Guatemala Guatemala

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

Guatemala, with a population of 17,109,746 people, it is ranked at 70º position by population of 196 countries and has a population density of 157 people per km2.

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

Guatemala is holding the 70 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2022 was 26,343 millions of euros (27,762 millions of dollars), ( 29.22% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €1,540 euros per inhabitant$1,623 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Guatemala was on December of 2023 and it was 4.2%.

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 0.627 points in 2021, leaving it in 135th place in the table of 191 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 [+]2022€90,147M
Annual GDP [+]2022$95,004M
GDP per capita [+]2022€5,269
GDP per capita [+]2022$5,553
Debt (M.€.) [+]202226,343
Debt ($M) [+]202227,762
Debt (%GDP) [+]202229.22%
Debt Per Capita [+]2022€1,540
Debt Per Capita [+]2022$1,623
Deficit (M.€) [+]2022-1,538
Deficit ($M) [+]2022-1,621
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2022-1.71%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]202212,947.7
Expenditure ($M) [+]202213,645.3
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]20202,246.9
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20202,564.3
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202021.14%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]20171,321.7
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]20171,492.6
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]201717.21%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]2022416.9
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]2022439.4
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20223.21%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202214.36%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022€757
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022$798
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020€125
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020$143
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€82
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$93
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€24
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$26
Moody's Rating [+]06/15/2022Ba1
S&P Rating [+]04/11/2023BB
Fitch Rating [+]02/16/2023BB
Corruption Index [+]202224
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201998º
Fragile States Index [+]201881.8
RTI Raking [+]202255º
Innovation Ranking [+]2018102º
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]2021Q42.2%
Unemployed [+]2021Q4161K
NMW [+]2022$381.9
NMW [+]2022€338.5
Human Capital Ranking [+]2017100º
Markets
US Dollar exchange rate [+]03/18/20247.8012
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]December 20234.2%
Money Market
Key rates [+]04/27/20235.00%
Business
Doing Business [+]202096º
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 201913,407
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 20191.40
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2015114.60
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202114.2%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/200612.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]20207.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20191,752,429
Exports [+]2021€11,606.1M
Exports [+]2021$13,726.5M
Exports % GDP [+]202115.96%
Imports [+]2021€22,495.3M
Imports [+]2021$26,605.1M
Imports % GDP [+]202130.94%
Trade balance [+]2021€-10,889.2M
Trade balance [+]2021$-12,878.6M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2021-14.98%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201559º
Density [+]2021157
Global Peace Ranking [+]2023103º
Remittance received ($M) [+]20178,539.8
% Immigrant [+]20200.47%
% Emigrant [+]20207.64%
Birth Rate [+]202121.12‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017181.2
Crude death rate [+]20216.50‰
Fertility Rate [+]20212.40
% risk of poverty [+]201459.3%
Population [+]202117,109,746
Immigrant stock [+]202084,311
Emigrant stock [+]20201,368,431
HDI [+]20210.627
Gender Gap Ranking [+]2023117º
Life expectancy [+]202169.24
Suicides [+]2015401
Suicide rate [+]20152.47
Number of homicides [+]20213,520
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]202119.99
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20211.11
Annual crude oil production [+]20227
Crude Oil Reserves [+]202186.1
Consumption GWh [+]202112,823
Generation GWh [+]202114,449
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/05/202420,200
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/05/20241,250,288
Fully vaccinated [+]05/12/20237,126,305
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/05/20241,180.61
Doses administered [+]05/12/202320,362,104