Guatemala

GTMLatin America & Caribbean Upper middle incomeCapital: Guatemala City
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77/80 indicators · percentile vs world (IMF / WB / WHO)underover
Guatemala in world space2000–2024
1k10k100k505560657075808590GDP per capita (USD, log)Life expectancy (years)20002024
192 countries · log scale on X world Guatemala· trajectory line: 1980 → today
About Guatemala

Guatemala's GDP is $128.89B (2026), with a population of 18.7M, and GDP per capita of $6,810. Key indicators include real GDP growth of 3.9%, inflation at 2.6%, government debt at 27.6% of GDP, life expectancy of 72.7 years. Data sourced from the IMF World Economic Outlook and World Bank World Development Indicators.

Economy32 indicators · 2021–2026 · IMF / WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
GDP (Current USD)$128.89B2026 6.4%IMF
Real GDP Growth (%)3.9%2026 4.9%IMF
GDP per Capita (USD)$6,8102026 4.9%IMF
GDP, PPP (Intl $)$303.21B2026 6.9%IMF
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$16,0212026 5.4%IMF
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)0.14%2026 0.7%IMF
GNI (Current USD)$121.83B2025 9.2%WB
GNI per Capita, Atlas Method (Current US$)$6,3602025 10.0%WB
GNI per Capita, PPP (Current Intl $)$15,0202025 5.8%WB
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)21.8%2025 0.5%WB
Services Value Added (% of GDP)62.1%2025 0.1%WB
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)9.6%2025 1.1%WB
Government Consumption (% of GDP)11.5%2025 5.2%WB
Household Consumption (% of GDP)87.2%2025 1.2%WB
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)16.8%2025 2.1%WB
Gross Savings (% of GDP)19.3%2024 1.3%WB
GDP Deflator Inflation (Annual %)3.4%2025 8.0%WB
GDP per Employed Person (Constant 2021 PPP $)$32,4252025 2.0%WB
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)13.2%2025 2.5%WB
Medium/High-Tech Manufacturing (% of total)22.4%2022 0.0%WB
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$4,1892021WB
Adjusted Net Savings (% of GNI)8.6%2021WB
External Balance on Goods & Services (% of GDP)-15.4%2025 0.8%WB
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021WB
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)1.12%2021WB
Oil Rents (% of GDP)0.12%2021WB
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021WB
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)1.9%2021WB
Forest Rents (% of GDP)0.69%2021WB
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$26.86B2025 9.5%WB
GDP per Capita, PPP (Constant 2021 Intl $)$12,9872025 2.7%WB
GDP per Capita (Constant 2015 US$)$4,6882025 2.7%WB
Fiscal & Monetary20 indicators · 2023–2026 · IMF / WB
Trade15 indicators · 2024–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Trade (% of GDP)46.5%2025 1.6%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)15.6%2025 2.0%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)31.0%2025 1.4%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (USD)$19.19B2025 6.7%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (USD)$38.19B2025 7.3%WB
Merchandise Exports (USD)$15.56B2025 6.6%WB
Merchandise Imports (USD)$34.61B2025 6.5%WB
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)1.6%2024 3.2%WB
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)0.8%2024 21.8%WB
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$1.85B2024 12.0%WB
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$21.64B2024 8.3%WB
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)19.1%2024 0.2%WB
High-Tech Exports (% of manufactured)5.4%2024 6.6%WB
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)2.9%2024 6.3%WB
Current Account Balance (USD)$3.27B2024 1.7%WB
