Photo: David Burdick · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale
Topic 16 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Guam: Energy
Where does a country’s electricity come from, and who can get it?
Guam is placed 133rd of 165 countries on energy in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 3 key statistics. Readings behind it: Carbon Intensity of Electricity 605.38 (2024); Renewable Share of Electricity Generation 8.602 (2024).
Share
Energy
133rd
of 165 countries placed
Placed from 2 of 3 key statistics
Not placed in the Country Index 2026 overall: measured on too few topics.
01The evidence
The 3 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Guam on energy — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
605.38
Carbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated)
Lower is better
Guam: 605.38. Across the 165 countries in this edition, values run from 23.73 (Bhutan) to 1,306 (Turkmenistan); the world median is 433.75.
- World median
- 433.75
- Best in Micronesia
- 500 Kiribati
8.602
Renewables (% of electricity generated)
Higher is better
Guam: 8.602. Across the 165 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 100 (Paraguay); the world median is 32.06.
- World median
- 32.06
- Best in Micronesia
- 25 Kiribati
Key 3 of 3
World Energy Trilemma Index
World Energy Council
2023 edition · data for 2023 · Express reuse grant (no Creative Commons licence named)
No reading
Trilemma score (0–100)
Higher is better
World Energy Council publishes no 2023 figure for Guam, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 126 countries in this edition, values run from 27.7 (Niger) to 83.2 (Denmark); the world median is 63.8.
- World median
- 63.8
02Over time
Which way Guam is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Carbon Intensity of Electricity
Carbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated) · lower is better
GuamWorld median
Guam fell from 658.25 in 2000 to 605.38 in 2024; the world median went from 540.34 to 433.75.
Every year’s figures
Year Guam World median 2024 605.38 433.7 2023 610.56 452.7 2022 610.56 476.3 2021 629.89 469.0 2020 629.24 482.0 2019 630.29 488.2 2018 633.53 500.4 2017 637.29 506.3 2016 633.33 521.9 2015 647.37 524.8 2014 658.24 522.3 2013 658.05 508.8 2012 657.87 525.4 2011 658.15 521.4 2010 657.75 515.5 2009 657.75 533.6 2008 657.98 517.2 2007 657.98 535.3 2006 658.20 537.5 2005 657.90 521.4 2004 657.98 523.1 2003 657.87 543.1 2002 658.14 551.3 2001 657.95 559.3 2000 658.25 540.3 Renewable Share of Electricity Generation
Renewables (% of electricity generated) · higher is better
GuamWorld median
Guam rose from 0 in 2000 to 8.602 in 2024; the world median went from 15.61 to 32.06.
Every year’s figures
Year Guam World median 2024 8.60 32.062 2023 7.78 28.000 2022 7.78 28.881 2021 4.60 28.286 2020 4.68 27.125 2019 4.57 26.296 2018 4.05 25.505 2017 3.39 24.023 2016 4.02 22.218 2015 1.75 21.915 2014 0.00 21.151 2013 0.00 21.593 2012 0.00 19.869 2011 0.00 18.584 2010 0.00 18.572 2009 0.00 17.886 2008 0.00 15.923 2007 0.00 15.586 2006 0.00 15.392 2005 0.00 16.438 2004 0.00 16.445 2003 0.00 16.339 2002 0.00 13.826 2001 0.00 14.023 2000 0.00 15.612
03In context
Guam beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 165 countries on energy, never a place within the region.
Guam and Micronesia
Guam has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 165; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Carbon Intensity of ElectricityCarbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated) | Renewable Share of Electricity GenerationRenewables (% of electricity generated) | World Energy Trilemma IndexTrilemma score (0–100) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kiribati | 92nd | 500 | 25 | — |
 Nauru | 105th | 540 | 20 | — |
| Guam | 133rd | 605.38 | 8.602 | — |
 Marshall Islands | not placed | — | — | — |
 Micronesia | not placed | — | — | — |
 Northern Mariana Islands | not placed | — | — | — |
 Palau | not placed | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Micronesia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 165.
Placed either side on energy
The countries immediately above and below Guam in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Guam is ahead of the world, and behind
16 more statistics filed under energy, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median1
Statistics on which Guam does better than the middle country measured.
Wind and Solar Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 5.2798.6025.279▲ Improved since 2014
Guam: 8.602 · world median 5.279 · Wind and solar (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 69.12; higher is better.
Behind the world median1
Statistics on which Guam does worse than the middle country measured.
Low-Carbon Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 37.328.60237.32▲ Improved since 2014
Guam: 8.602 · world median 37.32 · Low-carbon sources (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Position 131st of 162 · derived.
Level with the median, or no median to compare3
Access to ElectricityWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 100100100▼ Worsened since 2014
Guam: 100 · world median 100 · Population with electricity access (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 5.4 to 100; higher is better.
Access to Electricity, RuralWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 100100100▼ Worsened since 2014
Guam: 100 · world median 100 · Rural population with electricity access (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.7 to 100; higher is better.
Coal Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 000No real change since 2014
Guam: 0 · world median 0 · Coal (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 98.25; lower is better.
No better end11
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Solar Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 3.0498.6023.049Moved since 2014
Guam: 8.602 · world median 3.049 · Solar (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 50.
