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Guatemala's population living in poverty

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Macroeconomy, ratings and risk10-macro-riesgo.md
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Sovereign rating and country riskmacro-riesgo
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Economy/economia
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56.0% of the population lived below the national poverty line in 2023 (ENCOVI; World Bank, SI.POV.NAHC; verified in audit). On the international line of US$8.30 a day (2021 PPP), 47.3% in 2023 (World Bank, Guatemala Overview). This is the country's central contradiction: a textbook macro picture alongside more than half the population in poverty. ENCOVI is carried out every 4-9 years, so the figure is updated infrequently.

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Figures

Pobreza (línea nacional)Banco Mundial, SI.POV.NAHC
56.0%2023 (ENCOVI)
Población con menos de US$8.30/día (PPA 2021)Banco Mundial, Guatemala Overview
47.3%2023

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  • Banco MundialBenchmark series: private credit to GDP of 37.2% (2025), average lending rate of 12.85% (2025) and the Enterprise Surveys on collateral requirements (§1, §3, §4).Multilateral

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