External Debt7 indicators · 2023–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
External Debt (% of GNI)24.2%2024 3.2%WB
External Debt Stocks (USD)$27.06B2024 5.4%WB
Total Debt Service (% of GNI)1.8%2024 30.0%WB
Present Value of External Debt (USD)$11.69B2024WB
Use of IMF Credit (USD)$797.7M2024 2.8%WB
Net ODA Received (% of GNI)0.4%2023 7.0%WB
Net ODA Received (USD)$447.0M2023 1.7%WB
Finance8 indicators · 2024–2025 · WB
Business Environment1 indicator · 2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Time to Get Electricity (days)352025WB
Private Sector6 indicators · 2025 · WB
People23 indicators · 2023–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Population18.7M2025 1.5%WB
Population Growth (%)1.5%2025 1.5%WB
Population Density (per km²)1692023 1.6%WB
Surface Area (sq km)108,8902023 0.0%WB
Land Area (sq km)107,1602023 0.0%WB
Urban Population (%)56.3%2025 0.6%WB
Urban Population (total)10.5M2025 2.2%WB
Rural Population (%)43.7%2025 0.8%WB
Life Expectancy at Birth72.7 years2024 0.2%WB
Life Expectancy, Male70.4 years2024 0.2%WB
Life Expectancy, Female75.0 years2024 0.2%WB
Fertility Rate (births per woman)2.32024 1.0%WB
Birth Rate (per 1,000)20.62024 0.9%WB
Death Rate (per 1,000)4.92024 0.6%WB
Net Migration-7,9592025 3.0%WB
Population Ages 0–14 (%)31.0%2025 1.7%WB
Population Ages 15–64 (%)64.0%2025 0.7%WB
Population Ages 65+ (%)5.0%2025 2.3%WB
Age Dependency Ratio (%)56.2%2025 1.9%WB
Old-Age Dependency Ratio (%)7.8%2025 1.7%WB
Youth Dependency Ratio (%)48.5%2025 2.4%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)202.82024 0.6%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)121.62024 1.5%WB
Labor20 indicators · 2024–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Total Labor Force7.7M2025 2.2%WB
Labor Force Participation (%)59.6%2025 0.1%WB
Female Labor Force Participation (%)38.3%2025 0.2%WB
Male Labor Force Participation (%)81.7%2025 0.1%WB
Unemployment (%)2.6%2025 0.3%WB
Female Unemployment (%)3.3%2025 1.8%WB
Male Unemployment (%)2.3%2025 0.7%WB
Youth Unemployment (%)4.8%2025 3.0%WB
Employment in Agriculture (%)29.1%2025 1.3%WB
Employment in Industry (%)22.7%2025 0.8%WB
Employment in Services (%)48.2%2025 0.4%WB
Labor Force Participation, Age 15+ (National Estimate, %)64.6%2024 5.3%WB
Vulnerable Employment (%)36.2%2025 0.6%WB
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)60.9%2025 0.3%WB
Part-Time Employment (%)48.6%2024 13.2%WB
Employers (% of total employment)2.9%2025 0.2%WB
Labor Force, Female (% of total)32.7%2025 0.1%WB
Employment to Population Ratio (%)58.1%2025 0.1%WB
Self-Employed (% of total)39.1%2025 0.5%WB
NEET Youth (% not in education/employment)24.0%2024 0.9%WB
Education21 indicators · 2018–2025 · WB
Health49 indicators · 2020–2025 · WHO
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Health Spending (% of GDP)6.8%2023 5.1%WHO
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$3922023 2.1%WHO
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)2.4%2023 1.5%WHO
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)57.2%2023 5.0%WHO
Physicians (per 1,000 people)1.32020WHO
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)2.32023WHO
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)0.52023 2.3%WHO
Under-5 Mortality (per 1,000 live births)20.52024 3.3%WHO
Neonatal Mortality (per 1,000)9.52024 3.1%WHO
Maternal Mortality (per 100,000)942023 3.1%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)18.32024 3.2%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)22.62024 3.0%WHO
Communicable, Maternal, Prenatal & Nutrition Causes (% of Deaths)37.7%2021WHO
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)42.7%2021WHO
Cause of Death, Injury (%)10.3%2021WHO
Measles Immunization (% of children)90.0%2024 1.1%WHO
