Marine protected areas in Guam
Guam: Marine protected areas was 0.0% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Marine protected areas in Guam, 2013–2025
Source: Protected Planet: The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and World Database on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (WD-OECM), UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring. Measured in % of territorial waters.
Analysis
The most recent figure for marine protected areas in Guam is 0.0%, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
Over the whole period, marine protected areas in Guam peaked at 0.1% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2014.
That places Guam 150th out of 174 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Marine protected areas in Guam, year by year
| Year | % of territorial waters | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.1% | — |
| 2014 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | — |
| 2016 | 0.0% | — |
| 2017 | 0.0% | — |
| 2018 | 0.0% | — |
| 2019 | 0.0% | — |
| 2020 | 0.0% | — |
| 2021 | 0.0% | — |
| 2022 | 0.0% | — |
| 2023 | 0.0% | — |
| 2024 | 0.0% | — |
| 2025 | 0.0% | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Guam
- 150 Angola 0.0%
- 150 Barbados 0.0%
- 150 Bermuda 0.0%
- 150 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0%
- 150 British Virgin Islands 0.0% compare
- 150 Brunei 0.0% compare
- 150 Curacao 0.0%
- 150 Eritrea 0.0%
- 150 Faroe Islands 0.0%
- 150 Ghana 0.0% compare
- 150 Guyana 0.0% compare
- 150 Hong Kong 0.0%
- 150 Iraq 0.0% compare
- 150 North Korea 0.0%
- 150 Mauritius 0.0%
- 150 Micronesia (country) 0.0%
- 150 Nauru 0.0%
- 150 Nigeria 0.0%
- 150 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0%
- 150 Singapore 0.0% compare
- 150 Somalia 0.0%
- 150 Tuvalu 0.0%
- 150 Vanuatu 0.0%
- 150 Palestine 0.0%
More climate change data for Guam
- Share co2 vs population 0.002 (2100)
- Urban population 159,230 (2025)
- Urban population 94.2% (2025)
- Urban population growth 0.8% (2025)
- Population growth 0.7% (2025)
- Population, total 168,999 (2025)
- Energy use per capita vs co2 emissions per capita 0.0018 (2024)
- Agricultural Soils — Emissions 0 kt (2023)
- Agricultural Soils — Emissions (CO2eq) 0 kt (2023)
- IPCC Agriculture — Emissions 0 kt (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is marine protected areas in Guam?
- Marine protected areas in Guam was 0.0% in 2025, according to Protected Planet: The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and World Database on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (WD-OECM), UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring.
- What is the highest marine protected areas recorded in Guam?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1% in 2013.
- What is the lowest marine protected areas recorded in Guam?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2014.
- How does Guam rank for marine protected areas?
- Guam ranks 150th out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Guam data come from?
- The figures come from Protected Planet: The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and World Database on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (WD-OECM), UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring, published as part of Marine protected areas (% of territorial waters). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Marine protected areas are areas of intertidal or subtidal terrain--and overlying water and associated flora and fauna and historical and cultural features--that have been reserved by law or other effective means to protect part or all of the enclosed environment.