Share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Guam
Guam: Share of population not using improved drinking water sources was 0.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of population not using improved drinking water sources 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
The most recent figure for share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Guam is 0.5%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Guam peaked at 0.5% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2022.
Guam ranks 141st of 231 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guam
- 138 United States Virgin Islands 0.5% compare
- 139 Trinidad and Tobago 0.5% compare
- 140 Bangladesh 0.5% compare
- 142 Palau 0.5% compare
- 143 New Caledonia 0.5% compare
- 144 Mexico 0.5% 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 share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Guam?
- Share of population not using improved drinking water sources in Guam was 0.5% 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 share of population not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Guam?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of population not using improved drinking water sources recorded in Guam?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2022.
- How does Guam rank for share of population not using improved drinking water sources?
- Guam ranks 141st out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of population not using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Guam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Share of population not using improved drinking water sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of people not using improved drinking water sources. These people might use surface water sources or unprotected springs or wells, as no safe and reliable improved drinking water source is available to them.