Photovoltaic Power Potential (PVOUT)World Bank Group (ESMAP), data by Solargis · 2020 · world median 4.2734.5324.273No earlier reading
Guam: 4.532 · world median 4.273 · Practical solar power potential (kWh per kWp per day, long-term average). World Bank Group (ESMAP), data by Solargis, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 2.513 to 5.379.
Solar Electricity Installed CapacityEIA · 2024 · world median 0.1440.1050.144Moved since 2014
Guam: 0.105 · world median 0.144 · Solar generating capacity installed (gigawatts). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 886.66.
Nuclear Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 000No real change since 2014
Guam: 0 · world median 0 · Nuclear (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 67.4.
Net Electricity Imports (share of generation)Ember · 2024 · world median 000No real change since 2014
Guam: 0 · world median 0 · Net electricity imports (% of domestic generation). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from -70.16 to 707.07.
Natural Gas ProductionEIA · 2024 · world median 000No real change since 2014
Guam: 0 · world median 0 · Dry natural gas produced (billion cubic metres). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1,069.
Crude Oil ProductionEIA · 2025 · world median 000No real change since 2015
Guam: 0 · world median 0 · Crude oil produced (thousand barrels per day). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 13,586.
Gas Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 2.58502.585Moved since 2014
Guam: 0 · world median 2.585 · Natural gas (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 99.97.
Operating Wind Power CapacityGlobal Energy Monitor · 2026 · world median 1000100No earlier reading
Guam: 0 · world median 100 · Wind farm capacity in operation (megawatts). Global Energy Monitor, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 542,758.
Primary Energy ProductionEIA · 2024 · world median 0.0770.0010.077Moved since 2014
Guam: 0.001 · world median 0.077 · Primary energy produced (quadrillion Btu). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 130.76.
Hydro Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 12.85012.85No real change since 2014
Guam: 0 · world median 12.85 · Hydropower (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100.
No current reading for Guam
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP) (last 2018), Firms Identifying Electricity as a Major Constraint, Firms Owning or Sharing a Generator, Operating Coal Power Capacity, Primary Energy Consumption per Capita (last 2019), Primary Schools with Electricity, RISE Clean Cooking Policy Score, RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, RISE Energy Efficiency Policy Score, RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score and World Energy Trilemma Index. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Energy among Guam’s 3 topics
Energy is Guam’s 3rd best-placed topic of 3. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
No standing on Governance & Institutions, Economy & Innovation, Education & Knowledge, Health & Wellbeing, Development & Human Capital, Environment & Sustainability, Gender & Equality, Democracy & Civil Liberties, Peace & Security, Risk & Resilience, Food & Agriculture, Poverty & Inequality, Digital & Technology: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on energy
The three countries placed highest of 165, and the leaders Guam can most readily be measured against.
1
BhutanSouthern Asia
1st of 165 · 2 of 3 keys
Photo: VIkramjit Kakati derivative work: ויקיג'אנקי · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
NorwayNorthern Europe
2nd of 165 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: Ximonic , Simo Räsänen · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
UgandaEastern Africa
3rd of 165 · 2 of 3 keys
Photo: Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Oceania
New Zealand11th3/3 keysHighest in Micronesia
Kiribati92nd2/3 keysThis page
Guam133rd2/3 keys
Positions out of 165 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Guam on energy: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Guam rank on energy?
Guam is placed 133rd of 165 countries on Energy in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 3 key statistics (Carbon Intensity of Electricity and Renewable Share of Electricity Generation). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Carbon Intensity of Electricity figure for Guam?
605.38 in 2024 (carbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated)), according to Ember. The world median in the same edition was 433.75.
What is the latest Renewable Share of Electricity Generation figure for Guam?
8.602 in 2024 (renewables (% of electricity generated)), according to Ember. The world median in the same edition was 32.06.
How have Guam’s energy figures changed?
Carbon Intensity of Electricity fell from 658.25 in 2000 to 605.38 in 2024; Renewable Share of Electricity Generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 8.602 in 2024.
Which energy statistics are missing for Guam?
No current reading is published for Guam on CO₂ Emissions per Capita, Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP), Firms Identifying Electricity as a Major Constraint, Firms Owning or Sharing a Generator, Operating Coal Power Capacity, Primary Energy Consumption per Capita, Primary Schools with Electricity, RISE Clean Cooking Policy Score, RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, RISE Energy Efficiency Policy Score, RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score and World Energy Trilemma Index. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
This is deliberately the electricity and energy-system subject, not an infrastructure one: roads, railways, ports, water and telecommunications would each need a global series this site does not hold. Emissions are under Environment & Sustainability. Access to electricity is published here in full but takes no part in any ranking — more than half the world’s countries now report 100%, and a position derived from that would read “1, 1, 1 … 123”, which is noise rather than information.
How the Energy standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 3 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 3 keys to be placed.
The energy method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Carbon Intensity of Electricity — Ember, CC BY 4.0
- Renewable Share of Electricity Generation — Ember, CC BY 4.0
- World Energy Trilemma Index — World Energy Council, Express reuse grant (no Creative Commons licence named)
The other 16 statistics on this page come from 5 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Guam’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Guam (banner) — David Burdick, Public domain
- Bhutan — VIkramjit Kakati derivative work: ויקיג'אנקי, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Norway — Ximonic , Simo Räsänen, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Uganda — Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Guam: Energy — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/guam/energy