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Last European coloniser: Spain · Largest religious group: Christians. These are labels that describe the country, not numbers, so they are never compared with other measures. The numbers behind them, such as population shares, are.

Guatemala

Against upper middle income countries, Guatemala ranks 4th of 35 on wellbeing and 48th of 53 on equality. Each ranking counts only the countries that report that score, so the totals differ and the two ranks can’t be compared directly. Both compare Guatemala with countries of similar wealth. That is the only kind of ranking that tells you something a ranking by income does not already show.

How it has changed

Every measure Guatemala reports, over all the years it has been published. Pick one. Hover or use the arrow keys to read a year. Gaps in a line are years with no data. They are left open, not filled in.

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Scores by area

Each score averages the measures in one area, such as health. Each measure is first put on a common scale and turned so that higher is always better. Zero is the average country in an average year. One point is a typical gap between countries (a standard deviation), so +1 means about one typical gap above average. These are summaries, not measurements. See how the country scores are built and how the topic scores compare with each other.

ScoreValueRank, all countriesRank, similar incomeMostly income?
Governance score 2025+0.2986 of 17923 of 51moderate +0.53
Health score 2024-0.38155 of 19342 of 58moderate +0.32
Education score 2024+0.22137 of 19950 of 57proxy +0.81
Wellbeing score 2022+0.3539 of 1104 of 35high +0.80
Equality score 2023-0.41125 of 16548 of 53high +0.64
Infrastructure score 2024+0.58141 of 21048 of 58proxy +0.90
Gender score 2024+0.8262 of 18618 of 57moderate +0.37
Environment score 2024+0.1581 of 21313 of 58moderate -0.33
Labour score 2025+0.4867 of 19513 of 56high +0.79

The last column shows how closely each score just tracks national income. The number is its link with GDP per person (the value of everything a country produces, divided by its people), from −1 to +1. A score marked proxy is mostly a measure of how rich the country is. Its rank among all countries says little that GDP per person does not. That is why the rank among similar-income countries sits beside it.

The measures behind them

Every measure reported for Guatemala, grouped by area. Some measures have no agreed better direction, such as population growth, inflation and military spending. They are listed here but left out of every score, since there is no fair way to say which way is better. Some names use technical terms: PPP means adjusted for what money buys in each country, HDI is a United Nations score combining life expectancy, schooling and income, and a Gini indexmeasures how unequally income is shared. Each measure’s own page explains it.

crime

Conflict deaths0.0375per 100,000 people2025higher is worse
Armed conflict present11 if any conflict, else 02025higher is worse
Homicide rate23.4per 100,000 population2023higher is worse

culture

Religious attendance63.4%% of respondents2022no agreed direction
Religion very important51.5%% of respondents2022no agreed direction
Frequent prayer73.2%% of respondents2022no agreed direction
Confidence in religious institutions70.5%% of respondents2022no agreed direction
Religiously unaffiliated6.02%% of population2020no agreed direction
Christian share92%% of population2020no agreed direction
Muslim share0.00271%% of population2020no agreed direction
Single-parent households12.6%% of households2015no agreed direction
One-person households4.33%% of households2015no agreed direction
Women in a union56.2%% of women aged 15-492018no agreed direction
Marriage rate (UN)4.21marriages per 1,000 people2023no agreed direction
Divorce rate (UN)0.582divorces per 1,000 people2023no agreed direction

demography

Median age22.6years2023no agreed direction
Age at childbearing27.3years2023no agreed direction
Population18,687,881people2025no agreed direction
Population growth1.52%% per year2025no agreed direction
Urbanization56.3%% of population2025no agreed direction
Population 65+4.96%% of population2025no agreed direction
Population 0-1431%% of population2025no agreed direction
Fertility rate2.29births per woman2024no agreed direction
Birth rate20.6per 1,000 people2024no agreed direction
Net migration-7,959people2025no agreed direction
Migrant share of population0.5%% of population2024no agreed direction

economy

HDI0.662index, 0 to 12023higher is better
Inequality-adjusted HDI0.479index, 0 to 12023higher is better
GDP per capita (PPP)$12,987international $2025higher is better
GNI per capita (PPP)$13,248international $2025higher is better
GDP per capita (market)$4,688US$2025higher is better
GDP growth4.28%% per year2025no agreed direction
Inflation1.49%% per year2025no agreed direction
Trade openness46.5%% of GDP2025no agreed direction
FDI inflows1.63%% of GDP2024no agreed direction
Tax revenue11.6%% of GDP2024no agreed direction
Government consumption11.5%% of GDP2025no agreed direction
Government expense13.5%% of GDP2023no agreed direction
Military spending0.368%% of GDP2024no agreed direction
Employment in agriculture29.1%% of employment2025no agreed direction

education

PISA maths344PISA points2022higher is better
PISA reading374PISA points2022higher is better
PISA science373PISA points2022higher is better
Primary completion87%% of children2025higher is better
Expected schooling10.7years2023higher is better
Mean years of schooling5.85years2023higher is better
Education spending3.08%% of GDP2024no agreed direction
Primary enrollment101%% gross2024higher is better
Secondary enrollment49.6%% gross2024higher is better
Tertiary enrollment27.3%% gross2023higher is better
Adult literacy82.1%% of adults2024higher is better
Compulsory schooling16years2025no agreed direction
Out of school, primary8.43%% of primary-age children2024higher is worse
Pupil-teacher ratio20.3pupils per teacher2018higher is worse
Researchers1.45per million people2023higher is better

