Gender in Guatemala

236 indicators covering gender for Guatemala.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Child population (UN estimates and projections) 5,681 2030 down 3.2% 65th
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -0.5138 % change on previous year 2030 down 294.1% 92nd
Population 14,386 2030 up 25.2% 69th
Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 14,386 2030 up 25.2% 69th
Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 2.14 % change on previous year 2030 down 8.0% 54th
Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 183,639 2025 down 8.5% 64th
Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 190,265 2025 down 8.0% 64th
Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 182,353 2025 down 7.8% 64th
Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 188,776 2025 down 7.2% 65th
Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 181,168 2025 down 7.6% 65th
Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 187,405 2025 down 7.0% 65th
Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 180,709 2025 down 7.1% 65th
Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 186,820 2025 down 6.5% 65th
Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 181,959 2025 down 5.4% 65th
Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 188,002 2025 down 4.8% 65th
Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 185,902 2025 down 2.3% 64th
Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 191,945 2025 down 1.7% 64th
Women's universal right to vote 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Universal suffrage women lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Inactivity rate (ILO modelled estimates) 40.52 2027 up 3.8% 85th
Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.722 2025 up 8.2% 103rd
Women's Civil Liberties Index 0.459 2025 down 0.4% 134th
Women's Civil Society Participation Index 0.802 2025 up 14.7% 64th
Women's Political Participation Index 0.918 2025 up 6.6% 96th
Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index 0.722 2025 up 8.2% 103rd
Key features of women's political empowerment 0.722 2025 up 8.2% 103rd
Key features of womens political empowerment, annual growth rate -0.1383 % change on previous year 2025 down 122.9% 90th
Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled 0.722 2025 up 8.2% 103rd
Gender of the head of government, gaps filled 0 2025 20th
Prevalence of obesity, female 32.2% 2024 up 26.6% 68th
Prevalence of obesity, male 23.3% 2024 up 47.2% 72nd
Life expectancy at age 60, female 20.76 years 2024 up 2.8% 125th
Life expectancy at age 60, male 16.12 years 2024 down 14.2% 171st
Share of women who are obese 32.2% 2024 up 26.6% 71st
Share of women who are overweight or obese 68.0% 2024 up 11.4% 58th
Share of overweight men vs. women 61.2% 2024 up 20.0% 77th
Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65 80.5% 2024 up 2.6% 139th
Share of women who are married or in a union 17.2% 2018 down 3.4% 36th
Population, per capita 1 units per person 2024 unchanged 27th
Population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 40.0% 86th
Population, annual growth rate 1.55 % change on previous year 2024 down 18.8% 69th
Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 45.4% 106th
Women and men have the same rights to own property 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Married women are required by law to obey their husbands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Total calories from animal protein vs. mean male height 135.92 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 up 39.7% 118th
Women, Business and the Law Index 73.75 index (0–100) 2023 unchanged 129th
Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can register a business on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 144th
Women have the same rights to remarry as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can open a bank account in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Equal access to financial services for women and men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 94th
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per capita 0.0003 units per person 2025 down 14.8% 62nd
Women can open bank account same as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
Women can register a business in the same way as men, annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
Population, per square kilometre 169.14 units per square kilometre 2023 up 17.8% 49th
Population (UN estimates and projections), per capita 0.0007 units per person 2025 up 8.5% 123rd
Labor force, female 2.52 million 2025 up 26.5% 74th
Labor force, female, per capita 0.1346 units per person 2025 up 8.1% 153rd
Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 1 index 2025 up 3.4% 102nd