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Exchange rate
7.64
Q/US$
Oct 6, 2026
Inflation, year on year
3.37%
Aug 2026
Family remittances
US$2.3B
Aug 2026
International reserves
US$33.5B
Aug 2026
Policy rate
3.5%
Sep 2026
FMI
Figures it publishes
IMF
93 figures
Figures it publishes
93
Why Guatemala
34
Public finances & procurement
18
Trade & external sector
16
Growth & activity
9
People & society
6
Money, banking & the quetzal
5
Setting up & operating
3
Prices & cost of living
2
Export Quality Index
0.78
index
↑
+0.4%
vs 2013
2014
IMF
↗
Commodity & transactions not classified accord to kind
0.80
index
↑
+58.5%
vs 2012
2013
IMF
↗
Miscellaneous manufactured articles
0.89
index
No change
vs 2013
2014
IMF
↗
Machinery and transport equipment
0.86
index
↑
+2.2%
vs 2013
2014
IMF
↗
Manufact goods classified chiefly by material
0.86
index
↑
+0.6%
vs 2013
2014
IMF
↗
Chemicals
0.81
index
↑
+2.3%
vs 2013
2014
IMF
↗
Animal and vegetable oils and fats
0.68
index
↓
−6.7%
vs 2013
2014
IMF
↗
Mineral fuels
0.72
index
↑
+12.7%
vs 2013
2014
IMF
↗
Inedible, except fuels
0.60
index
↓
−10.2%
vs 2013
2014
IMF
↗
Beverages and tobacco
0.88
index
↑
+1.6%
vs 2013
2014
IMF
↗
Food and live animals
0.72
index
↑
+4.7%
vs 2013
2014
IMF
↗
Export Diversification Index
2.35
index
↑
+1.3%
vs 2013
2014
IMF
↗
Intensive Margin
2.15
index
↑
+2.2%
vs 2013
2014
IMF
↗
Extensive Margin
0.20
index
↓
−8.3%
vs 2013
2014
IMF
↗
Current account balance
3.2
%
of GDP
↓
−1.6 pp
vs 2025
2026
IMF
↗
Current account balance U.S. dollars
US$4.1B
↓
−29.7%
vs 2025
2026
IMF
↗