Guatemala, year by year

Every index this site holds for Guatemala, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.499 in 1990 to 0.662 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 72.8 years2024at birthUp 4.6 years from 68.2 years in 2005
Internet users: 60%2024of people onlineUp 54 points from 7% in 2006
Urban population: 56%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 8 points from 49% in 2006
Births per woman: 2.292024births per womanDown 1.68 from 3.97 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 62%2021of energy usedDown 4 points from 66% in 2004
Access to electricity: 91%2024of people with electricityUp 13 points from 78% in 2005
Infant mortality: 172024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 17 from 34 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 1.1 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 0.2 t from 0.9 t in 2005
Forest area: 33%2023of land under forestDown 5 points from 37% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 2 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.499	61.8	—	—	5.48	75.0	—	61	0.4	44.6	—	—
1991	0.503	61.9	—	34.2	5.38	74.2	—	58	0.5	44.1	—	—
1992	0.506	62.0	—	34.4	5.31	72.2	—	56	0.5	43.5	—	—
1993	0.510	62.4	—	34.7	5.25	69.8	—	54	0.6	43.0	—	—
1994	0.515	63.0	—	35.1	5.19	68.3	—	51	0.6	42.5	—	—
1995	0.522	63.7	0.0	35.8	5.11	65.0	61	49	0.7	42.0	—	—
1996	0.530	64.5	0.0	36.9	5.01	65.6	68	47	0.6	41.4	—	—
1997	0.539	65.3	0.1	38.3	4.91	65.1	69	46	0.6	40.9	—	—
1998	0.548	66.0	0.5	39.9	4.80	62.0	70	44	0.8	40.4	—	—
1999	0.556	66.6	0.6	41.6	4.69	64.5	71	42	0.8	39.8	—	—
2000	0.563	67.1	0.7	43.2	4.58	62.7	73	41	0.8	39.3	—	—
2001	0.567	67.4	1.7	44.7	4.50	61.3	74	39	0.8	38.8	—	—
2002	0.572	67.8	3.4	45.8	4.37	63.8	79	38	0.9	38.4	—	—
2003	0.577	68.2	4.5	46.6	4.25	64.3	79	36	0.8	37.9	—	—
2004	0.580	68.3	5.1	47.3	4.13	66.1	77	35	0.8	37.5	—	—
2005	0.583	68.2	5.7	48.1	3.97	65.2	78	34	0.9	37.0	—	—
2006	0.590	68.8	6.5	48.8	3.85	64.7	84	33	0.9	36.6	2225	5833
2007	0.601	69.3	7.3	49.5	3.72	63.3	81	32	0.9	36.1	2459	6238
2008	0.609	69.5	8.3	50.1	3.57	66.5	82	30	0.8	35.6	2763	6435
2009	0.616	69.7	9.3	50.7	3.47	65.3	83	29	0.9	35.2	2612	6377
2010	0.623	69.9	10.5	51.3	3.38	67.1	84	28	0.8	34.7	2805	6510
2011	0.628	70.3	12.3	51.9	3.29	67.1	84	27	0.8	34.5	3169	6784
2012	0.631	70.7	16.0	52.4	3.22	67.4	87	26	0.8	34.2	3287	7258
2013	0.633	70.9	19.7	52.8	3.15	67.2	88	25	0.9	34.0	3444	7700
2014	0.650	70.9	23.4	53.1	3.09	66.2	86	24	0.9	33.7	3689	8237
2015	0.638	70.9	28.8	53.4	3.03	63.3	91	23	1.1	33.5	3894	8934
2016	0.642	71.2	34.5	53.7	2.97	63.2	92	22	1.1	33.4	4060	9201
2017	0.647	71.6	37.9	53.8	2.86	65.0	93	22	1.0	33.3	4325	9560
2018	0.649	71.5	41.5	53.9	2.74	64.0	94	21	1.1	33.1	4353	9947
2019	0.653	71.6	44.4	54.2	2.59	62.8	95	20	1.1	33.0	4512	10756
2020	0.645	70.0	47.5	54.5	2.47	65.5	97	20	1.0	32.9	4478	10947
2021	0.639	67.9	50.8	54.9	2.39	62.1	98	19	1.1	32.8	4913	11825
2022	0.655	71.2	54.4	55.3	2.34	—	99	18	1.1	32.7	5357	13008
2023	0.662	72.6	56.7	55.6	2.31	—	100	18	1.1	32.6	5754	13752
2024	—	72.8	60.2	56.0	2.29	—	91	17	1.1	—	6151	14393
2025	—	—	—	56.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	6598	15197
On the profile	0.662	72.7	60.2	56.3	2.29	62.1	—	—	1.1	32.6	6598	15197

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. The last row, On the profile, is the figure the country profile shows today, set under its series so the two can be checked against each other. ≠ marks a difference of more than 2%: none on this page.

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