Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Guam?

Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.

Where does this Guam data come from?

The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Guam

Name: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Guam
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Guam: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area was 0.07 1000 ha in 2022. ▬ Flat

Latest (2022)

0.07 1000 ha

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

218th

of 241 countries

All-time high

0.07 1000 ha

in 1992

All-time low

0.07 1000 ha

in 1992

Years of data

1992–2022

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area in Guam, 1992–2022

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Guam is 0.07 1000 ha, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Guam peaked at 0.07 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.07 1000 ha, in 1992.

That places Guam 218th out of 241 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	0.07 1000 ha	0.07 1000 ha	0.07 1000 ha	8
2000s	0.07 1000 ha	0.07 1000 ha	0.07 1000 ha	10
2010s	0.07 1000 ha	0.07 1000 ha	0.07 1000 ha	10
2020s	0.07 1000 ha	0.07 1000 ha	0.07 1000 ha	3

Countries ranked near Guam

215 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.16 1000 ha compare
216 Monaco 0.1 1000 ha compare
217 Anguilla 0.09 1000 ha compare
218 Greenland 0.07 1000 ha compare
220 Tonga 0.06 1000 ha compare
221 Kiribati 0.04 1000 ha compare
221 Marshall Islands 0.04 1000 ha compare
221 Niue 0.04 1000 ha compare
221 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.04 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

More environment data for Guam

Total fisheries production 109.64 metric tons (2024)
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 43.75 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 8 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 50 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 14.79 % (2024)
Aquaculture production 64 metric tons (2024)
Land area — Area 54.1 1000 ha (2024)
Agriculture — Area 16 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 7 1000 ha (2024)
Capture fisheries production 45.64 metric tons (2024)

All data for Guam →

Frequently asked questions

What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Guam?: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area in Guam was 0.07 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Guam?: The highest recorded value was 0.07 1000 ha in 1992.
What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area recorded in Guam?: The lowest recorded value was 0.07 1000 ha in 1992.
How does Guam rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?: Guam ranks 218th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area rising or falling in Guam?: Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Guam data come from?: The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from CCI_LC
Unit: 1000 ha
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.