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US AID 1996
Latin American and the Caribbean Selected Economic and Social Data
Country Economic Data


GUATEMALA: SELECTED ECONOMIC DATA 

 

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POPULATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thousands

7740

7963

8195

8434

8681

8935

9197

9467

9745

10031

10322

10621

Growth Rate (%)

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

2.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NATIONAL ACCOUNTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GDP, current prices (m. qtzs.)

9470

11180

15838

17711

20545

23685

34317

47302

53985

63734

74572.3

85893

GDP, 1958 prices (m. qtzs.)

2954

2936

2940

3044

3163

3288

3390

3514

3684

3827

3981

4174

Real GDP Growth Rate (%)

0.5

-0.6

0.1

3.5

3.9

4.0

3.1

3.7

4.8

3.9

4.0

4.9

Real Per Cap. GDP (1958 qs.)

381.7

368.7

358.8

360.9

364.4

368.0

368.6

371.2

378.0

381.5

385.7

393.0

Real Per Cap.GDP Growth Rate (%)

-2.3

-3.4

-2.7

0.6

1.0

1.0

0.2

0.7

1.8

0.9

1.1

1.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross Dom. Invest./GDP (%)

11.6

11.5

10.3

13.9

13.7

13.5

13.6

14.3

18.3

17.4

15.5

15.4

Private

8.6

9.4

8.4

11.2

10.8

10.3

10.9

12.1

15.3

14.7

13.0

13.0

Public

3.0

2.1

1.9

2.7

2.9

3.2

2.7

2.2

3.0

2.7

2.5

2.4

Gross Natl. Savings/GDP (%)

7.5

7.3

10.0

7.5

8.4

9.0

10.6

12.0

11.5

11.2

10.1

11.0

Private

7.1

5.5

8.0

5.1

5.6

7.9

8.3

8.6

7.3

8.1

7.6

9.6

Public

0.4

1.8

2.0

2.4

2.8

1.1

2.3

3.4

4.2

3.1

2.5

1.4

Foreign Savings/GDP (%)

4.1

4.2

0.3

6.4

5.3

4.5

3.0

2.3

6.8

6.2

5.4

4.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRICES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GDP Price Defl. (1958 = 100)

320.6

380.8

538.7

581.8

649.5

720.3

1012.3

1346.1

1465.4

1665.4

1873.2

2057.8

Annual Change (%)

4.1

18.8

41.5

8.0

11.6

10.9

40.5

33.0

8.9

13.6

12.5

9.9

Consumer Prices (1985 = 100)

84.3

100.0

136.9

153.8

170.5

189.9

268.1

357.1

393.2

444.3

499.9

541.9

Annual Change (%)

3.4

18.6

36.9

12.3

10.9

11.4

41.2

33.2

10.1

13.0

12.5

8.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BALANCE OF PAYMENTS (US$ m.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Account Balance

-404

-282

-88

-632

-571

-547

-407

-344

-923

-750

-827

-713

Exports, fob

1132

1060

1044

978

1073

1126

1212

1230

1284

1363

1500

1989

Imports, cif

1278

1175

960

1447

1577

1641

1649

1851

2532

2599

2789

3281

Trade Balance

-146

-115

84

-469

-484

-515

-437

-621

-1248

-1236

-1289

-1292

Services, net

-260

-171

-178

-184

-158

-105

-73

147

145

171

152

228

Private Transfers, net

2

4

6

21

71

73

103

130

180

315

260

351

Capital Account Balance

443

351

137

558

488

606

338

903

870

955

825

556

Official Transfers, net [a]

27

15

69

173

153

177

128

130

210

48

188

202

Direct Investment, net

40

64

69

91

97

91

84

91

91

138

61

70

Private, M-T & L-T, net

-47

-3

44

56

235

9

-15

214

128

280

296

171

Private, Short-Term, net [b]

19

182

6

266

128

144

152

587

398

467

283

317

Official, net

42

47

35

-17

39

64

11

-39

-16

48

133

-35

Financial Intermeds., net

347

25

-71

10

-146

144

61

-98

-55

-26

-88

-32

Errors and Omissions

15

21

-15

-21

-18

-23

-83

18

114

0

-48

-137

Overall Balance

39

69

49

-74

-83

59

-69

559

-53

205

-2

-157

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXTERNAL PUBLIC DEBT [c]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Outstanding, 12/31 (US$ m.)

2387

2536

2517

2507

2341

2457

2488

2403

2252

2086

2160

2107

Debt Outstanding/GDP

38.5

39.7

37.8

35.0

29.6

29.5

32.4

25.7

21.7

18.5

16.9

14.2

Debt Service/Exports (%)

17.5

19.2

46.5

30.4

31.4

21.0

18.9

15.0

16.3

15.7

20.5

12.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONSOL. NONFIN. PUB. SECTOR (% of GDP)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Revenue and Transfers

10.4

10.7

11.3

11.8

12.8

12.3

11.1

12.2

13.0

11.3

12.3

 

Current Expenditures

10.1

9.3

10.0

11.0

11.9

12.1

10.6

8.4

9.5

9.5

9.7

 

Current Surplus/Deficit

0.3

1.4

1.3

0.8

0.9

0.2

0.5

3.8

3.5

1.8

2.6

 

Capital Revenue, excl. grants

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

Capital Expenditures

3.7

2.7

2.1

2.5

3.2

3.6

3.4

2.7

2.6

3.4

3.6

 

Net Lending

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

 

Statistical Discrepancy

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.1

-0.6

0.8

-1.2

0.3

0.1

0.0

 

Overall Surplus/Deficit

-3.4

-1.3

-0.8

-1.3

-2.2

-4.0

-2.1

-0.1

1.2

-1.5

-1.0

 

[a] Includes balance-of-payments support.
[b] Includes errors and omissions in 1993.
[c] Total external public debt. Arrears on principal and interest, and the debt of CORFINA, are included beginning in 1986. Includes stabilization bonds during 1986-87.

U.S. Agency for International Development
Washington D.C. 1996.


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