| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $56.5 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
2.1% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $4,100 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 22.5%
industry: 18.9%
services: 58.5% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
75% (2002 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 1.6%
highest 10%: 46% (1998) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
5.5% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
3.84 million (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 50%, industry 15%, services 35% (1999 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $2.741 billion
expenditures: $3.316 billion, including capital expenditures of $750 million (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
sugar, textiles and clothing, furniture, chemicals, petroleum, metals, rubber, tourism |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
4.1% (1999) |
| Electricity - Production : |
6.237 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 51.9%
hydro: 35.2%
nuclear: 0%
other: 12.9% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
5.559 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
336 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
95 million kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
sugarcane, corn, bananas, coffee, beans, cardamom; cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens |
| Exports : |
$2.763 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
coffee, sugar, bananas, fruits and vegetables, cardamom, meat, apparel, petroleum, electricity |
| Exports - Partners : |
US 55.5%, El Salvador 10.5%, Nicaragua 3.5% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$5.749 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
fuels, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials, grain, fertilizers, electricity |
| Imports - Partners : |
US 33.3%, South Korea 8.9%, Mexico 8.7%, El Salvador 6.2%, China 4.5% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$4.957 billion (2003 est.) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$250 million (2000 est.) |
| Currency : |
quetzal (GTQ), US dollar (USD), others allowed |
| Currency Code : |
GTQ; USD |
| Exchange Rates : |
quetzales per US dollar - 7.9409 (2003), 7.8216 (2002), 7.8586 (2001), 7.7632 (2000), 7.3856 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
