Regional benchmark
32 answers- Population, GDP and labor force: Guatemala versus the region (2024)World Bank
- Labor force at 7.5 vs 8.2 million: WDI versus ENEIC7,519,217Guatemala labor force (WDI, ILO-modeled)World Bank2024
- Guatemala's 2026 minimum wage for maquila and non-agricultural workAsesoría Global
- Costa Rica's 2026 minimum wage versus GuatemalaSiempre al Día
- El Salvador's maquila minimum wageEY
- Honduras' 2026 maquila minimum wageDinero HN
- Nicaragua's free-zone minimum wageEY
- The Dominican Republic's free-zone minimum wageEY
- Mexico's 2026 minimum wage, general and northern borderCONASAMI
- Guatemala's place on the regional maquila labor-cost ladderEY
- Guatemala's industrial electricity tariff versus Central AmericaECLAC
- Real scope of the 'cheapest SIEPAC electricity' claim: EEGSA area onlyECLAC
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- Mexico's 2026 minimum wage, general and northern borderCONASAMI
- Guatemala's place on the regional maquila labor-cost ladderEY
- Guatemala's industrial electricity tariff versus Central AmericaECLAC
- Real scope of the 'cheapest SIEPAC electricity' claim: EEGSA area onlyECLAC
- Guatemala's renewable power mix and electrification versus the region59.5%4th of 6Renewable generation, GuatemalaECLAC2024
- Guatemala's corporate income tax rate compared with the region27%Corporate income tax, Dominican Rep.PwC2026
- Guatemala's export incentives versus its neighborsOrganismo Judicial
- Costa Rica's free zone regime (Law 7210)COMEX
- El Salvador's free-zone and international services incentivesConsortium Legal
- Honduras' free-zone regimes (ZOLI, ZIP, RIT): firms and jobsEl País HN
- Nicaragua's 2026 free-zone reformBloomberg Línea
- The Dominican Republic's Free Zone Law 8-90DGII
- Mexico's IMMEX program and income taxProdensa
- Guatemala's lagging tax incentives and OECD Pillar 2Organismo Judicial
- The OECD certificate for the La Lima and Coyol free zonesCOMEX
- Guatemala's FDI inflows versus Costa Rica, the DR and the regionWorld Bank
- Sovereign ratings of Guatemala and the region as of 2026S&P Global Ratings
- Guatemala as Central America's best-rated sovereign creditMEF
- Guatemala's homicide rate versus the region (2025)Latinometrics
- Guatemala in the regional Logistics Performance Index (LPI 2023)World Bank
- Guatemala's container throughput (TEU) versus the regionEl Financiero CR
- Guatemala's English proficiency versus the region (EF EPI 2025)EF
- Where Guatemala beats its regional competitorsWorld Bank
- Where Guatemala loses to its regional competitorsWorld Bank