environment

CO2 per capita1.11t CO2e per capita2024higher is worse
Forest area32.6%% of land area2023higher is better
Agricultural land43%% of land area2023no agreed direction
Protected land20.1%% of land area2025higher is better

gender

Gender Inequality Index0.48index, 0 to 12023higher is worse
Gender Development Index0.934ratio of women's HDI to men's2023no agreed direction
Women's political empowerment0.722index (0-1)2025higher is better
Women ministers38.5%% of ministers2024higher is better
Women in parliament20%% of seats2025higher is better
Women in management39.8%% of managers2024higher is better
Married by 1829.5%% of women aged 20-242015higher is worse

governance

Corruption Perceptions Index25index (0-100, higher = cleaner)2024higher is better
Political rights (FH)4rating (1-7, 1 = most free)2025higher is worse
Civil liberties (FH)4rating (1-7, 1 = most free)2025higher is worse
Pre-trial detainee share28.3%% of prisoners2024higher is worse
Refugees originating197per 100,000 people2024higher is worse
Electoral democracy0.637index (0-1)2025higher is better
Liberal democracy0.523index (0-1)2025higher is better
Participatory democracy0.421index (0-1)2025higher is better
Free and fair elections0.666index (0-1)2025higher is better
Regime type2regime category (0-3)2025higher is better
Political corruption0.616index (0-1)2025higher is worse
Freedom of expression0.839index (0-1)2025higher is better
Freedom of association0.834index (0-1)2025higher is better
Political civil liberties0.856index (0-1)2025higher is better
Civil society participation0.761index (0-1)2025higher is better
Birth registration96.4%% of children under 52015higher is better
Control of corruption-0.948index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Rule of law-0.962index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Government effectiveness-0.909index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Regulatory quality-0.309index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Voice and accountability-0.471index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better
Political stability-0.21index (approx. -2.5 to 2.5)2024higher is better

health

Life expectancy72.7years2024higher is better
Infant mortality17.2per 1,000 live births2024higher is worse
Under-5 mortality20.5per 1,000 live births2024higher is worse
Health spending6.8%% of GDP2023no agreed direction
Suicide rate4.94per 100,0002021higher is worse
Hospital beds0.45per 1,000 people2023no agreed direction
Basic water access93.2%% of population2024higher is better
Basic sanitation71.2%% of population2024higher is better
Child stunting44.6%% of children under 52024higher is worse
Adolescent fertility67.9births per 1,000 women aged 15-192024higher is worse
Maternal mortality94per 100,000 live births2023higher is worse
Skilled birth attendance69.6%% of births2017higher is better
Alcohol consumption1.54litres per adult per year2020no agreed direction
Tobacco use11.2%% of adults2024higher is worse
Road traffic deaths22.9per 100,000 population2019higher is worse
Physicians1.28per 1,000 people2020higher is better
DTP3 immunisation81%% of children aged 12-23 months2024higher is better
HIV prevalence0.2%% of adults aged 15-492024higher is worse
Tuberculosis incidence28per 100,000 people2024higher is worse
Premature NCD mortality14.6%% probability, ages 30-702021higher is worse
Anaemia in women10.5%% of women aged 15-492023higher is worse
Out-of-pocket health spending57.2%% of health spending2023higher is worse
Undernourishment11.8%% of population2023higher is worse
Food insecurity48.8%% of population2023higher is worse
Adult obesity28%% of adults2024higher is worse
Health coverage index58index, 0 to 1002023higher is better

inequality

Gini index45.2index (0-100)2023higher is worse
Extreme poverty rate9.7%% of population2023higher is worse

infrastructure

Internet users60.2%% of population2024higher is better
Mobile subscriptions113per 100 people2024higher is better
Electricity access90.9%% of population2024higher is better
Slum share of urban population37.6%% of urban population2022higher is worse
Fixed broadband5.34per 100 people2024higher is better

labor

Informal employment75.9%% of employment2024higher is worse
Unemployment2.6%% of labor force2025higher is worse
Female labor participation38.3%% of women 15+2025no agreed direction
Male labor participation81.7%% of men 15+2025no agreed direction
Youth not in work or study24%% of 15 to 24 year olds2024higher is worse
Vulnerable employment36.2%% of employment2025higher is worse

wellbeing

Interpersonal trust18%% of respondents2022higher is better
Self-reported happiness90.7%% of respondents2022higher is better
Life satisfaction6.53score (0-10)2025higher is better

Values are the most recent in 2010–2025, and different measures can come from different years. The year is shown beside each. Nothing here ranks countries by merit. An area score averages whatever measures its publishers happen to collect, and the choice of what to collect is itself a judgement made by someone else. All countries · How the country data works

Countries to compare with Guatemala

Also in Latin America & Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, The, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico (US), Sint Maarten (Dutch part), St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Martin (French part), St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay, Venezuela, RB, Virgin Islands (U.S.).

Also upper middle income, in other regions: Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Cabo Verde, China, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Georgia, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Rep., Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Fed. Sts., Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Philippines, Samoa, Serbia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga, Turkiye, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Ukraine, and more on the full list of countries.