Social Development in Guatemala

156 indicators covering social development for Guatemala.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Democracy Index 8 2018 unchanged 52nd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 138,420 2025 up 413.6% 15th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.0074 units per person 2025 up 338.9% 14th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 159.0% 22nd
Political Rights Score 19 2025 down 17.4% 116th
Freedom Score 48 2025 down 11.1% 119th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 4,088 2025 up 3,223.6% 74th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0002 units per person 2025 up 2,740.5% 92nd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 1,576.2% 81st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -29.13 % change on previous year 2025 down 141.3% 110th
Full democracy 0 2025 78th
States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 36th
Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Distribution of Democracy Index 18 2018 unchanged 52nd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate 21.31 % change on previous year 2025 down 20.5% 23rd
Equal Rights Protection Index 0.371 2025 up 60.6% 138th
Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.721 2025 up 16.3% 96th
Political Corruption Index 0.616 2025 down 19.1% 73rd
Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.616 2025 down 19.1% 73rd
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 2.23 2024 up 133.7% 75th
Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 34th
Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 19th
Countries where armed conflicts took place 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 1.64 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1,987.0% 9th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.0191 units per square kilometre 2023 up 14,550.0% 84th
LGBT+ Rights Index 2.07 2019 unchanged 75th
Forcibly displaced people 578,674 2025 up 130.2% 45th
Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 1st
Press freedom 1 2016 unchanged 61st
Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 2 number 2025 unchanged 1st
Age of electoral democracy 41 years 2025 up 32.3% 55th
Corruption Perceptions Index 25 2024 down 21.9% 145th
Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 38th
Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 3.05 2024 up 75.5% 132nd
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 3.04 2024 up 75.1% 102nd
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.017 2024 up 33.5% 171st
Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year -0.0021 2024 up 75.9% 106th
Self-reported life satisfaction 6.53 2025 up 3.3% 41st
Happiness vs. life satisfaction 6.53 2025 up 3.3% 41st
Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 71.6% 2024 up 32.6% 27th
Homicide rate 23.37 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 30.3% 20th
Homicides 4,235 homicides 2023 down 17.8% 14th
Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 23.37 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 30.3% 20th
Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 23.37 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 down 30.3% 20th
Age of electoral democracy 26 years 2025 up 62.5% 67th
States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 51st
Citizen support for democracy -1.18 2020 down 58.0% 124th
Homicides 2,804 deaths 2022 down 26.6% 10th
Child homicide rate 4.74 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 37.6% 13th
Citizen satisfaction with democracy -0.7474 2020 down 106.2% 104th
Homicide rate 15.09 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 39.7% 13th
Homicide rate by age of the victim 15.09 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 39.7% 13th
Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Homicides 4,614 deaths 2021 down 21.4% 22nd
Homicide rate 26.2 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 33.8% 14th
Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 26.18 2021 down 33.8% 14th
Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 1.46 million 2030 up 11.5% 67th
States involved in wars 0 2011 5th
Alcohol, total  (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 1.46 2030 down 6.2% 145th
States involved in state based conflicts, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 1996 31st