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Why does Guatemala's labor force appear as 7.5 million in some sources and 7.8-8.2 million in others?

According to the cited documentsRegional benchmark

Guatemala labor force (WDI, ILO-modeled)

7,519,217

2024World Bank WDI

They are different definitions and different sources: the benchmark's ‘labor force’ is the ILO-modeled WDI series (7,519,217 in 2024), not the economically active population from the INE's ENEIC survey.

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