Series harmonised by ECLAC, UNESCO and the World Bank for the 14 countries; the rank compares with the countries reporting the same indicator. Values that fail semantic review remain visible but do not enter ranks or findings.
In Guatemala, the economy grew 4.3% in 2025; inflation was 1.6% in 2025 (10th highest of 14). Poverty reaches 56% of the population (2023, 12th of 13) and unemployment is 1.7% (2024). Guatemala is among the three best placed on public debt and unemployment rate and among the three worst placed on poverty rate, income inequality (Gini index), upper-secondary completion rate, education spending, life expectancy at birth and share of households online. Its poverty rate (2023) and income inequality (Gini index) (2023) figures are older than the rest of the region’s.
More than nine in ten young people finish upper secondary school in Peru; in Guatemala, fewer than one in four
Map of Latin America showing the share of young people who completed upper secondary school in 13 of the 14 countries included in this comparison: the darker the purple, the higher the rate. Peru, highlighted, has the highest rate (92.6%) and Guatemala, also highlighted, the lowest (23.1%). Costa Rica, Ecuador, Bolivia and Colombia are around 80%; Honduras has 40.3% and Uruguay 55.5%. Bolivia, El Salvador and Panama show 2023 data. Nicaragua, hatched, has no data since 2014.
UNESCO: education indicators (% of their age group)
Category
Value
Peru
92.62
Costa Rica
81.69
Ecuador
80.77
Bolivia*
80.75
Colombia
80.35
Panama*
74.70
Paraguay
71.23
Mexico
65.57
Dominican Republic
63.82
El Salvador*
61.40
Uruguay
55.54
Honduras
40.27
Guatemala
23.09
UNESCO: education indicators (% of their age group)
Period
Bolivia
Colombia
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
2014
67.30
69.10
54.80
57.43
64.50
54.40
34
37.10
52.30
41.30
59.70
61.50
82.20
35.30
2015
70.40
69.89
52.70
60.50
67.10
55.50
26.33
42.70
51.37
–
61.40
61.80
81.80
35.10
2016
73.70
71.20
55.50
62.60
68.50
56.50
–
43.40
54.80
–
63.20
59.26
82.90
36.30
2017
74.50
72.70
57.50
62.20
69.70
57.30
–
–
–
–
63.80
62.60
86.20
38.90
2018
76.20
73.10
58.13
62.60
72.30
59.20
–
37.90
58.70
–
66.70
63.70
86.80
40.30
2019
77
73.20
61.80
61.17
74.20
58.90
–
33.13
–
–
65.90
66.88
86.80
41
2020
80.30
74.70
64.70
64.10
73.20
64.40
–
–
61.50
–
–
66.80
88.80
–
2021
81.90
75.20
69.20
63.20
79.10
59.90
–
–
–
–
73.70
66.10
89.20
49.10
2022
–
74.80
77.80
65.60
80.50
62.60
25.65
–
64.32
–
73.70
70.20
89.10
49.20
2023
80.75
75.10
78.20
64.90
79.70
61.40
–
33.62
–
–
74.70
72.60
90.20
51.70
2024
–
80.35
81.69
63.82
80.77
–
23.09
40.27
65.57
–
–
71.23
92.62
55.54
Latin America · Education
After Peru, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Bolivia and Colombia are around 80%. Since 2015, eight of the 10 with data for both years improved; Guatemala slipped (from 26.3% to 23.1%) and Honduras was roughly flat (from 42.7% to 40.3%). Uruguay gained 20.4 percentage points and is still 11th of 13 (55.5%).
Guatemala: catalog earthquakes by month · 2024–2025
INSIVUMEH annual catalogs for 2024 and 2025; months use local UTC−6 time. Includes regional and distant events, not only earthquakes felt in Guatemala.
Oct 8, 2026
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Between 2024-01 and 2025-12, the series increased 99.1% (324 → 645). The largest point-to-point change was +2,076, from 2025-06 to 2025-07.
Family remittance inflows published by Banco de Guatemala; US dollars. The current year is a partial cut.
Oct 8, 2026
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Between Jan 2019 and Sep 2026, the series increased 225.7% (688M USD → 2.24B USD). The largest point-to-point change was +548M USD, from Feb 2026 to Mar 2026.
93 results shown·93 source records·Unit: US dollars (USD)
Query scope
2 filters · 25 partitionsIndicator key: remittances_inflowYear: from 2019
Cumulative 2026 accrued expenditure by central-government and decentralized institution, from the latest complete MINFIN export.
Oct 7, 2026
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Obligaciones del Estado A Cargo del Tesoro represents 33.4% of the total across the 10 displayed categories (39.5B GTQ). Together with Ministerio de Educación, the top two make up 50.1%; the query contains additional categories.
2026 year-to-date through the latest complete export; not final annual spending.
10 results shown·73,983 source records·Unit: Guatemalan quetzales (GTQ)Partial view: more groups exist than shown.
Concentration among buyers with meaningful activity
We combine the leading supplier share with observed volume and require at least fifty relationships. This prevents tiny samples from outranking cases with wider reach. Concentration directs questions; it does not prove misconduct.