DPT Immunization (% of children)81.0%2024 8.0%WHO
HIV Incidence (per 1,000)0.12024 0.0%WHO
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)282024 3.4%WHO
Stunting, Children Under 5 (%)46.0%2021WHO
Current Tobacco Use, Male Adults (%)20.7%2024 1.4%WHO
Current Tobacco Use, Female Adults (%)1.8%2024 0.0%WHO
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)4.92021WHO
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)1.52020WHO
Life Expectancy at Birth (WHO)68.695736972021WHO
Remaining Life Expectancy at Age 60 (WHO)17.281911542021WHO
Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth (HALE)59.253276982021WHO
Infant Mortality, Under Age 1 (WHO)17.1939267992024WHO
Under-5 Mortality (WHO)20.5085343392024WHO
Neonatal Mortality, 0–27 Days (WHO)9.4533387082024WHO
Maternal Deaths (WHO Estimates)353.467282023WHO
Estimated Tuberculosis Incidence (WHO)282024WHO
TB Mortality, Excluding HIV (per 100K)2.22024WHO
Malaria Deaths (WHO Estimates)02024WHO
Estimated Malaria Incidence (WHO)0.2105024082024WHO
Diabetes Prevalence, Age 18+ (age-standardized, %)19.3301632022WHO
DTP3 Immunization Coverage (WHO/UNICEF)772025WHO
Measles First-Dose Coverage (MCV1, WHO/UNICEF)902025WHO
Hepatitis B Three-Dose Coverage (HepB3, WHO/UNICEF)772025WHO
Physicians (total)29,9522024WHO
Nursing & Midwifery Personnel41,2012023WHO
Dentists (total)5,0212024 3.2%WHO
Pharmacists (total)7,9712024 9.8%WHO
Child Wasting, Under 5 (survey, %)0.82021WHO
Child Stunting, Under 5 (survey, %)462021WHO
Child Underweight, Under 5 (survey, %)14.42021WHO
UHC Service Coverage Index (SDG 3.8.1)582023WHO
Road Traffic Death Rate (per 100K)12.62021WHO
Current Health Expenditure per Capita (WHO, US$)392.012237552023WHO
Energy & Environment18 indicators · 2021–2025 · WB / WHO
Agriculture11 indicators · 2022–2024 · WB
Technology13 indicators · 2021–2024 · WB
Infrastructure8 indicators · 2000–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Air Transport, Passengers Carried221,4782023 12439.9%WB
Air Transport, Freight (million ton-km)0.52023 449516.7%WB
Container Port Traffic (TEU)2.0M2024 13.7%WB
Rail Lines (total km)8852004WB
Railways, Goods (million ton-km)2,2072000WB
Logistics Performance Index (1–5)2.602022WB
Electricity from Oil (%)17.6%2023 26.6%WB
Electricity from Nuclear (%)0.0%2021WB
Gender8 indicators · 2018–2025 · WB
Governance10 indicators · 2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Control of Corruption-1.122023 7.3%WB
Government Effectiveness-0.92023 1.2%WB
Political Stability-0.242023 7.0%WB
Regulatory Quality-0.292023 0.5%WB
Rule of Law-1.082023 4.6%WB
Voice & Accountability-0.532023 2.1%WB
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)14.2%2023 25.0%WB
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)18.4%2023 11.4%WB
Rule of Law (percentile rank)15.6%2023 17.9%WB
Political Stability (percentile rank)37.0%2023 0.5%WB
Military6 indicators · 2020–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Military Spending (% of GDP)0.4%2024 12.3%WB
Military Expenditure (USD)$415.2M2024 5.1%WB
Armed Forces Personnel43,0002020WB
Armed Forces (% of labor force)0.6%2020WB
Military Spending (% of govt expenditure)2.7%2024 11.0%WB
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)23.42023 6.0%WB
Poverty & Inequality10 indicators · 2023 · WB
Social Protection4 indicators · 2020 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Human Capital Index (0–1)0.462020WB
Human Capital Index, Female0.472020WB
Human Capital Index, Male0.452020WB
Learning-Adjusted Years of School6.3 years2020WB
Tourism6 indicators · 2020 · WB
Urban Development7 indicators · 2022–2025 · WB / WHO

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