Quetzal stability and the exchange rate against the dollar

Dossier: Macroeconomy, ratings and risk10-macro-riesgo.md
Domain: Sovereign rating and country riskmacro-riesgo
Room: Economy/economia
Audited: Audited

Annual average exchange rate (World Bank, PA.NUS.FCRF): Q7.68 per dollar in 2025; Q7.76 in 2024; Q7.76 in 2000; a peak of Q8.16 in 2009. Since 1999 the series has moved within a narrow band of ~Q7.3–Q8.2 per dollar (7.76 in 2000 → 7.68 in 2025), a nominal stability unusual among emerging-market currencies, sustained by remittances and an external account in surplus. The atlas archive already holds the fx_usd_gtq and reserves_total_usd series from Banguat (daily/monthly, verified).

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Figures

Average exchange rateBanco Mundial, PA.NUS.FCRF: Q7.68/US$2025
Average exchange rateBanco Mundial, PA.NUS.FCRF: Q7.76/US$2024
Average exchange rateBanco Mundial, PA.NUS.FCRF: Q7.76/US$2000
Average exchange rate (series peak)Banco Mundial, PA.NUS.FCRF: Q8.16/US$2009
Trading bandBanco Mundial, PA.NUS.FCRF: ~Q7.3–Q8.2/US$1999–2025

Caveat

World Bank annual series; the verified daily series is in the archive (Banguat)

Sources

Banco Mundial — PA.NUS.FCRF (tipo de cambio oficial, promedio del período)api.worldbank.orgconsulted 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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