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GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT FOR GUAM INCREASES IN 2015
Tourism Spending Increases for the Second Year in a Row
HAGÅTÑA, GUAM (September 22, 2016) -- Today, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is releasing
estimates of gross domestic product (GDP) for Guam for 2015, in addition to estimates of GDP by
industry and compensation by industry for 2014.1 These estimates were developed under the Statistical
Improvement Program funded by the Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) of the U.S. Department of the
Interior.
Revised estimates of GDP for 2013 and 2014, as well as revised estimates of GDP by industry and
compensation by industry for 2013, are presented in this release.

Gross Domestic Product for 2015
The estimates of GDP for Guam show that real GDP–GDP adjusted to remove price changes–increased
0.4 percent in 2015 after increasing 1.3 percent in 2014 (see Table 1.3). For comparison, real GDP for the
United States (excluding the territories) increased 2.6 percent in 2015 after increasing 2.4 percent in
2014.

Real GDP: Percent change from preceding year
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
1

These estimates are based on limited source data and are subject to revision.

2014

2015

The growth in the Guam economy reflected increases in consumer spending, exports of services, and
federal government spending (see Table 1.4). These increases were partly offset by a decrease in private
fixed investment.
Consumer spending continued to increase in 2015, supported by growth in compensation and decreases
in consumer prices.
Exports of services, which consists primarily of spending by tourists, grew for a second consecutive year.
The increase reflected growth in Korean visitor arrivals and average spending by Korean tourists.
Federal government spending also increased for a second year. The increase in 2015 reflected growth in
defense construction spending; major projects included fuel pipeline and aircraft maintenance hangar
construction to support operations at Andersen Air Force Base.
Private fixed investment, which is spending by businesses on construction and equipment, declined in
2015 after posting strong growth in the previous two years. A number of major projects, including the
construction of Guam’s first private hospital and a new luxury hotel in Tumon Bay, were near
completion early in the year.

Gross Domestic Product by Industry and Compensation by Industry for 2014
The estimates of GDP by industry for Guam show that the private sector was the primary source of the
increase in real GDP in 2014 (see Table 2.5). The largest contributor to growth was the accommodations
and amusement sector, reflecting growth in spending by tourists. The government sector also expanded,
primarily reflecting growth in the territorial government.
The compensation by industry estimates, which are measured in current dollars, show trends in
compensation for major industries (see Table 2.6). Total compensation increased in 2014, reflecting
increases in all sectors. The largest contributor was the territorial government.
The accompanying tables present estimates for GDP and its major components, GDP by industry, and
compensation by industry. Also included in this release are estimates for the major components of gross
domestic income.

Revisions to GDP
Estimates for 2013 and 2014 that were released on December 2, 2015 have been revised in order to
incorporate improvements to source data, including:
 newly available data for territorial government spending from government financial statements, and
 updated employment information from the Guam Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The revised estimates show a similar pattern of inflation-adjusted growth as the previously published
estimates (see Table 1.7).

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Future directions
Moving forward, an agreement between OIA and BEA will extend and improve the estimates of GDP for
Guam. The information provided by the Guam government will continue to be critical to the successful
production of these estimates.
BEA currently plans to release GDP estimates for 2016 in the summer of 2017. GDP by industry and
compensation by industry estimates for 2015 will also be released at the same time.

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Government consumption expenditures and gross
investment, or “government spending,” measures the
portion of GDP that is accounted for by the government
sector. Government consumption expenditures consists of
spending by government to produce and provide services
to the public. Gross investment consists of spending by
government for fixed assets that directly benefit the public
or that assist government agencies in their production
activities.
Gross domestic income (GDI) is the sum of incomes earned
and costs incurred in the production of GDP. In national
economic accounting, GDP and GDI are conceptually
equal.

Definitions

Current-dollar estimates are valued in the prices of the
period when the transactions occurred—that is, at
“market value.” Also referred to as “nominal estimates” or
as “current-price estimates.”

Gross domestic product (GDP) is the value of the goods
and services produced by the Guam economy less the
value of the goods and services used up in production.
GDP is also equal to the sum of personal consumption
expenditures, private fixed investment, net exports of
goods and services, and government consumption
expenditures and gross investment.

Real values are inflation-adjusted estimates—that is,
estimates that exclude the effects of price changes.

