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Government debt in Guatemala

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Guatemala's government debt is 26.70 % — #15 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

26.70%

Checked 24 Oct 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: 26.70 %20002012202526.70 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#15 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
88 %
110 of 125 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.40 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
4.80 pp
peak 31.50 % in 2020
Full series
▲ 8.70 pp
since 2000

In Americas: #3 of 26vs median 54.70 %: −28.00 pp (better)

Among 125 countries

6 of 125 countries between 12.30 % and 17.90 %2 of 125 countries between 17.90 % and 23.49 %10 of 125 countries between 23.49 % and 29.09 %11 of 125 countries between 29.09 % and 34.68 %8 of 125 countries between 34.68 % and 40.28 %9 of 125 countries between 40.28 % and 45.88 %7 of 125 countries between 45.88 % and 51.47 %13 of 125 countries between 51.47 % and 57.07 %8 of 125 countries between 57.07 % and 62.66 %10 of 125 countries between 62.66 % and 68.26 %4 of 125 countries between 68.26 % and 73.85 %3 of 125 countries between 73.85 % and 79.45 %7 of 125 countries between 79.45 % and 85.05 %6 of 125 countries between 85.05 % and 90.64 %2 of 125 countries between 90.64 % and 96.24 %6 of 125 countries between 96.24 % and 101.83 %2 of 125 countries between 101.83 % and 107.43 %1 of 125 countries between 107.43 % and 113.02 %2 of 125 countries between 113.02 % and 118.62 %1 of 125 countries between 124.22 % and 129.81 %2 of 125 countries between 135.41 % and 141.00 %5 of 125 countries between 141.00 % and 146.60 %median 54.70 %Guatemala: ahead of 88 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtGuatemala 26.70 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Guatemala is ahead of 88 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Guatemala
13 Cambodia25.50 %−1.20 pp
14 Luxembourg26.50 %−0.20 pp
15 Guatemala26.70 %—
16 Denmark27.40 %+0.70 pp
17 Bosnia and Herzegovina28.80 %+2.10 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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