GTQ
Guatemala
Guatemala's unemployment rate is 2.60 %, ranked 15th of 124. And its government debt is 27.20 %, ranked 16th of 124.
Of 17 fields published for Guatemala, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
43 % of US prices
Average monthly salary
$1,120 PPP/mo
The average employee in Guatemala earns about $1,120 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Money's value
28.50 %
100 saved in Guatemala in 2000 buys what 29 buys today — 72 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Average monthly salary
$1,120 PPP/mo
The average employee in Guatemala earns about $1,120 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Minimum wage
$963 PPP/mo
The law in Guatemala sets the floor at about $963 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
3.62 %
A bank account in Guatemala currently gains about 3.6 pp of purchasing power a year.
Deposit rate
5.11 %
Inflation rate
1.49 %
At 1.5 % a year, prices double in about 48 years if it holds.
Savings vs inflation
3.62 %
ranked 16th of 70
Bank spread
7.74 %
ranked 48th of 62
Inflation rate
1.49 %
ranked 30th of 126
Minimum wage
$963 PPP/mo
ranked 22nd of 85
Where Guatemala sits, field by field
Each dot is Guatemala’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Unemployment rate2.60 %15 of 124
- Government debt27.20 %16 of 124
- Savings vs inflation3.62 %16 of 70
- Debt per person$1,79528 of 123
- Bank spread7.74 %48 of 62
- Inflation rate1.49 %30 of 126
- Minimum wage$963 PPP/mo22 of 85
- GDP growth4.28 %35 of 127
- Average monthly salary$1,120 PPP/mo66 of 92
- Public holidays13 days35 of 104
- GDP per capita$6,59885 of 127
- Lending rate12.85 %44 of 67
- Money's value28.50 %73 of 116
- Median salary$960 PPP/mo49 of 78
- Corporate tax25.00 %60 of 96
- Deposit rate5.11 %35 of 70
- Price level43 % of US prices63 of 125
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Peru
avg gap 10.8 pp · 17 shared fields
Most separates them: unemployment — 2.60 % (Guatemala) vs 5.12 %
Ecuador
avg gap 15.5 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: Minimum wage (PPP) — $963 PPP/mo (Guatemala) vs $87 PPP/mo
Philippines
avg gap 16.4 pp · 13 shared fields
Most separates them: Minimum wage (PPP) — $963 PPP/mo (Guatemala) vs $400 PPP/mo
Honduras
avg gap 16.9 pp · 17 shared fields
Most separates them: inflation — 1.49 % (Guatemala) vs 4.60 %
| Average monthly salary | $1,120 PPP/mo | ranked 66th of 92 | |
| Public holidays | 13 days | ranked 35th of 104 | |
| GDP per capita | $6,598 | ranked 85th of 127 | |
| Lending rate | 12.85 % | ranked 44th of 67 | |
| Money's value | 28.50 % | ranked 73rd of 116 | |
| Median salary | $960 PPP/mo | ranked 49th of 78 | |
| Corporate tax | 25.00 % | ranked 60th of 96 | |
| Deposit rate | 5.11 % | ranked 35th of 70 | |
| Price level | 43 % of US prices | ranked 63rd of 125 |
✓ 17 fields published for Guatemala, every one dated and sourced · 18 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Guatemala: mortgage rate, real policy rate, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, median income, vat, top income tax, currency.
Sources for all 17 figures
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Bank spread — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Average monthly salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2025
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Median salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2025
- Corporate tax — OECD Corporate Tax Statistics · 2026
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
What changed
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 1663 → 1795 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 25.2099619740494 → 27.2 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Median monthly earnings (USD PPP) | 863.78 → 960.32 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Mean monthly earnings (USD PPP) | 1037.94 → 1120.48 |