Public debt as a share of GDP

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26.8% of GDP at the preliminary close of 2025 (verified in audit against Prensa Latina), against 26.3% in 2024 and 27.2% in 2023, per statements by Finance Minister Jonathan Menkos reported by Prensa Libre. It is among the lowest in Latin America — Brazil, Colombia and Costa Rica sit well above — but it is the flip side of the lowest tax burden in the region (~12% of GDP): the state is solvent in part because it spends and invests little (ICEFI, CIEN).

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Figures

Deuda pública / PIBPrensa Latina: 26.8% (cierre preliminar)2025
Deuda pública / PIBPrensa Libre (declaraciones del ministro Menkos): 26.3%2024
Deuda pública / PIBPrensa Libre (declaraciones del ministro Menkos): 27.2%2023

Caveat

26.8% (2025) verified; 26.3% (2024) and 27.2% (2023) are press figures

Sources

Prensa Latina — Deuda pública de Guatemala llegó al 26.8% del PIB en 2025prensa-latina.cuconsulted Aug 19, 2026
Prensa Libre — Deuda pública sube a 26.8% del PIB y tres factores impulsaron su crecimientoprensalibre.comconsulted Aug 19, 2026
ICEFI — análisis del presupuesto aprobado 2026icefi.orgconsulted Aug 19, 2026
CIEN — resumen ejecutivo del proyecto de presupuesto 2026cien.org.gtconsulted Aug 19, 2026

Organizations named in the answer

Prensa LatinaInterview with Otto Zeissig (COPRECON), 13 October 2025: an inherited caseload of more than 600 files, eight regional offices, 75–80% of cases agrarian-environmentalOther
Prensa LibreConfirms the 10% capital gains tax (art. 92, Decree 10-2012), the taxable base, the 10-day deadline and SAT form 1321Other

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