Personal consumption expenditures (PCE), also referred to
as “consumer spending,” measures the goods and services
purchased by “persons”—that is, by households and by
nonprofit institutions serving households (NPISHs)—who
are resident in Guam.

Statistical Conventions
Quantities and prices. Quantities, or “real” volume
measures, and prices are expressed as index numbers with
a specified reference year equal to 100 (currently 2009).
Quantity and price indexes are calculated using a Fisher
chain-weighted formula that incorporates weights from
two adjacent years. “Real” dollar series are calculated by
multiplying the quantity index by the current-dollar value
in the reference year (2009) and then dividing by 100.

Private fixed investment (PFI) measures spending by
private businesses, nonprofit institutions, and households
on fixed assets in the Guam economy. Fixed assets consist
of structures, equipment, and software that are used in
the production of goods and services.

Chained-dollar values are not additive because the
relative weights for a given period differ from those of the
reference year.

Net exports of goods and services is the difference
between exports of goods and services and imports of
goods and services. Exports measures the portion of total
Guam production of goods and services that is provided to
the rest of the world. Imports measures the portion of

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List of News Release Tables
Table 1.1.
Table 1.2.
Table 1.3.
Table 1.4.
Table 1.5.
Table 1.6.
Table 1.7.
Table 2.1.
Table 2.2.
Table 2.3.
Table 2.4.
Table 2.5.
Table 2.6.

Gross Domestic Product
Real Gross Domestic Product, Chained Dollars
Percent Change From Preceding Year in Real Gross Domestic Product
Contributions to Percent Change in Real Gross Domestic Product
Percent Change From Preceding Year in Prices for Gross Domestic Product and Price
Indexes for Gross Domestic Product
Gross Domestic Income
Revisions to Percent Change in Real Gross Domestic Product
Value Added by Industry
Value Added by Industry as a Percentage of GDP
Real Value Added by Industry
Percent Changes in Real Value Added by Industry
Contributions to Percent Change in Real Gross Domestic Product by Industry
Compensation of Employees by Industry

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Guam
1. Domestic Product and Income
Table 1.1. Gross Domestic Product
[Millions of dollars]
Line
Gross domestic product

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

1

4,375

4,621

4,781

4,895

4,928

5,199

5,364

5,566

5,734

Personal consumption expenditures
Goods
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Services
Net foreign travel

2
3
4
5
6
7

2,536
1,414
518
897
2,007
-885

2,753
1,512
542
970
2,076
-835

2,813
1,448
520
928
2,100
-735

2,816
1,462
523
939
2,123
-769

2,905
1,564
564
1,001
2,131
-790

3,153
1,765
635
1,130
2,279
-892

3,156
1,700
601
1,099
2,327
-871

3,236
1,710
594
1,116
2,459
-932

3,240
1,669
586
1,083
2,542
-971

Private fixed investment

8

921

1,057

1,081

1,057

1,027

1,044

1,254

1,357

1,301

Net exports of goods and services
Exports
Goods
Services
Imports
Goods
Services

9
10
11
12
13
14
15

-1,483
1,005
115
890
2,489
2,018
470

-1,699
973
133
840
2,673
2,115
558

-1,801
838
98
740
2,639
2,051
588

-1,873
846
73
774
2,719
2,098
621

-2,021
928
133
795
2,949
2,289
661

-2,033
1,004
107
897
3,037
2,395
642

-2,164
1,053
177
876
3,218
2,518
699

-2,292
1,050
112
938
3,342
2,598
744

-2,102
1,050
73
977
3,152
2,404
749

Government consumption
expenditures and gross investment
Federal
Territorial

16
17
18

2,402
1,491
911

2,510
1,597
913

2,688
1,738
950

2,894
1,854
1,039

3,017
1,895
1,121

3,035
1,898
1,138

3,118
1,888
1,230

3,265
1,968
1,296

3,295
2,008
1,288

NOTE. Detail may not add to total because of rounding.

