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General Information

Region		Central America
Population (000, 2021)		18 250^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2021)		170.3^a
Capital city		Guatemala City
Capital city pop. (000, 2021)		2 891.2^b
UN membership date		21-Nov-45
Surface area (km2)		108 889^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		97.2^a
National currency		Quetzal (GTQ)
Exchange rate (per US$)		7.8^c

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2021
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	40 682	62 186	76 710^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	2.9	4.1	3.8^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	2 780.7	3 826.3	4 363.1^b
Economy: Agriculture^d (% of Gross Value Added)	11.4	10.6	10^b
Economy: Industry^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	24.2	24.1	23.3^b
Economy: Services and other activity^g (% of GVA)	64.4	65.3	66.7^b
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	33.5	31.9	31.3^h,c
Employment in industry (% of employed)	22	18.9	18.4^h,c
Employment in services (% employed)	44.5	49.2	50.3^h,c
Unemployment^h (% of labour force)	3.5	2.5	2.5^c
Labour force participation rate^h (female/male pop. %)	40.5 / 84.2	39.1 / 85.5	39.9 / 86.4^c
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	100ⁱ	122	148^c
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	78	101	106^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	8 460	10 677	11 658^c
International trade: imports (million current US$)	13 830	17 637	18 198^c
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 5 370	- 6 960	- 6 539^c
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-767	-774	4 249^c

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Population growth rate^j (average annual %)	2.2	2.1	1.9^c
Urban population (% of total population)	48.4	50	51.4^b
Urban population growth rate^j (average annual %)	2.8	2.7	...
Fertility rate, total^j (live births per woman)	3.6	3.2	2.9^c
Life expectancy at birth^j (females/males, years)	73.7 / 67.2	75.6 / 69.2	76.8 / 71.0^c
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	39.4 / 6.1	36.2 / 6.7	32.9 / 7.3^a
International migrant stock^k (000/% of total pop.)	66.4 / 0.5	74.9 / 0.5	84.3 / 0.5^c
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	0.1^l	0.3	28.8^c
Infant mortality rate^j (per 1 000 live births)	31.3	26.9	20.7^c
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	6.1	5.9	5.7^m
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.9ⁿ	...	0.4^m
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	2.8	3	3.2^b
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	114.3 / 116.6	99.9 / 103.1	100.7 / 103.0^b
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	50.7 / 53.9	52.6 / 55.8	50.1 / 52.1^b
Education: Upper secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	35.3 / 34.9	37.2 / 36.1	37.0 / 34.5^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	40.7	29.4	22.5^m
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	12	13.3	19.4^o

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2021
Individuals using the Internet^h (per 100 inhabitants)	10.5	28.8	40.7^p
Research & Development expenditure^q (% of GDP)	~0.0	~0.0	~0.0^m
Threatened species (number)	230	282	536
Forested area^h (% of land area)	34.7	33.5	33.1^m
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	10.3 / 0.7	15.0 / 0.9	16.9 / 1.0^m
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	279	311	343^m
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	27	30	32^m
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	1 119	1 473	1 752^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	25.3	28.9	30^c
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	61.5 / 42.5	64.5 / 44.0	65.4 / 45.5^c
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	1	0.68	0.52^b

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2019
c		2020
d		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
e		Includes irrigation canals.
f		Excludes publishing activities.
g		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
h		Estimate.
i		Break in the time series.
j		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
k		Including refugees.
l		Data as at the end of December.
m		2018
n		2009
o		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
p		2017
q		Partial data.