Balance-of-payments current account as a share of GDP; negative when the country spends more abroad than it earns.
Guatemala
2.9%
2024· −0.2 pp vs. previous figure
The region’s newest figure is from 2025; Guatemala reports through 2024.
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Guatemala
2.9%
2024 · −0.2 pp
balance, % of GDP (World Bank)
Includes only observations that pass this series’ declared semantic review.
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All countries
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| Country | Current account | Year | Change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolivia | -1.9% | 2025 | +0.5 pp | |
| Colombia | -2.4% | 2025 | −0.7 pp | |
| Costa Rica | -0.7% | 2025 | +0.2 pp | |
| Dominican Republic | -1.2% | 2025 | +1.8 pp | |
| Ecuador | 5.9% | 2025 | +0.2 pp | |
| El Salvador | -3.5% | 2025 | −0.8 pp | |
| Guatemala | 2.9% | 2024 | −0.2 pp | |
| Honduras | 2.4% | 2025 | +6.7 pp | |
| Mexico | -0.4% | 2025 | +0.5 pp | |
| Nicaragua | 4.2% | 2024 | −4.1 pp | |
| Panama | -0.2% | 2025 | −0.8 pp | |
| Paraguay | -3.2% | 2025 | +0.1 pp | |
| Peru | 3.6% | 2025 | +1.2 pp | |
| Uruguay | -0.4% | 2025 | +0.3 pp |
Source and citation
World Bank, World Development Indicators, via the VerDat PIDA normalized layer.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, “Current account”, retrieved from VerDat PIDA (OEI) on Oct 9, 2026.
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