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Guatemala
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Economy - overview:
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Guatemala is the most populous of the Central American countries with a GDP per capita roughly one-half that of Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. The agricultural sector accounts for about one-fourth of GDP, two-fifths of exports, and half of the labor force. Coffee, sugar, and bananas are the main products, with sugar exports benefiting from increased global demand for ethanol. The 1996 signing of peace accords, which ended 36 years of civil war, removed a major obstacle to foreign investment, and Guatemala since then has pursued important reforms and macroeconomic stabilization. On 1 July 2006, the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) entered into force between the US and Guatemala and has since spurred increased investment in the export sector. The distribution of income remains highly unequal with about 56% of the population below the poverty line. Other ongoing challenges include increasing government revenues, negotiating further assistance from international donors, upgrading both government and private financial operations, curtailing drug trafficking and rampant crime, and narrowing the trade deficit. Given Guatemala's large expatriate community in the United States, it is the top remittance recipient in Central America, with inflows serving as a primary source of foreign income equivalent to nearly two-thirds of exports.

GDP (purchasing power parity):
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$67.45 billion (2007 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):
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$31.35 billion (2007 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:
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5.6% (2007 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):
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$5,400 (2007 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 13.8%
industry: 27.9%
services: 58.3% (2007 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
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15.9% of GDP (2007 est.)

Population below poverty line:
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56.2% (2004 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: 0.9%
highest 10%: 43.4% (2002)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
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55.1 (2007)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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6.6% (2007 est.)

Labor force:
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3.958 million (2007 est.)

Labor force participation rate:
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30.44 % of population

Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture: 50%
industry: 15%
services: 35% (1999 est.)

Unemployment rate:
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3.2% (2005 est.)

Budget:
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revenues: $4.301 billion
expenditures: $5.219 billion (2007 est.)

Budget revenues per capita:
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331 USD per capita

Public debt:
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23.3% of GDP (2007 est.)

Industries:
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sugar, textiles and clothing, furniture, chemicals, petroleum, metals, rubber, tourism

Industrial production growth rate:
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5.9% (2007 est.)

Electricity - production:
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7.281 billion kWh (2005)

Electricity - production per capita:
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560 kWh per capita

Electricity - consumption:
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6.361 billion kWh (2005)

Electricity - consumption - per capita:
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490 kWh per capita

Electricity - exports:
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339 million kWh (2005)

Electricity - imports:
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23 million kWh (2005)

Oil - production:
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20,100 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - production per capita:
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1,546 bbl/day per capita

Oil - consumption:
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73,510 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - consumption - per capita:
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2.06 bbl/year per capita

Oil - exports:
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15,560 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - imports:
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72,960 bbl/day (2006 est.)

Oil - proved reserves:
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526 million bbl (1 January 2006 est.)

Natural gas - production:
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0 cu m (2005 est.)

Natural gas - production per capita:
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void

Natural gas - consumption:
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0 cu m (2005 est.)

Natural gas - consumption - per capita:
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void

Natural gas - exports:
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0 cu m (2005 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
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0 cu m (2005)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
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2.96 billion cu m (1 January 2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:
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sugarcane, corn, bananas, coffee, beans, cardamom; cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens

Current account balance:
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-$1.772 billion (2007 est.)

Current account balance - per capita:
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-136 USD per capita

Exports:
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$7.468 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Exports per capita:
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575 USD per capita

Exports - commodities:
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coffee, sugar, petroleum, apparel, bananas, fruits and vegetables, cardamom

Exports - partners:
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US 44.6%, El Salvador 11.9%, Honduras 7.2%, Mexico 5.2% (2006)

Imports:
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$12.67 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Imports per capita:
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975 USD per capita

Imports - commodities:
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fuels, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials, grain, fertilizers, electricity

Imports - partners:
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US 33.2%, Mexico 8.8%, China 6.5%, El Salvador 5.3%, South Korea 4.9% (2006)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
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$4.559 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold - per capita:
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351 USD per capita

Debt - external:
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$5.561 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Debt - external - per capita:
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428 USD per capita

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
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void

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
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void

Market value of publicly traded shares:
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$NA

Economic aid - donor:
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void

Economic aid - recipient:
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$253.6 million (2005 est.)

Economic aid - recipient per capita:
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20 USD per capita

Currency (code):
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quetzal (GTQ), US dollar (USD), others allowed

Exchange rates:
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quetzales per US dollar - 7.6833 (2007), 7.6026 (2006), 7.6339 (2005), 7.9465 (2004), 7.9409 (2003)

Fiscal year:
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calendar year
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