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Guatemala

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Key facts

  • 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

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.

Location on a map: [15°50′N, -90°25′W]

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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): 20.09 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Access to electricity: 99.10 % of population
  • 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: 2.35 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): 45.02 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 18.80
  • Methane emissions: 19.94 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 4.66 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

Cities in Guatemala

Relationship between fertility rate and median age in Guatemala

Evolution of historical forest area in Guatemala

Distribution of sites in Guatemala by inscription year

Relationship between forest area and rural land area in Guatemala

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Guatemala

Relationship between fossil fuel and renewable energy consumption in Guatemala

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Guatemala

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions and methane emissions in Guatemala

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions and nitrous oxide emissions in Guatemala

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Guatemala

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Guatemala

Evolution of historical land area in Guatemala

Evolution of historical median age in Guatemala

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Guatemala

Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Guatemala

Relationship between methane emissions and population in Guatemala

Relationship between methane emissions and rural population in Guatemala

Relationship between methane emissions and urban land area in Guatemala

Relationship between methane emissions and urban population in Guatemala

Geographical distribution of sites in Guatemala by area

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Guatemala

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in Guatemala

Relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions in Guatemala

Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions in Guatemala

Evolution of historical population in Guatemala

Relationship between urban land area and population in Guatemala

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

Relationship between rural population and urban land area in Guatemala

Evolution of historical urban land area in Guatemala

Relationship between urban land area and urban population in Guatemala

Evolution of historical urban population in Guatemala

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Guatemala

Relationship between population and date in Guatemala

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Guatemala

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Guatemala

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Guatemala

Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in Guatemala

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Guatemala

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Guatemala

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Guatemala

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Guatemala

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Guatemala

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Guatemala

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and urban population in Guatemala

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Guatemala

Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in Guatemala

Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in Guatemala

Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in Guatemala

Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in Guatemala

Sites in Guatemala

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Guatemala

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

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

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Guatemala

Proportion of transboundary sites in Guatemala

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Guatemala by mean width

Wildfires in Guatemala

Relationship between mean length and mean width of wildfires in Guatemala

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 43,000 people
  • Democracy score: 5.60
  • Democracy type: Hybrid regime
  • Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 242,000 people
  • Individuals using the internet: 54.40 % of population
  • Military expenditure: 0.46 % of GDP
  • Net migration: -9,110 people
  • Press freedom: 2.18
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 20.00 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Guatemala

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Guatemala

Relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel in Guatemala

Relationship between armed forces personnel and nitrous oxide emissions in Guatemala

Relationship between armed forces personnel and population in Guatemala

Relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel in Guatemala

Relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel in Guatemala

Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in Guatemala

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Guatemala

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Guatemala

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Guatemala

Evolution of historical net migration in Guatemala

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Guatemala

Political parties in Guatemala

Distribution of politicians from Guatemala by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Guatemala

Politicians from Guatemala

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Business

  • Central government debt: 25.21 % of GDP
  • Expense: 14.09 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 102,050,473,863.64 current US$
  • Inflation: 6.21 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 43.93 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 11.90 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 2.71 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 39.23 % of total employment

Shops in Guatemala

Proportion of CEOs per gender in Guatemala

Companies from Guatemala

Proportion of employee types in companies from Guatemala

Distribution of companies founded in Guatemala by year

Proportion of revenue types by company in Guatemala

Evolution of historical central government debt in Guatemala

Evolution of historical expense in Guatemala

Evolution of historical GDP in Guatemala

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Guatemala

Evolution of historical inflation in Guatemala

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Guatemala

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Guatemala

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Guatemala

Evolution of historical unemployment in Guatemala

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Guatemala

Exchanges in Guatemala

Proportion of shops per country in Guatemala

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Health

  • Birth rate: 20.86 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 6.77 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

Relationship between birth rate and access to electricity in Guatemala

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in Guatemala

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Guatemala

Relationship between birth rate and median age in Guatemala

Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Guatemala

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in Guatemala

Evolution of historical death rate in Guatemala

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Guatemala

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

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Guatemala

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Guatemala

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Guatemala

Diseases 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 cases and deaths in Guatemala

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Guatemala by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Guatemala

Athletes from Guatemala

Proportion of competitions per city in Guatemala

Competitions 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

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Culture

Artists from Guatemala

Distribution of artists from Guatemala by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Guatemala

Geographical distribution of museums in Guatemala by visitors

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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