Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Guam
Guam: Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita was 99.5% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita in Guam, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Guam stood at 99.5%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Guam peaked at 99.5% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 99.5%, in 2000.
That places Guam 91st out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 99.5% | 99.5% | 99.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.5% | 99.5% | 99.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.5% | 99.5% | 99.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guam
- 89 New Caledonia 99.5% compare
- 90 Palau 99.5% compare
- 92 Bangladesh 99.5% compare
- 93 Trinidad and Tobago 99.5% compare
- 94 United States Virgin Islands 99.5% compare
More environment data for Guam
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 0.018 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.1073 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.0028 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0002 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.0121 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.0091 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes 0.0003 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.0003 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.0018 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Carbon intensity of GDP 0.0001 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Guam?
- Using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita in Guam was 99.5% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Guam?
- The highest recorded value was 99.5% in 2022.
- What is the lowest using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita recorded in Guam?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.5% in 2000.
- How does Guam rank for using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita?
- Guam ranks 91st out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is using improved drinking water sources vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Guam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Guam data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Using improved drinking water sources vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of people who use an improved drinking water source, regardless of collection time. An improved drinking water source is a safely designed drinking water source and includes e.g. piped water, boreholes or tubewells and packaged or delivered water.