International Rankings of Guatemala 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Guatemala, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Guatemala, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	132	3	2017
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	86	506000	0
Internet users - percent of population	98	65 %	2018
Internet users - total	51	10.778 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	123	11.71	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	57	1.974 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	72	123.83	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	61	20.874 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	99	9.156 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	98	8.164 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	42	1.3 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	137	34.5	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	76	62.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	58	86.8	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	60	77.2	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	73	76.678 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	150	18.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	118	9.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	18	86.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	34	26.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	126	12.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	57	0.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	66	13.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	99	23.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	80	63.2 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	22	38.4 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	35	1.6 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	69	1.8 %	2017
Labor force	68	6.664 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	55	31.4 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	98	12.8 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	90	55.8 %	2017
Population below poverty line	9	59.3	2014
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	77	143.416 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	122	8637 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	160	10.8 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	91	17.150 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	59	9383	2017
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	71	9600	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	65	83.070 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	97	10.100 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	48	1.858 billion kWh	2017
Electricity - from fossil fuels	57	41	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	41	31	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	14	28	2017
Electricity - imports	75	747.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	86	4.605 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	96	12.120 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	84	2.960 billion	2006
Refined petroleum products - consumption	84	89000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	80	10810 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	56	97900 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	105	1162 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	86	16.78 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	90	10.7 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	75	23.59 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	87	41.2	2018
Land use - arable land	76	14.2	2018
Land use - forest	87	33.6	2018
Land use - other	99	25.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	35	8.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	83	18.2	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	54	0.78 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	58	127.910 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	74	1.886 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	65	603.100 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	55	835.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	50	2.59	2025
Urbanization - urban population	122	52.2	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	103	107159 sq km	0
Area - total	106	108889 sq km	0
Area - water	41	1.730 million sq km	0
Coastline	112	400 km	0
Elevation - highest point	201	N/A meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	44	759 meters	0
Irrigated land	65	3375 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	96	1667 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	87	41.2	2018
Land use - arable land	76	14.2	2018
Land use - forest	87	33.6	2018
Land use - other	99	25.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	35	8.8	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	83	18.2	2018
Total renewable water resources	57	127.910 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	40	19.76 %	3546
Age structure - 25-54 years	155	36.45 %	6816
Age structure - 55-64 years	156	5.41 %	6743
Birth rate	52	22.79 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	51	60.6 %	1415
Current Health Expenditure	54	5.7 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	171	4.94 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	96	8.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	59	12.2 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	56	62.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	54	54.1 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	19	97.9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	74	7.8 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	71	4.8 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	51	2.1 % of population	0
Education expenditures	46	3.2 % of GDP	2019
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	36	0.2	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	39	1200	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	55	33000	2020
Hospital bed density	65	0.4 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	64	23.21 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	63	30.23 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	63	26.81 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	131	74.77 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	126	70.59 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	129	72.63 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	65	95	2017
Median age - female	126	23.8 years	2020
Median age - male	118	22.6 years	0
Median age - total	120	23.2 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	67	20.6	1415
Net migration rate	123	1.69 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	71	21.2 %	2016
Physicians density	129	0.36 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	66	17.423 million	2021
Population growth rate	57	1.62 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	52	91.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	52	38.3 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	49	23.3 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	56	8.6 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	11	11 years	2015
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	10	11 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	11	11 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	23	1.01	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	29	0.96	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	35	0.87	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	29	0.82 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	18	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	55	2.67 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	113	8.1	2017
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	126	3.7	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	128	5	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	50	2.59	2025
Urbanization - urban population	122	52.2	2021
Transportation
Airports	23	291	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	40	4	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	37	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	38	6	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	27	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	62	16	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	31	4	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	28	2	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	18	77	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	16	275	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	14	195	2013
Heliports	25	1	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	130	110000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	135	145795	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	97	5	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	25	3	2020
Railways - total	95	800 km	2018
Roadways - paved	81	7489 km	2016
Roadways - total	95	17621 km	2016
Waterways	56	990 km	0730

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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