Airports [time series]

5 total, 4 usable; 3 with permanent-surface runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 3 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; none with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Roadways (Highways) [time series]

674 km all-weather roads

Ports [time series]

Apra Harbor

Telecommunication systems (Telecommunications) [time series]

26,317 telephones (1989); stations--3 AM, 3 FM, 3 TV; 2 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT ground stations

Note [time series]

defense is the responsibility of the US

Agricultural products (Agriculture) [time series]

relatively undeveloped with most food imported; fruits, vegetables, eggs, pork, poultry, beef, copra

Aid [time series]

NA

Budget [time series]

revenues $208.0 million; expenditures $175 million, including capital expenditures of $17 million (1987 est.)

Exchange rates (Currency) [time series]

US currency is used

Electricity [time series]

500,000 kW capacity; 2,300 million kWh produced, 16,660 kWh per capita (1989)

Exchange rates [time series]

US currency is used

Exports [time series]

$39 million (f.o.b., 1983); commodities--mostly transshipments of refined petroleum products, copra, fish; partners--US 25%, others 75%

Debt - external (External debt) [time series]

$NA

Fiscal year [time series]

1 October-30 September

GNP [time series]

$1.0 billion, per capita $7,675; real growth rate 20% (1988 est.)

Imports [time series]

$611 million (c.i.f., 1983); commodities--mostly crude petroleum and petroleum products, food, manufactured goods; partners--US 77%, others 23%

Industrial production growth rate (Industrial production) [time series]

growth rate NA%

Industries [time series]

US military, tourism, petroleum refining, construction, concrete products, printing and publishing, food processing, textiles

Inflation rate (consumer prices) [time series]

5.9% (1988)

Economic overview (Overview) [time series]

The economy is based on US military spending and on revenues from tourism. Over the past 20 years the tourist industry has grown rapidly, creating a construction boom for new hotels and the expansion of older ones. Visitors numbered about 800,000 in 1989. The small manufacturing sector includes textile and clothing, beverage, food, and watch production. About 58% of the labor force works for the private sector and the rest for government. Most food and industrial goods are imported, with about 75% from the US. In 1989 the unemployment rate was about 3%, down from 10% in 1983.

Unemployment rate [time series]

3% (1989 est.)

Climate [time series]

tropical marine; generally warm and humid, moderated by northeast trade winds; dry season from January to June, rainy season from July to December; little seasonal temperature variation

Coastline [time series]

125.5 km

Area - comparative (Comparative area) [time series]

slightly more than three times the size of Washington, DC

Contiguous zone [time series]

12 nm;

Continental shelf [time series]

200 m;

Environment - current issues (Environment) [time series]

frequent squalls during rainy season; subject to relatively rare, but potentially very destructive typhoons (especially in August)

Extended economic zone [time series]

200 nm;

Land boundaries [time series]

none

Land use [time series]

11% arable land; 11% permanent crops; 15% meadows and pastures; 18% forest and woodland; 45% other

Natural resources [time series]

fishing (largely undeveloped), tourism (especially from Japan)

Note [time series]

largest and southernmost island in the Mariana Islands archipelago; strategic location in western North Pacific Ocean 5,955 km west-southwest of Honolulu about three-quarters of the way between Hawaii and the Philippines

Terrain [time series]

volcanic origin, surrounded by coral reefs; relatively flat coraline limestone plateau (source of most fresh water) with steep coastal cliffs and narrow coastal plains in north, low-rising hills in center, mountains in south

Maritime claims (Territorial sea) [time series]

12 nm

Area (Total area) [time series]

541 km2; land area: 541 km2

Administrative divisions [time series]

none (territory of the US)

Capital [time series]

Agana

Political parties (Communists) [time series]

none

Constitution [time series]

Organic Act of 1 August 1950

Diplomatic representation in the US (Diplomatic representation) [time series]

none (territory of the US)

Executive branch [time series]

US president, governor, lieutenant governor, Cabinet

Flag [time series]

dark blue with a narrow red border on all four sides; centered is a red-bordered, pointed, vertical ellipse containing a beach scene, outrigger canoe with sail, and a palm tree with the word GUAM superimposed in bold red letters

Independence [time series]

none (territory of the US)

Judicial branch [time series]

Superior Court of Guam (Federal District Court) Chief of State--President George BUSH (since 20 January 1989); Head of Government--Governor Joseph A. ADA (since NA November 1986)

Legal system [time series]

NA

Legislative branch [time series]

unicameral Legislature

Country name (Long-form name) [time series]

Territory of Guam

National holiday [time series]

Guam Discovery Day (first Monday in March), 6 March 1989

Note [time series]

relations between Guam and the US are under the jurisdiction of the Office of Territorial and International Affairs, US Department of the Interior

Political parties (Political parties and leaders) [time series]

Democratic Party (controls the legislature); Republican Party (party of the Governor)

Suffrage [time series]

universal at age 18; US citizens, but do not vote in US presidential elections Governor--last held on NA November 1986 (next to be held November 1990); Legislature--last held on 8 November 1988 (next to be held November 1990); results--percent of vote by party NA; seats--(21 total) Democratic 13, Republican 8; US House of Representatives--last held 8 November 1988 (next to be held November 1990); Guam elects one nonvoting delegate; results--percent of vote by party NA; seats--(1 total) Republican 1

Government type (Type) [time series]

organized, unincorporated territory of the US

Birth rate [time series]

26 births/1,000 population (1990)

Death rate [time series]

4 deaths/1,000 population (1990)

Ethnic groups (Ethnic divisions) [time series]

47% Chamorro, 25% Filipino, 10% Caucasian, 18% Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other

Infant mortality rate [time series]

12 deaths/1,000 live births (1990)

Labor force [time series]

54,000; 42% government, 58% private (1988)

Languages (Language) [time series]

English and Chamorro, most residents bilingual; Japanese also widely spoken

Life expectancy at birth [time series]

70 years male, 75 years female (1990)

Literacy [time series]

90%

Nationality [time series]

noun--Guamanian(s); adjective--Guamanian

Net migration rate [time series]

5 migrants/1,000 population (1990)

Organized labor [time series]

13% of labor force

Population [time series]

141,039 (July 1990), growth rate 2.8% (1990)

Religions (Religion) [time series]

98% Roman Catholic, 2% other

Total fertility rate [time series]

3.0 children born/woman (1990)