Guatemala

Official Name:	The Republic of Guatemala
Sovereign Status:	Sovereign Country
Government Type:	Presidential Republic
Official Name (Local Language):	Republica de Guatemala
ISO Country Codes:	GT : GTM
Internet Domain:	.gt
Government Web Site:	https://www.guatemala.gob.gt/

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Capital:	Guatemala City	Main Airports:	La Aurora International Airport
Language(s):	Spanish	Population:	17,422,821
Currency:	Guatemalan Quetzal	ISO Currency Code:	GTQ
Telephone Dial In:	+502	ID Prefix:	00

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Country Summaries:

BBC; CIA Factbook; Country Code; Infoplease; International Model United Nations Association; Law Library of Congress; NationMaster; NationsOnline; UNESCO; UNESCO UIS

Political & Cultural Organisations:

Association of Caribbean States; Central American Integration System; Community of Democracies; Inter Parliamentary Union; Organizacion de Estados Iberoamericanos; Organization of American States; Pacific Alliance; Secretar a General Iberoamericana; Sistema Economico Latinoamericano; UN; UNESCO; Union Latina;

Travel Guides:

Fodor's Travel; Lonely Planet; Rough Guide

News Resources:

News Agency

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Agencia Guatemalteca de Noticias;

Newspaper

Show

De Guate;

Diario de Centro América;

elPeriódico de Guatemala;

Radio

Show

Emisoras;

Radio TGW;

Guatemala

Government Website:	https://www.guatemala.gob.gt/
Sovereign Ratings:	https://countryeconomy.com/ratings/guatemala
Central Bank:	Banco de Guatemala
Currency USD Exchange Rate:	7.323 quetzales (GTQ) per US dollar (2017 est.)
Unemployment Rate:	2.3% (2017 est.)
Population below poverty line:	59.3% (2014 est.)
Inflation Rate:	3.7% (2019 est.)

Prime Lending Rate:	12.70% (2019 - World Bank)
GDP:	$76.678 billion (2019 est.)
GDP Pro Capita (PPP):	$8,637 (2019 est.)
Currency Name:	Guatemalan Quetzal
Currency Code:	GTQ
World Bank Classification:	Upper Middle Income

GDP Composition:

Agriculture:	13.2%	sugarcane, corn, bananas, coffee, beans, cardamom; cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens
Industry:	23.5%	sugar, textiles and clothing, furniture, chemicals, petroleum, metals, rubber, tourism
Services:	63.3%

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Financial & Economic Organisations:

Consejo Monetario Centroamericano; FAO; IMF; International Labour Organization; The Cairns Group; Un Economic Commission for Latin America the Caribbean UNIDO; World Bank;

Financial & Economic Profiles:

Countryeconomy; Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative; FAO; IMF; Inter American Development Bank; International Labour Organization; OECD; UNDP Human Development; World Bank;

Financial Exchanges:

Stock & Securities Exchange: Bolsa de Valores Nacional Guatemala ;

National Statistics Office:

Instituto Nacional de Estadistica;

National Dataset(s):

Focus Economics; Global Survey; Trading Economics;

Guatemala

Subject to Country Specific Sanctions? NO

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Business Language(s):	Spanish
Customs & Excise:	Superintendencia de Administración Tributaria de Guatemala
Development Bank(s):	Inter-American Development Bank;
National Standards Bureau:	Comisión Guatemalteca de Normas

Competitive Ind’l Performance: 98/141 (2019)	Corruption Perceptions Index: 149/180 (2020)
Ease of Doing Business: 96/190 (2019)	Enabling Trade Index: 69/136 (2016)
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