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Government debt in Guatemala

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Guatemala's government debt is 27.20 % — #16 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

27.20%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.3 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Guatemala over time

31.50 %24.45 %17.40 %31.50 % · 202017.40 % · 20022000: 18.00 %2001: 19.10 %2002: 17.40 %2003: 19.80 %2004: 20.60 %2005: 20.00 %2006: 20.90 %2007: 20.80 %2008: 19.60 %2009: 22.80 %2010: 24.00 %2011: 23.80 %2012: 24.60 %2013: 25.00 %2014: 24.70 %2015: 24.80 %2016: 24.90 %2017: 25.10 %2018: 26.40 %2019: 26.40 %2020: 31.50 %2021: 30.60 %2022: 29.00 %2023: 27.20 %2024: 26.30 %2025: 27.20 %20002012202527.20 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#16 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
87 %
108 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.90 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
4.30 pp
peak 31.50 % in 2020
Full series
▲ 9.20 pp
since 2000

In Americas: #3 of 26vs median 54.55 %: −27.35 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Guatemala: ahead of 87 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtGuatemala 27.20 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Guatemala is ahead of 87 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Guatemala
14 Luxembourg27.00 %−0.20 pp
15 Bulgaria27.10 %−0.10 pp
16 Guatemala27.20 %—
17 Denmark27.50 %+0.30 pp
18 Guyana28.60 %+1.40 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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