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Table 1.2. Real Gross Domestic Product, Chained Dollars
[Millions of chained (2009) dollars]
Line
Gross domestic product

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

1

4,685

4,766

4,781

4,881

4,887

4,986

5,079

5,143

5,166

Personal consumption expenditures
Goods
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Services
Net foreign travel

2
3
4
5
6
7

2,725
1,507
553
954
2,154
-937

2,794
1,520
538
983
2,121
-849

2,813
1,448
520
928
2,100
-735

2,782
1,477
529
948
2,068
-763

2,823
1,551
575
976
2,040
-766

2,925
1,686
631
1,056
2,084
-840

2,926
1,639
610
1,029
2,117
-827

2,974
1,638
609
1,030
2,201
-866

3,005
1,630
617
1,015
2,267
-894

Private fixed investment

8

921

1,038

1,081

1,062

1,015

1,015

1,205

1,287

1,242

Net exports of goods and services
Exports
Goods
Services
Imports
Goods
Services

9
10
11
12
13
14
15

-1,448
1,061
120
942
2,509
2,031
477

-1,581
977
124
853
2,558
2,008
550

-1,801
838
98
740
2,639
2,051
588

-1,808
837
70
767
2,646
2,024
623

-1,845
892
118
771
2,737
2,090
648

-1,829
938
93
845
2,767
2,149
616

-1,948
993
156
832
2,941
2,279
660

-2,067
971
99
871
3,038
2,345
691

-2,035
965
66
899
3,001
2,302
697

Government consumption
expenditures and gross investment
Federal
Territorial

16
17
18

2,490
1,528
964

2,513
1,587
926

2,688
1,738
950

2,844
1,818
1,025

2,895
1,817
1,078

2,874
1,791
1,083

2,904
1,769
1,135

2,960
1,810
1,150

2,963
1,834
1,130

Addenda:
Population (thousands)1
Per capita real GDP (chained dollars)

19
20

158.0
29,652

158.4
30,088

158.9
30,088

159.4
30,621

159.5
30,639

159.8
31,202

160.3
31,684

160.9
31,964

161.7
31,948

1. Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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Table 1.3. Percent Change From Preceding Year in Real Gross Domestic Product
[Percent]
Line
Gross domestic product

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

1

1.7

0.3

2.1

0.1

2.0

1.9

1.3

0.4

Personal consumption expenditures
Goods
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Services
Net foreign travel

2
3
4
5
6
7

2.5
0.9
-2.8
3.0
-1.5
……..

0.7
-4.8
-3.3
-5.6
-1.0
……..

-1.1
2.0
1.7
2.2
-1.5
……..

1.5
5.0
8.8
3.0
-1.4
……..

3.6
8.7
9.7
8.2
2.1
……..

0.0
-2.8
-3.3
-2.5
1.6
……..

1.6
0.0
-0.2
0.0
4.0
……..

1.1
-0.5
1.3
-1.5
3.0
……..

Private fixed investment

8

12.8

4.1

-1.7

-4.4

0.0

18.8

6.8

-3.5

Net exports of goods and services
Exports
Goods
Services
Imports
Goods
Services

9
10
11
12
13
14
15

……..
-7.9
3.1
-9.4
2.0
-1.1
15.3

……..
-14.2
-20.8
-13.3
3.1
2.2
6.8

……..
-0.1
-28.2
3.7
0.3
-1.3
5.9

……..
6.5
68.1
0.4
3.4
3.3
4.1

……..
5.2
-21.3
9.6
1.1
2.9
-5.0

……..
5.8
67.5
-1.5
6.3
6.0
7.1

……..
-2.2
-36.3
4.6
3.3
2.9
4.8

……..
-0.6
-33.3
3.3
-1.2
-1.8
0.9

Government consumption
expenditures and gross investment
Federal
Territorial

16
17
18

0.9
3.9
-3.9

6.9
9.5
2.6

5.8
4.6
7.9

1.8
-0.1
5.1

-0.7
-1.4
0.5

1.1
-1.2
4.8

1.9
2.3
1.3

0.1
1.3
-1.7

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Table 1.4. Contributions to Percent Change in Real Gross Domestic Product
Line
Percent change:
Gross domestic product
Percentage points:
Personal consumption expenditures
Goods
Durable goods
Nondurable goods
Services
Net foreign travel

