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Guatemala

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Guatemala is a country. The capital city is Guatemala City, located in the Central America region of Americas. It has a land area of 107,160 km², a population of 18,124,838 people and uses the currency Guatemalan quetzal. The President is Alejandro Giammattei.

Key facts

currency: Guatemalan quetzal
capital city: Guatemala City
region: Central America
continent: Americas
land area: 107,160 km²
population: 18,124,838 people
political leader: Alejandro Giammattei (President)

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central government debt: 25.21 % of GDP
expense: 13.99 % of GDP
GDP: 104,450,210,572.01 current US$
inflation: 6.89 annual %
self-employed workers: 39.54 % of total employment
tax revenue: 11.82 % of GDP
unemployment: 2.34 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 36.61 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 43,000 people
democracy score: 5.60
democracy type: Hybrid regime
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 242,000 people
individuals using the Internet: 56.10 % of population
military expenditure: 0.41 % of GDP
net migration: -8,940 people
press freedom: 2.18
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 20.00 %
birth rate: 20.86 per 1,000 people
death rate: 6.77 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 340.96 current US$
health expenditure: 6.90 % 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
suicide mortality rate: 5.90 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 46,120.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 2.57 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 21.35 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 99.10 % of population
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: 2.35 births per woman
forest area: 35,046 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 37.38 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 43.98 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 18.70
methane emissions: 18.07 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 4.73 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 9,135,826 people
male population: 8,989,012 people
renewable energy consumption: 62.10 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 105,527.12 km²
rural population: 8,500,912 people
urban land area: 2,900.62 km²
urban population: 9,623,926 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.12 % of total population

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