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GDP:
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purchasing power parity - $56.5 billion (2003 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate:
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2.1% (2003 est.)
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GDP - per capita:
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purchasing power parity - $4,100 (2003 est.)
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GDP - composition by sector:
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agriculture: 22.5%
industry: 18.9%
services: 58.5% (2003 est.)
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Investment (gross fixed):
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15.2% of GDP (2003)
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Population below poverty line:
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75% (2002 est.)
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:
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lowest 10%: 1.6%
highest 10%: 46% (1998)
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Distribution of family income - Gini index:
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55.8 (1998)
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Inflation rate (consumer prices):
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5.5% (2003 est.)
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Labor force:
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3.84 million (2003 est.)
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Labor force - by occupation:
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agriculture 50%, industry 15%, services 35% (1999 est.)
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Unemployment rate:
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7.5% (2003 est.)
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Budget:
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revenues: $2.741 billion
expenditures: $3.316 billion, including capital expenditures of $750 million (2003 est.)
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Public debt:
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30.8% of GDP (2003)
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Industries:
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sugar, textiles and clothing, furniture, chemicals, petroleum, metals, rubber, tourism
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Industrial production growth rate:
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4.1% (1999)
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Electricity - production:
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6.237 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - production by source:
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fossil fuel: 51.9%
hydro: 35.2%
other: 12.9% (2001)
nuclear: 0%
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Electricity - consumption:
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5.559 billion kWh (2001)
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Electricity - exports:
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336 million kWh (2001)
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Electricity - imports:
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95 million kWh (2001)
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Oil - production:
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21,080 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - consumption:
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61,000 bbl/day (2001 est.)
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Oil - exports:
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NA (2001)
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Oil - imports:
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NA (2001)
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Oil - proved reserves:
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263 million bbl (1 January 2002)
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Natural gas - proved reserves:
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1.543 billion cu m (1 January 2002)
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Agriculture - products:
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sugarcane, corn, bananas, coffee, beans, cardamom; cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens
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Current account balance:
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$-1.106 billion (2003)
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Exports:
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$2.763 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Exports - commodities:
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coffee, sugar, bananas, fruits and vegetables, cardamom, meat, apparel, petroleum, electricity
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Exports - partners:
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US 55.5%, El Salvador 10.5%, Nicaragua 3.5% (2003 est.)
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Imports:
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$5.749 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
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Imports - commodities:
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fuels, machinery and transport equipment, construction materials, grain, fertilizers, electricity
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Imports - partners:
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US 33.3%, South Korea 8.9%, Mexico 8.7%, El Salvador 6.2%, China 4.5% (2003 est.)
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Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
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$2.843 billion (2003)
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Debt - external:
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$4.957 billion (2003 est.)
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Economic aid - recipient:
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$250 million (2000 est.)
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Currency:
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quetzal (GTQ), US dollar (USD), others allowed
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Currency code:
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GTQ; USD
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Exchange rates:
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quetzales per US dollar - 7.9409 (2003), 7.8216 (2002), 7.8586 (2001), 7.7632 (2000), 7.3856 (1999)
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Fiscal year:
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calendar year
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