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Guatemala
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- currency: Guatemalan quetzal
- capital city: Guatemala City
- region: Central America
- continent: Americas
- land area: 107,160 km²
- population: 17,602,431 people
- political leader: Alejandro Giammattei (President)
Classified as: place
Location on a map: [15°50′N, -90°25′W]
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Summary
Guatemala is a country. The capital city is Guatemala City, located in the Central America region of Americas. It has a land area of 107,160 km², a population of 17,602,431 people and uses the currency Guatemalan quetzal. The President is Alejandro Giammattei.
Environment
Guatemala is one of the countries in Americas, countries in Central America and 194 countries in our database.
- Agricultural land: 46,120.00 km²
- Alternative and nuclear energy: 2.57 % of total energy use
- Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 20.08 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- 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
- Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 44.52 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Median age: 18.80
- Methane emissions: 19.60 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Nitrous oxide emissions: 4.55 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Female population: 8,892,431 people
- Male population: 8,710,000 people
- Renewable energy consumption: 62.10 % of total final energy consumption
- Rural land area: 105,527.12 km²
- Rural population: 8,255,892 people
- Urban land area: 2,900.62 km²
- Urban population: 9,346,539 people
- Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.12 % of total population
Geographical distribution of cities in Guatemala by population
Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Guatemala
Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Guatemala
Evolution of historical net energy imports in Guatemala
Evolution of historical fertility rate in Guatemala
Guatemala relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time
Guatemala relationship between median age and fertility rate over time
Evolution of historical forest area in Guatemala
Guatemala relationship between rural land area and forest area over time
Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Guatemala
Guatemala relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time
Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Guatemala
Guatemala relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time
Guatemala relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Guatemala relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time
Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Guatemala
Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Guatemala
Evolution of historical land area in Guatemala
Evolution of historical median age in Guatemala
Evolution of historical methane emissions in Guatemala
Guatemala relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time
Guatemala relationship between population and methane emissions over time
Guatemala relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time
Guatemala relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time
Guatemala relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time
Guatemala relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time
Evolution of historical net migration in Guatemala
Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Guatemala
Guatemala relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Guatemala relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Guatemala relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time
Evolution of historical population in Guatemala
Guatemala relationship between urban land area and population over time
Evolution of historical female population in Guatemala
Evolution of historical male population in Guatemala
Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Guatemala
Evolution of historical rural land area in Guatemala
Evolution of historical rural population in Guatemala
Guatemala relationship between urban land area and rural population over time
Evolution of historical urban land area in Guatemala
Guatemala relationship between urban population and urban land area over time
Evolution of historical urban population in Guatemala
Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Guatemala
Guatemala relationship between date and population over time
Guatemala relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Evolution of historical agricultural land in Guatemala
Guatemala relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time
Guatemala relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time
Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Guatemala
Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Guatemala
Guatemala relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Guatemala relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Guatemala relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Guatemala relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Guatemala relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time
Evolution of historical access to electricity in Guatemala
Guatemala relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time
Guatemala relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time
Guatemala relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time
Guatemala relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time
Guatemala relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time
Guatemala relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time
Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Guatemala
Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Guatemala
Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Guatemala
Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Guatemala
Distribution of sites in Guatemala by inscription year
Geographical distribution of sites in Guatemala by area
Proportion of transboundary sites in Guatemala
Geographical distribution of wildfires in Guatemala by mean width
Relationship between width mean and length mean in Guatemala
Cities in Guatemala
Sites in Guatemala
Wildfires in Guatemala
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Business
- Central government debt: 25.21 % of GDP
- Expense: 13.34 % of GDP
- Gdp: 102,050,473,863.64 current US$
- Inflation: 6.21 annual %
- Self-employed workers: 46.19 % of total employment
- Tax revenue: 11.61 % of GDP
- Unemployment: 2.71 % of total labor force
- Vulnerable employment: 42.00 % of total employment
Distribution of companies founded in Guatemala by year
Evolution of historical central government debt in Guatemala
Evolution of historical expense in Guatemala
Evolution of historical GDP in Guatemala
Guatemala relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time
Evolution of historical median inflation in Guatemala
Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Guatemala
Guatemala relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time
Evolution of historical tax revenue in Guatemala
Evolution of historical unemployment in Guatemala
Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Guatemala
Proportion of shops per country in Guatemala
Companies from Guatemala
Exchanges in Guatemala
Shops in Guatemala
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Health
- Birth rate: 21.12 per 1,000 people
- Death rate: 6.50 per 1,000 people
- Health expenditure per capita: 340.96 current US$
- Health expenditure: 6.90 % 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
- Suicide mortality rate: 5.90 per 100,000 population
Evolution of historical birth rate in Guatemala
Guatemala relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time
Guatemala relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time
Guatemala relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time
Guatemala relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time
Guatemala relationship between median age and birth rate over time
Evolution of historical death rate in Guatemala
Guatemala relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time
Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Guatemala
Evolution of historical health expenditure in Guatemala
Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Guatemala
Evolution of historical hospital beds in Guatemala
Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Guatemala
Guatemala relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time
Guatemala relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time
Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Guatemala
Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Guatemala
Proportion of diseases in Guatemala by mortality rate
Distribution of diseases in Guatemala by start date
Evolution of historical cases in Guatemala
Evolution of historical deaths in Guatemala
Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Guatemala
Diseases in Guatemala
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Politics
- Armed forces personnel: 43,000 people
- Democracy score: 5.60
- Democracy type: Hybrid regime
- Military expenditure: 0.40 % of GDP
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 20.00 %
Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Guatemala
Guatemala relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time
Guatemala relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time
Guatemala relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time
Guatemala relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time
Guatemala relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time
Guatemala relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time
Guatemala relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time
Evolution of historical military expenditure in Guatemala
Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Guatemala
Distribution of politicians from Guatemala by birth year
Proportion of politicians per gender in Guatemala
Political parties in Guatemala
Politicians from Guatemala
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Sports
Distribution of athletes from Guatemala by birth year
Proportion of athletes per gender in Guatemala
Proportion of competitions per city in Guatemala
Proportion of competitions per country in Guatemala
Distribution of competitions in Guatemala by start date
Proportion of medals won by Guatemala in the Olympics
Athletes from Guatemala
Competitions in Guatemala
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Culture
Distribution of artists from Guatemala by birth year
Proportion of artists per gender in Guatemala
Geographical distribution of museums in Guatemala by visitors
Artists from Guatemala
Museums in Guatemala
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Research
Geographical distribution of universities in Guatemala by total students
Distribution of universities in Guatemala per foundation year
Universities in Guatemala
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In literature
There are 215 books written about Guatemala in the database
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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
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