Guatemala

Official Name:

Republic of Guatemala (Guatemala)

Area:

108.890 km ²

Population (2007):

12.728.111 inhabitants

Coastline:

400 km

Capital:

Guatemala

Maritime Ports and terminals:

Puerto Barrios, Puerto Quetzal, Santo Tomás de Castilla

Maritime claims:

• Territorial sea: 12 nm
• Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
• Continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Political divisions:

22 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Chimaltenango, Chiquimula, El Progreso, Escuintla, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Izabal, Jalapa, Jutiapa, Peten, Quetzaltenango, Quiche, Retalhuleu, Sacatepequez, San Marcos, Santa Rosa, Solola, Suchitepequez, Totonicapan, Zacapa

Language(s):

Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% (23 officially recognized Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, and Xinca)

National holiday:

Independence Day, 15 September (1821)

Nationality:

Guatemalan(s)

Official time:

UTC-6. 1hr, begins last Sunday in April; ends last Friday in September; note - there is no DST planned for 2007-2009

Member of:

BCIE, CACM, FAO, G-24, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC, LAES, LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINUSTAH, MONUC, NAM, OAS, ONUB, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMEE, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Internet country code:

.gt

Economic Profile

Currency:

quetzal (GTQ), US dollar (USD), others allowed

GDP - per capita (PPP):

USD5.000 (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

(2006 est.) USD 35.250.000.000

PIB (Real growth rate:

4,6% (2006 est.)

GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)

• Agriculture: 22,1%
• Industry: 19,1%
• Services: 58,7%

Labor force:

5.020.000 (2005 est.)

Labor force - by occupation (1999):

• Agriculture 50%
• Industry: 15%
• Services 35%

Unemployment rate:

3,2% (2005 est.)

Inflation rate (Consumer prices):

5,8% (2006 est)

Investment (Gross Fixed):

15,5% del PIB (2006 est.)

Budget:

• Revenues: USD3.840.000.000
• Expenditures: USD4.431.000.000

Public debt:

18,6% of GDP (2006 est.)

Current account balance:

USD -1.533.000.000 (2006 est.)

Exports:

USD 3.710.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Exports - Commodities:

Coffee, sugar, petroleum, apparel, bananas, fruits and vegetables, cardamom

Exports - Partners:

US 50,1%, El Salvador 12,1%, Honduras 7,3%, Mexico 4% (2005)

Imports:

USD 9.911.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Imports - Commodities:

Fuels, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials, grain, fertilizers, electricity

Imports - partners:

US 38,1%, Mexico 7,6%, El Salvador 4,8%, South Korea 4,8%, Panama 4,4% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

USD 4.061.000.000 (2006 est.)

Debt - external:

USD 3.908.000.000 (2006 est.)