Guatemala, is a country located at Central America, it has an area of 108,890 Km2.

Guatemala, with a population of 17,602,000 people, it is ranked at 72º position by population of 196 countries and has a population density of 162 people per km2.

It's capital is Guatemala City and its currency is Quetzal

Guatemala is holding the 73 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2024 was 27,546 millions of euros (29,807 millions of dollars), ( 26.48% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €1,565 euros per inhabitant$1,693 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Guatemala was on March of 2024 and it was 3.2%.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Guatemala, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.629 points in 2022, leaving it in 136th place in the table of 193 countries published.

If the reason to visit Guatemala are business, you must know it's in the 96th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Guatemala, if you want to see information about other countries click here

Guatemala City: Monthly Temp.
Guatemala City: Monthly Rainfall
Guatemala Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2023€96,559M
Annual GDP [+]2023$104,436M
GDP per capita [+]2023€5,486
GDP per capita [+]2023$5,933
Debt (M.€.) [+]202427,546
Debt ($M) [+]202429,807
Debt (%GDP) [+]202426.48%
Debt Per Capita [+]2024€1,565
Debt Per Capita [+]2024$1,693
Deficit (M.€) [+]2024-1,047
Deficit ($M) [+]2024-1,133
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2024-1.01%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]202413,993.2
Expenditure ($M) [+]202415,141.4
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]20222,930.4
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20233,244.6
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20223.23%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]20222,189.0
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]20222,305.0
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202216.89%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]2023397.0
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]2023429.4
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20232.98%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202413.45%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024€795
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024$860
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022€169
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022$178
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022€123
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022$129
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023€23
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023$24
Moody's Rating [+]07/11/2024Ba1
S&P Rating [+]04/18/2024BB
Fitch Rating [+]02/16/2023BB
Corruption Index [+]202323
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201998º
Fragile States Index [+]202474.9
RTI Raking [+]202459º
Innovation Ranking [+]2024122º
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]2021Q42.2%
Unemployed [+]2021Q4161K
NMW [+]2024$427.1
NMW [+]2024€386.5
Human Capital Ranking [+]2017100º
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]05/17/20257.6711
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]March 20243.2%
Money Market
Key rates [+]04/27/20235.00%
Business
Doing Business [+]202096º
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 201913,407
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 20191.48
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2015119.65
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202214.4%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/200612.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]20207.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20221,494,000
Exports [+]2023€13,131.2M
Exports [+]2023$14,198.7M
Exports % GDP [+]202313.60%
Imports [+]2023€28,038.4M
Imports [+]2023$30,317.9M
Imports % GDP [+]202329.04%
Trade balance [+]2023€-14,907.3M
Trade balance [+]2023$-16,119.2M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2023-15.44%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201559º
Density [+]2023162
Global Peace Ranking [+]2024117º
Remittance received ($M) [+]20178,539.8
% Immigrant [+]20200.50%
% Emigrant [+]20208.12%
Birth Rate [+]202320.81‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017181.2
Crude death rate [+]20234.83‰
Fertility Rate [+]20232.31
% risk of poverty [+]201459.3%
Population [+]202317,602,000
Immigrant stock [+]202084,311
Emigrant stock [+]20201,368,431
HDI [+]20220.629
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202493º
Life expectancy [+]202372.60
Suicides [+]2015401
Suicide rate [+]20152.57
Number of homicides [+]20223,935
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]202222.05
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20231.13
Annual crude oil production [+]20246
Crude Oil Reserves [+]202186.1
Consumption GWh [+]202312,222
Generation GWh [+]202313,469
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]08/04/202420,203
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]08/04/20241,250,371
Fully vaccinated [+]05/12/20237,126,305
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]08/04/20241,147.77
Doses administered [+]05/12/202320,362,104