Guatemala Overview: Development news, research, data | World Bank
In 2023, it was estimated that 55% of the population lived in poverty, and the informal economy represented 49% of GDP, with 71.1% of the employed population working in the informal sector.
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Guatemala - UNICEF
Guatemala’s poverty rate increased from 45.6 per cent to 47 per cent in 2020 (World Bank, 2021). Without the implementation of the social protection programmes, poverty was estimated to increase by three to four times. Poverty is projected to decrease to 45.9 per cent in 2021.
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New poverty estimates: A crucial tool to shape Guatemala’s …
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Poverty and Inequality Platform - World Bank
Most recent poverty rate for Guatemala and other countries in the region at $2.15 per day (2017 PPP) (2014) Bar chart compares the poverty rate of the selected country (highlighted in blue) …
Rural poverty, climate change, and family migration from Guatemala
Almost half of all people in Guatemala live in poverty and, the poverty rate rises to nearly 80 percent for indigenous people, who make up more than 40 percent of the country’s population.
Data for Guatemala, Lower middle income | Data - World Bank …
Data for Guatemala, Lower middle income from The World Bank: Data. Free and open access to global development data. Data. ... Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day (2017 PPP) (% of population) Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day (2017 …
Poverty and Inequality Platform - World Bank
The Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) helps data users find historical and current information related to key development indicators such as poverty, inequality, and shared prosperity. In addition, PIP can be used for following trends and monitoring progress towards …
An increase to at least 7.7% of GDP by 2030 is needed in Guatemala to ensure universal access to health, education, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), and social protection to support families in conditions of poverty and extreme poverty, and promote prevention and response to violence against children.
Based on these estimates, 28.9 percent of the population in Guatemala (5,086 thousand people in 2021) is multidimensionally poor while an additional 21.1 percent is classified as vulnerable to multidimensional poverty (3,713 thousand people in 2021).