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

1

1.7

0.3

2.1

0.1

2.0

1.9

1.3

0.4

2
3
4
5
6
7

1.49
0.28
-0.34
0.62
-0.71
1.91

0.41
-1.54
-0.38
-1.16
-0.44
2.39

-0.65
0.60
0.18
0.42
-0.68
-0.57

0.84
1.50
0.93
0.57
-0.59
-0.07

2.15
2.78
1.10
1.67
0.92
-1.55

0.01
-0.94
-0.40
-0.55
0.70
0.26

0.96
-0.01
-0.02
0.01
1.72
-0.75

0.60
-0.16
0.13
-0.29
1.30
-0.55

Private fixed investment

8

2.67

0.92

-0.39

-0.96

-0.01

3.77

1.58

-0.83

Net exports of goods and services
Exports
Goods
Services
Imports
Goods
Services

9
10
11
12
13
14
15

-2.94
-1.82
0.09
-1.91
-1.12
0.52
-1.64

-4.71
-2.96
-0.56
-2.39
-1.76
-0.95
-0.81

-0.16
-0.02
-0.59
0.57
-0.14
0.59
-0.73

-0.82
1.13
1.06
0.07
-1.96
-1.43
-0.53

0.32
0.98
-0.57
1.55
-0.66
-1.32
0.66

-2.53
1.11
1.37
-0.26
-3.64
-2.76
-0.88

-2.39
-0.43
-1.18
0.75
-1.96
-1.34
-0.62

0.60
-0.11
-0.66
0.55
0.71
0.83
-0.12

Government consumption
expenditures and gross investment
Federal
Territorial

16
17
18

0.50
1.32
-0.82

3.72
3.21
0.51

3.28
1.70
1.58

1.08
-0.02
1.10

-0.44
-0.54
0.10

0.62
-0.45
1.07

1.11
0.81
0.30

0.08
0.47
-0.39

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Table 1.5. Percent Change From Preceding Year in Prices for Gross Domestic Product
and Price Indexes for Gross Domestic Product
Line
Gross domestic product
Personal consumption expenditures
Gross domestic product
Personal consumption expenditures

2007

2008

2009

1

3.0

3.8

3.1

2

2.9

5.9

1.5

3

93.4

4

93.1

2010
0.3

2011

2012

[Percent]
0.5

2013

2014

2015

3.4

1.3

2.5

2.6

0.1

0.9

-0.9

97.0

1.2
1.7
4.7
[Index numbers, 2009=100]
100.0
100.3
100.8
104.3

105.6

108.2

111.0

98.5

100.0

107.9

108.8

107.8

101.2

102.9

107.8

Table 1.6. Gross Domestic Income
[Millions of dollars]
Line

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Gross domestic product

1

4,375

4,621

4,781

4,895

4,928

5,199

5,364

5,566

5,734

Compensation of employees

2

2,453

2,588

2,715

2,861

2,907

2,950

3,011

3,135

3,232

Taxes on production and imports
less subsidies

3

289

300

296

320

336

355

365

391

389

Gross operating surplus

4

1,633

1,733

1,770

1,714

1,685

1,894

1,988

2,040

2,113

NOTE. Detail may not add to total because of rounding.

Table 1.7. Revisions to Percent Change in Real Gross Domestic Product
Line

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Percent change:
Revised
Previously published

1
2

1.7
1.7

0.3
0.3

2.1
2.1

0.1
0.1

2.0
2.0

1.9
1.7

1.3
1.0

Percentage points:
Revision

3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.3

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2. GDP by Industry
Table 2.1. Value Added by Industry
[Millions of dollars]
Line
Gross domestic product

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

1

4,375

4,621

4,781

4,895

4,928

5,199

5,364

5,566

Private industries
Construction
Distributive Services
Accommodations and Amusement
Other Private

2
3
4
5
6

2,654
291
436
406
1,520

2,827
343
469
422
1,593

2,872
360
464
429
1,619

2,875
394
495
452
1,534

2,847
367
513
462
1,505

3,117
398
551
487
1,681

3,232
448
549
527
1,707

3,346
473
574
594
1,704

Government
Federal
Territorial

7
8
9

1,721
1,008
713

1,795
1,071
724

1,910
1,157
752

2,020
1,217
802

2,081
1,253
828

2,082
1,249
833

2,132
1,248
884

2,220
1,273
947

NOTE. Detail may not add to total because of rounding.

