Annual number of wildfires in Guam
Guam: Annual number of wildfires was 0 wildfires in 2026. ◆ Volatile
Annual number of wildfires in Guam, 2012–2026
Source: Global Wildfire Information System (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in wildfires.
Analysis
Guam recorded 0 wildfires for annual number of wildfires in 2026. That is the lowest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of down 100.0% on the previous year and down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual number of wildfires in Guam peaked at 16 wildfires in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0 wildfires, in 2023.
Guam ranks 173rd of 248 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Annual number of wildfires in Guam, year by year
| Year | wildfires | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2 wildfires | — |
| 2013 | 1 wildfires | -50.0% |
| 2014 | 6 wildfires | +500.0% |
| 2015 | 7 wildfires | +16.7% |
| 2016 | 5 wildfires | -28.6% |
| 2017 | 1 wildfires | -80.0% |
| 2018 | 2 wildfires | +100.0% |
| 2019 | 16 wildfires | +700.0% |
| 2020 | 2 wildfires | -87.5% |
| 2021 | 2 wildfires | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2 wildfires | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0 wildfires | -100.0% |
| 2024 | 4 wildfires | — |
| 2025 | 1 wildfires | -75.0% |
| 2026 | 0 wildfires | -100.0% |
Guam compared with similar countries
- Guam's 0 wildfires is below the median for high income countries, which is 1 wildfires. (85 countries reporting)
- Guam's 0 wildfires is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 12 wildfires. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Annual number of wildfires in Guam changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +700.0% | 2 wildfires | 16 wildfires |
| 2014 | +500.0% | 1 wildfires | 6 wildfires |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5 wildfires | 1 wildfires | 16 wildfires | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.57 wildfires | 0 wildfires | 4 wildfires | 7 |
Countries ranked near Guam
- 173 Aland Islands 0 wildfires
- 173 American Samoa 0 wildfires
- 173 Andorra 0 wildfires
- 173 Anguilla 0 wildfires
- 173 Antigua and Barbuda 0 wildfires compare
- 173 Aruba 0 wildfires
- 173 Bahrain 0 wildfires
- 173 Bermuda 0 wildfires
- 173 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0 wildfires
- 173 Bouvet Island 0 wildfires
- 173 British Indian Ocean Territory 0 wildfires
- 173 British Virgin Islands 0 wildfires compare
- 173 Cayman Islands 0 wildfires compare
- 173 Christmas Island 0 wildfires
- 173 Cocos Islands 0 wildfires
- 173 Cook Islands 0 wildfires
- 173 Curacao 0 wildfires compare
- 173 Cyprus 0 wildfires compare
- 173 Dominica 0 wildfires compare
- 173 Estonia 0 wildfires compare
- 173 Falkland Islands 0 wildfires compare
- 173 Faroe Islands 0 wildfires
- 173 French Polynesia 0 wildfires
- 173 French Southern Territories 0 wildfires
- 173 Gibraltar 0 wildfires
- 173 Guernsey 0 wildfires
- 173 Heard Island and McDonald Islands 0 wildfires
- 173 Hong Kong 0 wildfires compare
- 173 Iceland 0 wildfires compare
- 173 Isle of Man 0 wildfires
- 173 Jersey 0 wildfires
- 173 Kiribati 0 wildfires
- 173 Liechtenstein 0 wildfires
- 173 Luxembourg 0 wildfires
- 173 Macao 0 wildfires
- 173 Maldives 0 wildfires
- 173 Malta 0 wildfires compare
- 173 Marshall Islands 0 wildfires
- 173 Martinique 0 wildfires compare
- 173 Mauritius 0 wildfires compare
- 173 Mayotte 0 wildfires compare
- 173 Micronesia (country) 0 wildfires compare
- 173 Monaco 0 wildfires
- 173 Montserrat 0 wildfires compare
- 173 Nauru 0 wildfires
- 173 Niue 0 wildfires
- 173 Norfolk Island 0 wildfires
- 173 Northern Mariana Islands 0 wildfires compare
- 173 Pitcairn 0 wildfires
- 173 Qatar 0 wildfires compare
- 173 Saint Barthelemy 0 wildfires
- 173 Saint Helena 0 wildfires
- 173 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 wildfires compare
- 173 Saint Lucia 0 wildfires compare
- 173 Saint Martin (French part) 0 wildfires
- 173 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 wildfires
- 173 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 wildfires compare
- 173 Samoa 0 wildfires
- 173 San Marino 0 wildfires
- 173 Sao Tome and Principe 0 wildfires compare
- 173 Seychelles 0 wildfires
- 173 Singapore 0 wildfires
- 173 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0 wildfires
- 173 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 0 wildfires
- 173 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 0 wildfires compare
- 173 Tokelau 0 wildfires
- 173 Tonga 0 wildfires
- 173 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 wildfires compare
- 173 Tuvalu 0 wildfires
- 173 United Arab Emirates 0 wildfires compare
- 173 United States Minor Outlying Islands 0 wildfires compare
- 173 United States Virgin Islands 0 wildfires compare
- 173 Vatican 0 wildfires
- 173 Wallis and Futuna 0 wildfires
- 173 Western Sahara 0 wildfires compare
More reference data data for Guam
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0012 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0.004 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Crop Residues 0.0037 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Agricultural 0.0037 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop 0.0003 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Burning - Crop residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual number of wildfires in Guam?
- Annual number of wildfires in Guam was 0 wildfires in 2026, according to Global Wildfire Information System (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual number of wildfires recorded in Guam?
- The highest recorded value was 16 wildfires in 2019.
- What is the lowest annual number of wildfires recorded in Guam?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 wildfires in 2023.
- How does Guam rank for annual number of wildfires?
- Guam ranks 173rd out of 248 countries with data for 2026.
- Is annual number of wildfires rising or falling in Guam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guam data come from?
- The figures come from Global Wildfire Information System (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual number of wildfires. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of wildfires. The 2026 data is incomplete and was last updated 18 September 2026.