Guatemala
Government debt in Guatemala
Government debt in Guatemala: 18% of GDP in 2000 and 26.7% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 26.7% of GDP
- Since 2000
- +8.7 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 134 of 149
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 30.6% of GDP
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 30.6% of GDP in 2031.
- The highest was 31.5% of GDP in 2020, the lowest 17.4% of GDP in 2002.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Guatemala |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 26.7 |
| 2024 | 26.3 |
| 2023 | 27.2 |
| 2022 | 29 |
| 2021 | 30.6 |
| 2020 | 31.5 |
| 2019 | 26.4 |
| 2018 | 26.4 |
| 2017 | 25.1 |
| 2016 | 24.9 |
| 2015 | 24.8 |
| 2014 | 24.7 |
| 2013 | 25 |
| 2012 | 24.6 |
| 2011 | 23.8 |
| 2010 | 24 |
| 2009 | 22.8 |
| 2008 | 19.6 |
| 2007 | 20.8 |
| 2006 | 20.9 |
| 2005 | 20 |
| 2004 | 20.6 |
| 2003 | 19.8 |
| 2002 | 17.4 |
| 2001 | 19.1 |
| 2000 | 18 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Guatemala |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 27.5 |
| 2027 | 28.4 |
| 2028 | 29.2 |
| 2029 | 29.7 |
| 2030 | 30.2 |
| 2031 | 30.6 |
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending0.52% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$617M in 2025
- Military spending per person$34 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel43,000 people in 2020
- National power0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports6 million TIV in 2023