GuatemalaLatin America & Caribbean
Guatemala: 66th largest economy, 113th in military spending
Bars show the share of states this actor is ahead of. Rank is among states, each at its latest year.
Attacks reported
attack log →≥ 4 events in or near Guatemala, last 30 days reported by the sources; the strongest are listed. No source sees every attack.
- 2026-10-30 · Armed clash · Fronteras, Izabal, Guatemala · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
- 2026-10-25 · Armed clash · Escuintla, Escuintla, Guatemala · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
- 2026-10-25 · Armed clash · Escuintla, Escuintla, Guatemala · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
- 2026-10-25 · Armed clash · Escuintla, Escuintla, Guatemala · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
What Guatemala's officials said lately
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- Representative of Guatemala · Representative, Guatemala · 27 Oct
paraphrase Guatemala's representative expressed concern over the Commission's draft article on determination of immunity, citing OAS precedents of non-recognition of Heads of Government, arrest and transfer of Heads of Government and State to other countries, and prosecution of people captured abroad, saying this raises questions for transnational justice and that draft articles should provide robust guarantees to prevent violations of due process and discretionary exercise of foreign criminal jurisdiction.
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18.7M people, 56% in cities
- Population18.7M2025
- Population growth1.5%2025
- Urban population56.3%2025
- Land area107k km²2023
A $123B economy, $6.6k per person
- GDP$123B2025
- GDP (purchasing power)$284B2025
- GDP per person$6.6k2025
- GDP per person (purchasing power)$15.2k2025
- GDP growth4.3%2025
Fuels are 3% of goods exports
- Exports, share of GDP15.6%2025
- Imports, share of GDP31.0%2025
- Fuels, share of goods exports2.9%2024
- Exports of goods and services$19.2B2025
- Imports of goods and services$38.2B2025
Fossil fuel output of 5.7 TWh
- Fossil fuel production (oil + gas + coal)5.7 TWh2016
- Primary energy consumption91 TWh2023
- Energy use per person5.0 MWh2023
- Electricity generation16 TWh2024
- Electricity from fossil fuels31.7%2024
Spends $415M on its military, 0.4% of GDP
- Military spending$415M2024
- Military spending, share of GDP0.4%2024
- Armed forces personnel43k2020
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend-indicator value, 1990 US$)$6M2023
Where these numbers come from
- World Bank World Development Indicators (military figures: SIPRI) ↗ · CC BY 4.0 · 2013-2025
- Our World in Data energy dataset (Energy Institute, Ember, EIA) ↗ · CC BY 4.0 · 2016-2024
- IMF World Economic Outlook (DataMapper) ↗ · IMF open data, attribution · 2026
- Wikidata (heads of state and government) ↗ · CC0
Leaders as of 2026-10-05. Figures fetched 2026-10-05; each shows its own year.