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Population, GDP and labor force: Guatemala versus the region (2024)

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Guatemala against the region19-benchmark-regional.md
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On World Bank data (WDI, 2024): Guatemala 18,406,359 inhabitants, GDP US$113,216 million, labor force 7,519,217; Costa Rica 5,129,910 / US$96,716 M / 2,402,966; El Salvador 6,338,193 / US$34,880 M / 2,951,018; Honduras 10,825,703 / US$36,980 M / 4,250,629; Nicaragua 6,916,140 / US$19,696 M / 3,253,536; Dominican Republic 11,427,557 / US$124,282 M / 5,424,140; Mexico 130,861,007 / US$1,830,489 M / 60,887,761. Guatemala is Central America's largest economy and largest labor force (more workers than Costa Rica and El Salvador combined), but the Dominican Republic has already overtaken it in nominal GDP and Mexico has 8 times its labor force. All 21 cells were checked against the API in the audit.

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Guatemala: population / GDP / labor forceBanco Mundial WDI
18,406,359 / US$113,216 M / 7,519,2172024Also in the verified archive →
Costa Rica: population / GDP / labor forceBanco Mundial WDI
5,129,910 / US$96,716 M / 2,402,9662024
Dominican Rep.: population / GDP / labor forceBanco Mundial WDI
11,427,557 / US$124,282 M / 5,424,1402024
Mexico: population / GDP / labor forceBanco Mundial WDI
130,861,007 / US$1,830,489 M / 60,887,7612024
El Salvador / Honduras / Nicaragua: GDPBanco Mundial WDI
US$34,880 M / US$36,980 M / US$19,696 M2024

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  • 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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