Estadisticas Latinoamericanas
Argentina
Barbados
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Trinidad & Tobago
Uruguay
Venezuela


Contacts

Luiz Yamasaki
Director
Middle Market

e-mail: lyamasaki@bladex.com
t: (55-11) 2198-9606

 

Ulysses Marciano
Director
Corporate Banking

e-mail: umarciano@bladex.com
t: (55-11) 2198-9606

 

Pierre Dulin
Director
Financial Institutions and Solutions

e-mail: pdulin@bladex.com
t: (1- 305) 358-8801


Currency exchange
07-Sep-2010

7.87 = 1US$


 




Asoc. Latinoamericana de Integración

Untitled Document

General Information

Total Population 14,000,000 (est.)
Area 108,430 km2
Local Currency Quetzal (GTQ)
Literacy 70.6%
Economically active population 4,858,000
as % of total population 34.7%
Unemployment rate 3.1% (national - CEPAL statistic 2004)
   
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) 38,387 US$ millions
as % of Regional GDP 1.0% (Latin America GDP 2009 = US$ 3,928,300 millions)
GDP per Head 2,742 US$
Ranking in Latin America 16

Important dates
  • January 1 - New Year
  • Holy Thursday and Friday - Changes every year
  • May 1 - Labor Day
  • June 30 - Army Day
  • August 15 - Installation of Our Lady
  • September 15 - Independence Day
  • October 20 - Revolution Day
  • November 1 - Day of the Dead
  • December 25-Christmas
Top
Economic Statistics
(years 2006 - proj. 2010)
Guatemala has a Gross Domestic Product of US$38,387MM. This is distributed by sectors in the following way: agriculture with 13.2%, having as main products sugarcane, corn, bananas, coffee; industry with 24.5%, having as main products sugar, textiles and clothing, furniture, chemicals; and the services sector with 62.3%.
Top
National Accounts
National Accounts 2006 2007 2008 est. 2009 proj. 2010
▲% GDP 5.4% 6.3% 3.3% -0.2% 2.7%
Nominal GDP (US$ millions) 30,231 34,031 38,976 38,387 41,035
GDP per Head (US$) 2,325 2,540 2,845 2,742 2,850
GDP by Sector     100.0%    
Agriculture     13.2%    
Industry     24.5%    
Services     62.3%    
Inflation rate 5.8% 8.7% 9.4% -0.3% 6.5%
Budget Balance -1.9% -1.4% -1.7% -3.1% -2.6%

GPD Growth

Top
Trade Statistics
Regarding foreign trade, US represents its main commercial partner buying 39.4% of Guatemalan exports, whereas the main export products are constituted by agricultural products.


Foreign Trade (2008) See other countries
Exports Imports
By countries By countries
US 39.4% US 36.7%
El Salvador 12.6% Mexico 9.7%
Honduras 9.5% China 5.8%
Mexico 6.6% El Salvador 4.8%
By products   By products  
Coffee 8.3% Intermediate goods 36.2%
Sugar 4.9% Consumer goods 25.7%
Oil 4.8% Capital goods 19.4%
Bananas 4.3% Fuels & lubricants 16.2%


Balance of Payments (US$ mill.) 2006 2007 2008 est. 2009 proj. 2010
Exchange rate: GTQ / US$
(end of period)
7.62 7.63 7.77 8.35 8.43
           
Exports of goods 6,082 6,983 7,848 7,452 8,347
Imports of goods 10,934 12,470 13,422 10,631 12,423
Trade & Services Balance -5,112 -5,797 -5,944 -3,574 -4,544
% GDP -16.9% -17.0% -15.3% -9.3% -11.1%
Income Balance -680 -843 -930 -989 -1,024
% GDP -2.2% -2.5% -2.4% -2.6% -2.5%
Current Transfers Balance 4,207 4,797 4,940 4,490 4,648
% GDP 13.9% 14.1% 12.7% 11.7% 11.3%
Current Account Balance -1,585 -1,843 -1,934 -73 -920
% GDP
-5.2% -5.4% -5.0% -0.2% -2.2%
Net Direct Investments flows 632 770 854 400 550
% GDP 2.1% 2.3% 2.2% 1.0% 1.3%
Net portfolio Investmentes flows -191 -78 127 30 40
% GDP -0.6% -0.2% 0.3% 0.1% 0.1%



 


 


2006 2007 2008 est. 2009 proj. 2010
Foreign Debt Stock 5,496 6,260 6,500 6,525 7,727
% GDP 18.2% 18.4% 16.7% 17.0% 18.8%
     
Foreign Debt Service 551 696 729 699 710
Principal repayments 258 372 361 360 336
Interest payments 293 324 368 339 374
Top
Country links
Top
The Economist Intelligence Unit accepts no responsibility for the data posted on this website as it has been manually posted under the sole supervision of Bladex.The EIU can not be held responsible for any actions thath result from the use of this data. "

Copyright Notice: "2008-2009 The Economist Intelligence Unit Ltd. All rights reserved".

Disclaimer Notice: "Whilst every effort has been taken to verify the accuracy of this information.The Economist Intelligence Unit Ltd. cannot accept any responsability or liability for reliance by any person on this information."

Currency Exchange Info provided by Oanda through its FOREX PRODUCT service. For more information visit http://www.oanda.com