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Guatemala

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  • Guatemala has a population of about 18.7M; its total GDP of $123.3B ranks #66 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 109,847 km² is about 58% of the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Military spending stands out most against the median: 0.4% — rank #152 of 157 countries with data.

Guatemala: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 18.7M (2025) #69 / 169 median 11.5M · 1.6×
Population growth 1.5% (2025) #65 / 169 median 1.1% · 1.4×
Urban population share 56.3% (2025) #106 / 169 median 63.8% · 88%
Population aged 65+ 5.0% (2025) #107 / 169 median 7.4% · 67%
Fertility rate 2.3 (2024) #74 / 169 median 2.1 · 1.1×
Birth rate 20.6‰ (2024) #62 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 1.3×
Death rate 4.9‰ (2024) #154 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 68%
Net migration -8K (2025) #101 / 169 N/A
Surface area 109,847 km² #107 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 58%
Population density derived 170/km² (2025) #36 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 2.3×
Economy
GDP (total) $123.3B (2025) #66 / 168 median $80.7B · 1.5×
GDP per capita $6,598 (2025) #87 / 168 median $6,834 · 97%
GNI per capita $6,360 (2025) #84 / 168 median $6,350 · 1.0×
GDP growth (annual) 4.3% (2025) #58 / 168 median 3.1% · 1.4×
Inflation rate 1.5% (2025) #124 / 162 median 3.3% · 45%
Unemployment rate 2.6% (2025) #146 / 168 median 5.1% · 51%
Gini index 45.2 (2023) #17 / 153 median 35.3 · 1.3×
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 9.7% (2023) #53 / 153 median 2.5% · 3.9×
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 15.6% (2025) #142 / 163 median 35.0% · 44%
Imports share of GDP 31.0% (2025) #108 / 163 median 40.2% · 77%
Agriculture share of GDP 9.6% (2025) #68 / 168 median 7.2% · 1.3×
Manufacturing share of GDP 13.2% (2025) #58 / 165 median 11.2% · 1.2×
International tourist arrivals 594K (2020) #106 / 162 median 1.1M · 53%
Tourism receipts $298.5M (2020) #102 / 165 median $705M · 42%
Health & education
Life expectancy 72.7 years (2024) #92 / 169 median 73.8 years · 99%
Infant mortality 17.2‰ (2024) #67 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 1.3×
Under-five mortality 20.5‰ (2024) #67 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 1.3×
DPT immunization 81.0% (2024) #118 / 166 median 90.5% · 90%
Hospital beds 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) #153 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 22%
Health spending share of GDP 6.8% (2023) #80 / 165 median 6.5% · 1.0×
Secondary school enrollment 49.6% (2024) #137 / 167 median 90.5% · 55%
Education spending share of GDP 3.1% (2024) #123 / 165 median 4.1% · 74%
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.662 (2023) #113 / 165 median 0.754 · 88%
Internet users 60.2% (2024) #115 / 169 median 81.5% · 74%
Mobile subscriptions 112.5 per 100 (2024) #96 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 97%
Fixed broadband 5.3 per 100 (2024) #105 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 44%
Electricity access 90.9% (2024) #116 / 169 median 99.9% · 91%
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 1.1 t (2024) #112 / 165 median 2.6 t · 42%
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 20.4 Mt (2024) #86 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 95%
Renewable electricity share 60.6% (2021) #56 / 169 median 34.1% · 1.8×
Renewable energy consumption 62.1% (2021) #35 / 169 median 26.9% · 2.3×
Forest area 32.6% (2023) #82 / 169 median 32.4% · 1.0×
Agricultural land 43.0% (2023) #79 / 169 median 41.7% · 1.0×
Arable land 14.5% (2023) #66 / 168 median 11.0% · 1.3×
PM2.5 exposure 29.7 µg/m³ (2023) #49 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 1.5×
Military spending 0.4% (2024) #152 / 157 median 1.8% · 20%

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Guatemala's true-shape outline

Guatemala's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 109,847 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).