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8.10

Guatemala

Selected Economic and Social Data

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

Population ('000)

8,434

8,681

8,935

9,197

9,467

9,745

10,031

10,322

10,621

10,924

11,240

Growth Rate (%)

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.)

17,711

20,545

23,685

34,317

47,302

53,985

64,243

74,669

85,157

95,495

107,915

GDP, 1958 prices (m. qtzs.)

3,044

3,163

3,288

3,390

3,514

3,684

3,828

3,983

4,179

4,303

4,478

Real GDP Growth Rate (%)

3.5

3.9

4.0

3.1

3.7

4.8

3.9

4.0

4.9

3.0

4.1

Real Per Cap. GDP (1958 qtzs.)

360.9

364.4

368.0

368.6

371.2

378.0

381.6

385.9

393.5

393.9

398.4

Real Per Cap.GDP Growth Rate (%)

0.6

1.0

1.0

0.2

0.7

1.8

1.0

1.1

2.0

0.1

1.1

Gross Dom. Investment GDP (%)

13.9

13.7

13.5

13.6

14.3

18.3

17.2

15.7

15.4

12.8

12.6

Private

11.2

10.8

10.3

11.0

11.9

15.9

14.5

13.3

13.1

10.3

10.1

Public

2.7

2.9

3.2

2.6

2.4

2.4

2.7

2.4

2.3

2.5

2.5

Gross National Savings/GDP (%)

7.5

8.4

9.0

10.1

11.9

10.8

10.7

10.3

11.4

9.7

9.9

Private

5.1

5.6

7.9

11.7

9.7

8.6

9.6

9.5

9.5

6.2

6.5

Public

2.4

2.8

1.1

-1.6

2.2

2.2

1.1

0.8

1.9

3.5

3.4

Foreign Savings/GDP (%)

6.4

5.3

4.5

3.5

2.4

7.5

6.6

5.4

4.0

3.1

2.7

Prices

GDP Price Deflator (1985=100)

581.8

649.5

720.3

1,012.3

1,346.1

1,465.4

1,678.2

1,874.7

2,037.7

2,219.3

2,409.9

Annual Change (%)

8.0

11.6

10.9

40.5

33.0

8.9

14.5

11.7

8.7

8.9

8.6

Consumer Prices (1985=100)

153.8

170.5

189.9

267.8

361.7

398.6

452.1

508.6

551.3

611.9

668.1

Annual Change (%)

12.3

10.9

11.4

41.0

35.1

10.2

13.4

12.5

8.5

11.0

9.2

Balance of Payments (US$m)

Current Account Balance

(632)

(555)

(547)

(267)

(226)

(783)

(747)

(697)

(572)

(459)

(630)

Exports, fob

978

1,073

1,126

1,212

1,230

1,284

1,356

1,550

1,989

2,031

2,387

Imports, cif

1,447

1,543

1,641

1,649

1,851

2,532

2,599

2,781

3,292

3,227

3,852

Trade Balance

(469)

(470)

(515)

(437)

(621)

(1,248)

(1,243)

(1,231)

(1,303)

(1,196)

(1,465)

Services, net

(184)

(158)

(105)

(9)

175

175

185

148

238

217

246

Private Transfers, net

21

71

73

179

220

290

311

386

493

520

589

Capital Account Balance

579

506

629

299

657

696

1,038

1,191

551

770

792

Official Transfers, net [a]

173

153

177

52

40

101

52

73

59

65

103

Direct Investment, net

91

97

91

63

(158)

151

228

65

70

87

85

Private, M-T & L-T, net

56

235

9

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

Private, Short-Term, net

266

128

144

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

Commercial Banks, net

..

..

..

(20)

3

9

65

237

171

179

60

Other Private, net

..

..

..

121

641

439

683

549

317

497

293

Official, net

(17)

39

64

149

132

22

64

339

12

13

334

Financial Intermediaries, net

10

(146)

144

(66)

(1)

(26)

(54)

(72)

(78)

(71)

(83)

Errors and Omissions

(21)

(18)

(23)

63

125

62

(86)

(434)

(136)

(135)

125

Overall Balance

(74)

(67)

59

95

556

(25)

205

60

(157)

176

287

External Public Debt [b]

Debt Outstanding, 12/31 (US$m)

2,507

2,341

2,457

2,402

2,345

2,284

2,243

2,405

2,351

2,275

2,135

Debt Outstanding/GDP (%)

35.0

29.6

29.5

31.3

25.1

22.0

19.8

18.6

15.9

14.3

12.1

Debt Service/Exports (%)

30.4

31.4

21.0

19.0

15.3

16.7

14.3

13.0

9.2

9.1

8.9

Consolidated Nonfinancial Public Sector (% of GDP)

Current Revenue and Transfers

11.8

12.8

12.3

11.1

12.2

12.9

11.7

10.7

11.6

12.4

13.9

Current Expenditures

11.0

11.9

12.1

10.6

8.4

9.5

9.5

8.7

8.7

8.8

9.7

Current Surplus/Deficit

0.8

0.9

0.2

0.5

3.8

3.4

2.2

2.0

2.9

3.6

4.2

Capital Revenue, excluding grants

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.5

Capital Expenditures

2.5

3.2

3.6

3.4

2.7

2.6

3.3

3.1

3.2

3.2

5.1

Net Lending

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Statistical Discrepancy

0.2

0.1

-0.6

0.8

-1.3

0.3

-0.1

-0.3

0.3

0.0

0.0

Overall Surplus/Deficit

-1.3

-2.2

-4.0

-2.1

-0.2

1.1

-1.1

-1.3

0.0

0.4

-0.4

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