Remittance inflows and their share of GDP

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Domain: Sovereign rating and country riskmacro-riesgo
Room: Economy/economia
Audited: Audited

Guatemala received US$21,644.5 million in remittances in 2024 (World Bank, BX.TRF.PWKR.CD.DT; verified in audit). As a share of GDP: 19.1% in 2024, 19.2% in 2023, 13.8% in 2019 and 3.1% in 2000 (BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS). For 2025, press coverage of the Moody's report (Apr 2026) speaks of ~21% of GDP, a figure still to be confirmed against Banguat; the 2025 annual total in US dollars was not retrieved in this pass and can be taken from the archive (remittances_usd, Banguat).

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Figures

Remittances receivedBanco Mundial, BX.TRF.PWKR.CD.DT: US$21,644.5 million2024
Remittances / GDPBanco Mundial, BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS: 19.1%2024
Remittances / GDPBanco Mundial, BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS: 19.2%2023
Remittances / GDPBanco Mundial, BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS: 13.8%2019
Remittances / GDPBanco Mundial, BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS: 3.1%2000
Remittances / GDP (press figure)Prensa Libre (cobertura de Moody's): ~21%2025

Caveat

US$21,644.5 M (2024) verified; the ~21% of GDP for 2025 is a press figure and the 2025 total has yet to be obtained from Banguat

Sources

Banco Mundial — BX.TRF.PWKR.CD.DT (remesas personales recibidas, US$)api.worldbank.orgconsulted Aug 19, 2026
Banco Mundial — BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS (remesas, % del PIB)api.worldbank.orgconsulted Aug 19, 2026
Prensa Libre — Moody's mantiene Ba1 (cobertura)prensalibre.comconsulted Aug 19, 2026
Banco de Guatemala — portal (sección remesas familiares)banguat.gob.gtconsulted Aug 19, 2026

Organizations named in the answer

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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