Guatemala
Guatemala in numbers — 19 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
Guatemala recorded GDP per capita: 6,598 (2025), ranking 124 of 212 worldwide; Population: 18.69 million (2025), ranking 69 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 72.7 (2024), ranking 128 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: 1.49% (2025), ranking 140 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, GDP shows the largest increase (+11715%) and Infant mortality the largest decrease (-89%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits below the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 8 of 19 comparable series are higher and 11 are lower.
Its population of 18.69 million (2025) makes it a mid-sized population by the standards of this dataset.
All 19 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | 123,306,008,821.47 | 2025 | +11715.4% |
| GDP per capita | 6,598.18 | 2025 | +2469.3% |
| GDP growth | 4.28% | 2025 | -0.4% |
| Population | 18,687,881 | 2025 | +359.9% |
| Population growth | 1.52% | 2025 | -48.9% |
| Urban population | 56.3% | 2025 | +76.8% |
| Inflation | 1.49% | 2025 | +225.0% |
| Life expectancy | 72.75 | 2024 | +59.0% |
| Infant mortality | 17.2 | 2024 | -89.0% |
| CO2 per capita | 1.11 | 2024 | +138.6% |
| GDP (PPP) | 284,001,281,295.61 | 2025 | +845.1% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 15,197.08 | 2025 | +356.4% |
| Labor participation | 59.62% | 2025 | -10.1% |
| Unemployment | 2.6% | 2025 | +18.5% |
| Internet users | 60.22% | 2024 | — |
| Electricity access | 90.9% | 2024 | +49.5% |
| Education spending | 3.08% | 2024 | +65.5% |
| Forest area | 32.6% | 2023 | -26.9% |
| Health spending | 6.8% | 2023 | +26.0% |