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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
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
Metrics
General information
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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SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
Updated: 3 days ago