Table 2.2. Value Added by Industry as a Percentage of GDP
[Percent]
Line
Gross domestic product

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

1

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Private industries
Construction
Distributive Services
Accommodations and Amusement
Other Private

2
3
4
5
6

61
7
10
9
35

61
7
10
9
34

60
8
10
9
34

59
8
10
9
31

58
7
10
9
31

60
8
11
9
32

60
8
10
10
32

60
8
10
11
31

Government
Federal
Territorial

7
8
9

39
23
16

39
23
16

40
24
16

41
25
16

42
25
17

40
24
16

40
23
16

40
23
17

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Table 2.3. Real Value Added by Industry
[Millions of chained (2009) dollars]
Line
Gross domestic product

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

1

4,685

4,766

4,781

4,881

4,887

4,986

5,079

5,143

Private industries
Construction
Distributive Services
Accommodations and Amusement
Other Private

2
3
4
5
6

2,876
304
470
437
1,667

2,929
360
502
445
1,622

2,872
360
464
429
1,619

2,906
402
488
459
1,557

2,879
369
495
478
1,537

2,998
391
519
491
1,595

3,074
428
507
534
1,607

3,120
437
525
559
1,601

Government
Federal
Territorial

7
8
9

1,809
1,033
779

1,837
1,070
769

1,910
1,157
752

1,974
1,185
790

2,006
1,199
807

1,988
1,181
808

2,006
1,179
827

2,024
1,184
840

Table 2.4. Percent Changes in Real Value Added by Industry
[Percent]
Line
Gross domestic product

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

1

1.7

0.3

2.1

0.1

2.0

1.9

1.3

Private industries
Construction
Distributive Services
Accommodations and Amusement
Other Private

2
3
4
5
6

1.8
18.4
7.0
1.9
-2.7

-1.9
0.0
-7.7
-3.6
-0.2

1.2
11.6
5.3
7.1
-3.8

-0.9
-8.0
1.4
4.1
-1.3

4.1
5.9
4.8
2.9
3.8

2.5
9.4
-2.2
8.6
0.7

1.5
2.1
3.5
4.8
-0.4

Government
Federal
Territorial

7
8
9

1.5
3.6
-1.4

3.9
8.2
-2.1

3.4
2.3
5.0

1.6
1.2
2.2

-0.9
-1.5
0.1

0.9
-0.1
2.4

0.9
0.4
1.6

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Table 2.5. Contributions to Percent Change in Real Gross Domestic Product by Industry
Line
Percent change:
Gross domestic product
Percentage points:
Private industries
Construction
Distributive Services
Accommodations and Amusement
Other Private
Government
Federal
Territorial

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

1

1.7

0.3

2.1

0.1

2.0

1.9

1.3

2
3
4
5
6

1.11
1.20
0.69
0.17
-0.94

-1.19
0.00
-0.80
-0.34
-0.06

0.72
0.86
0.52
0.63
-1.29

-0.54
-0.65
0.15
0.37
-0.41

2.39
0.44
0.49
0.27
1.19

1.52
0.73
-0.24
0.80
0.23

0.90
0.18
0.36
0.49
-0.12

7
8
9

0.60
0.83
-0.22

1.53
1.86
-0.34

1.37
0.58
0.79

0.67
0.30
0.36

-0.37
-0.38
0.01

0.35
-0.03
0.38

0.35
0.09
0.26

NOTE. Percentage-point contributions do not sum to the percent change in real gross domestic product because of
rounding and differences in source data used to estimate GDP by industry and the expenditures measure of real GDP.

Table 2.6. Compensation of Employees by Industry
[Millions of dollars]
Line

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

1

2,453

2,588

2,715

2,861

2,907

2,950

3,011

3,135

Private industries
Construction
Distributive Services
Accommodations and Amusement
Other Private

2
3
4
5
6

1,224
135
245
203
641

1,299
155
260
212
671

1,348
171
255
217
704

1,407
192
270
227
718

1,397
183
278
231
706

1,446
186
298
243
719

1,480
214
296
257
713

1,549
228
310
273
737

Government
Federal
Territorial

7
8
9

1,228
647
582

1,289
695
594

1,367
746
621

1,455
802
653

1,510
835
676

1,504
829
675

1,531
825
706

1,586
848
738

Total compensation

NOTE. Detail may not add to total because of rounding.

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