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Key facts

  • Currency: Guatemalan quetzal
  • Capital city: Guatemala City
  • Region: Central America
  • Continent: Americas
  • Land area: 107,160 km²
  • Population: 17,357,886
  • Political Leader: Alejandro Giammattei (President)

Latest news (see all)

Unfazed by danger and power, Guatemalan cardinal keeps up fight for migrants and the poor

Read: The Star

2024-04-14

Unfazed by danger and power, Guatemalan cardinal keeps up fight for migrants and the poor

Read: The Washington Times

2024-04-14

Watch: Guatemala landfill fire declared a disaster

Read: BBC

2024-04-11

Guatemala's president issues natural disaster declaration as 44 forest fires rage on

Read: Fox News

2024-04-10

Guatemala's president issues natural disaster declaration as 44 forest fires rage on

Read: The Star

2024-04-10

Guatemala's president issues natural disaster declaration as 44 forest fires rage on

Read: ABC News

2024-04-10

Shift in Guatemala's leadership spurs fresh focus from US on migration

Read: The Hill

2024-04-07

Metrics

Business

Central government debt 25.21 % of GDP
Expense 13.27 % of GDP
GDP 95,003,300,000.00 current US$
Inflation 6.89 annual %
Self-employed 43.93 % of total employment
Tax revenue 11.61 % of GDP
Unemployment 3.15 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 39.23 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 46,120.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy 2.57 % of total energy use
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 16,865.20 kt
Electricity production from coal sources 21.36 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources 35.04 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources 18.25 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 25.35 % of total
Net energy imports 32.84 % of energy use
Fertility rate 2.40 births per woman
Forest area 35,162 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 37.38 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 -699.32 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 18.50 years
Methane emissions 10,598.10 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 5,199.30 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 8,767,508
Male Population 8,590,378
Renewable energy consumption 65.46 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 105,527.00 km²
Rural population 8,216,182
Urban land area 2,900.62 km²
Urban population 9,141,704
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 0.12 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 21.12 per 1,000 people
Death rate 6.50 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 289.13 current US$
Health expenditure 6.47 % of GDP
Incidence of HIV 0.07 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds 0.44 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 69 years
Suicide mortality rate 5.90 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 97.87 % of population
Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence 242,000
Individuals using the Internet 50.84 % of population
Net migration -9,110
Press freedom 2.18


Politics

Armed forces personnel 43,000
Democracy score 5.60
Democracy type Hybrid regime
Military expenditure 0.46 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 19.38 %


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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

Updated: 1 day ago

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