 545,000,000
Countries by GDP (constant LCU) #182 5,420,000,000

Population & Health

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by population density #46 305.32
Countries by People using safely managed drinking water services (% of population) #55 94.00
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, female (years) #61 81.42years
Countries by People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) #69 99.53
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, total (years) #81 77.21years
Countries by Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) #88 17.66
Countries by Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) #90 196.21
Countries by Life expectancy at birth, male (years) #90 73.44years
Countries by Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) #100 99.07
Countries by People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) #123 90.38
Countries by Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) #126 6.87
Countries by median age #127 31.12
Countries by population growth rate #128 0.01
Countries by Tuberculosis case detection rate (%, all forms) #163 65.00

Trade

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) #18 87.29
Countries by Import volume index (2015 = 100) #27 148.6
Countries by Import value index (2015 = 100) #38 186.9
Countries by Liner shipping connectivity index (maximum value in 2004 = 100) #100 9.37
Countries by Export unit value index (2015 = 100) #117 130.4
Countries by Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) #140 11.61
Countries by Import unit value index (2015 = 100) #166 119.6
Countries by Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) #172 1,454,941,405
Countries by Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) #175 219,732,634
Countries by Merchandise imports (current US$) #182 887,000,000
Countries by Merchandise exports (current US$) #193 42,000,000
Countries by Export value index (2015 = 100) #195 51.4
Countries by Export volume index (2015 = 100) #198 37.4
Countries by Merchandise trade (% of GDP) #200 18.42

Environment

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) #16 211.11
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) #118 19.80
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) #122 47.54
Countries by PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) #172 9.58
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) #176 0.0027
Countries by Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) #184 4.20
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #188 0.0002
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) #189 0.0019
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) #191 0.0028
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) #191 0.0003
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) #193 0
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) #195 0.001
Countries by Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #195 0.01
Countries by Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #196 0.01
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #196 0.0003
Countries by Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) #196 0.000052
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) #198 0.02
Countries by Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) #200 0.001788per capita
Countries by Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) #201 0.11per capita

Governance

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Standard Error #1 0.51
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #1 100.00
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Standard Error #1 0.53
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Standard Error #4 0.31
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #13 96.70
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #23 95.28
Countries by Control of Corruption: Estimate #27 1.25
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank #27 87.74
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #29 96.68
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank #30 85.02
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #36 91.51
Countries by Control of Corruption: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #37 65.57
Countries by Rule of Law: Estimate #37 0.95
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank #37 81.60
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank #44 78.20
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank, Upper Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #44 87.26
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #50 57.35
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank #53 73.11
Countries by Rule of Law: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #56 56.13
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank #62 68.40
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #69 43.40
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #73 55.56
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Percentile Rank, Lower Bound of 90% Confidence Interval #89 42.45
Countries by Voice and Accountability: Number of Sources #192 1
Countries by Government Effectiveness: Number of Sources #196 1
Countries by Control of Corruption: Number of Sources #198 1
Countries by Rule of Law: Number of Sources #198 1
Countries by Regulatory Quality: Number of Sources #198 1
Countries by Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Number of Sources #200 2

Labour

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #23 79.18
Countries by Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #25 91.08
Countries by Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #26 69.35
Countries by Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #41 82.61
Countries by Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #45 84.48
Countries by Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #54 86.75
Countries by Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #68 53.47
Countries by Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #70 28.34
Countries by Employers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #72 5.10
Countries by Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #76 83.18
Countries by Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) #77 5.71
Countries by Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) #83 5.57
Countries by Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #84 58.80
Countries by Employment in industry (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #89 19.26
Countries by Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #93 2.12
Countries by Labor force, female (% of total labor force) #100 45.15
Countries by Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) #101 5.39
Countries by Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) #102 64.07
Countries by Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #119 8.26
Countries by Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #132 11.09
Countries by Self-employed, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #133 13.25
Countries by Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #141 11.75
Countries by Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #142 15.52
Countries by Self-employed, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #146 17.39
Countries by Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #147 12.30
Countries by Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #166 2.31
Countries by Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #168 1.56
Countries by Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) #169 0.65
Countries by Labor force, total #181 78,007

Society & Culture

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Urban population (% of total population) #22 94.17
Countries by Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) #24 1.07
Countries by Population density (people per sq. km of land area) #38 308.34km²
Countries by Fertility rate, total (births per woman) #60 2.78
Countries by Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) #63 62.83
Countries by Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) #68 20.52
Countries by Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) #84 42.31
Countries by International migrant stock, total #139 84,159
Countries by Population living in slums (% of urban population) #146 0.55
Countries by Urban population #181 158,000
Countries by Population, female #184 82,789
Countries by Population, total #184 167,777
Countries by Population, male #184 84,988
Countries by Rural population #194 9,777
Countries by Rural population (% of total population) #195 5.83

Agriculture

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Forest area (% of land area) #50 51.85
Countries by Agricultural land (% of land area) #126 29.63
Countries by Aquaculture production (metric tons) #154 103
Countries by Arable land (% of land area) #173 1.85
Countries by Forest area (sq. km) #175 280km²
Countries by Arable land (hectares) #194 1,000
Countries by Total fisheries production (metric tons) #205 164.24

Finance

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by PPP conversion factor, private consumption (LCU per international $) #149 1.11
Countries by Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) #160 1

Business

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 1 data use score (scale 0-100) #186 40
Countries by SPI Pillar 1: Data Use #186 40
Countries by Statistical performance indicators (SPI): Pillar 3 data products score (scale 0-100) #205 25.63
Countries by SPI Pillar 3: Data Products #205 25.63

Technology

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Fixed telephone subscriptions #143 71,308
Countries by Fixed broadband subscriptions (per 100 people) #159 1.84per capita
Countries by Fixed broadband subscriptions #193 3,038

Energy

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) #1 100.00
Countries by Access to electricity (% of population) #1 100.00
Countries by Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) #166 4.80

Geography

Ranking Rank Value
Countries by Coastline Length #148 125.5kilometers

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