Guam: Exports of goods and services (constant LCU)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2022, Guam's exports of goods and services (constant LCU) rose 150.3% on 2021 (from 185 million to 463 million).

Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2021), the average change was −4.8% and a typical year strayed about 22.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 6.9 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 150.3% in 2022 and the biggest yearly fall was 73.7% in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2013 to 2022 the straight-line trend is downward, about 86.68 million a year. A straight line explains 43% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

Closest to Guam in the 2022 ranking

• Syrian Arab Republic — 1st of 5: 104.11 billion
• Virgin Islands (US) — 2nd of 5: 3.62 billion
• American Samoa — 4th of 5: 370 million
• Northern Mariana Islands — 5th of 5: 195 million

What this measures

Exports of goods includes changes in the economic ownership of goods from residents of the compiling economy to non-residents, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. Exports of services includes services provided by residents to non-residents. This indicator is expressed in constant prices, meaning the series has been adjusted to account for price changes over time. The reference year for this adjustment varies by country. This series is expressed in local currency units.

All 21 values

Exports of goods and services (constant LCU) in nearby economies

• American Samoa — 370 million (2022)
• Australia — 665.09 billion (2025)
• Brunei Darussalam — 14.3 billion (2025)
• Cambodia — 112.85 trillion (2025)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 6.16 trillion (2025)
• Indonesia — 3,325 trillion (2025)
• Japan — 102.66 trillion (2024)
• Kiribati — 15.49 million (2024)
• Korea, Rep. — 944.56 trillion (2025)
• Lao PDR

More economic policy & debt data for Guam

• Adjusted savings, education expenditure (% of GNI) — 8.32% (2021)
• Adjusted savings, mineral depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
• Adjusted savings, carbon dioxide damage (current US$) — US$82.6 million (2021)
• Adjusted savings, energy depletion (current US$) — US$0 (2021)
• Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $) — 21,095 (2022)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$4.14 billion (2022)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 4.14 billion (2022)
• Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure, linked series (current LCU) — 4.14 billion (2022)

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Questions people ask

What is Guam's exports of goods and services (constant LCU)?

463 million in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2002?

It is down 57.01% from 1.08 billion in 2002 (4.13% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1.35 billion in 2019 and the lowest 185 million in 2021.

Is the latest change in exports of goods and services (constant LCU) unusual for Guam?

In 2022, Guam's exports of goods and services (constant LCU) rose 150.3% on 2021 (from 185 million to 463 million). Across the 19 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2021), the average change was −4.8% and a typical year strayed about 22.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 6.9 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Where does this data come from?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.EXP.GNFS.KN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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