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Guatemala
RegionLatin America & Caribbean
GDP141.50[PPP 2011$ billions]
GDP per capita8393.28[$]
Population16.86[millions]
Land Area109778.69[sq. km]

Country Scorecard

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Component Rank EPI Score 10-Year Change
EPI 167 28.00 -3.00
Ecosystem Vitality 161 29.00 -4.20
Biodiversity 129 41.30 -0.60
Terrestrial biomes (natl) 96 76.70 0.80
Terrestrial biomes (global) 131 50.60 2.00
Marine protected areas 113 0.20 NA
Protected Areas Rep. Ind. 47 50.10 5.00
Biodiversity Habitat Index 98 42.20 NA
Species Protection Index 130 29.90 2.70
Species Habitat Index 152 NA -79.20
Ecosystem Services 164 12.30 -7.50
Tree cover loss 147 4.20 -2.50
Grassland loss 138 29.90 -70.10
Wetland loss 92 43.80 25.60
Fisheries 40 25.50 8.70
Fish Stock Status 24 50.70 29.30
Marine Trophic Index 68 13.70 NA
Fish caught by trawling 58 8.40 -6.50
Acidification 163 33.50 -39.00
SO2 growth rate 151 37.30 -11.40
NOx growth rate 165 29.70 -66.60
Agriculture 135 23.70 1.60
Pesticide 120 18.70 NA
N Mgmt Index 126 28.70 3.20
Water Resources 88 6.80 NA
Wastewater treatment 88 6.80 NA
Health 126 28.10 2.60
Air Quality 117 29.10 0.70
PM2.5 87 33.30 -2.40
Household solid fuels 119 21.70 5.60
Ozone 41 62.80 -5.20
NOx 126 18.70 -1.20
SO2 116 38.60 1.30
CO 135 32.60 0.10
VOC 167 1.10 -3.80
Sanitation Drinking Water 126 28.30 8.00
Sanitation 125 29.90 8.50
Drinking water 126 27.20 7.60
Heavy Metals 156 30.10 3.00
Lead 156 30.10 3.00
Waste Management 119 20.60 -0.20
Solid waste 111 21.80 NA
Recycling 143 10.40 0.40
Ocean Plastics 91 28.40 -1.20
Climate Policy 149 26.70 -4.60
Climate Change 149 26.70 -4.60
CO2 growth rate 144 12.20 -11.80
CH4 growth rate 144 23.80 -1.90
F-gas growth rate 71 60.10 60.10
N2O growth rate 121 51.40 17.80
Black Carbon growth rate 160 37.70 8.60
Proj. GHG Emissions 108 30.60 -5.70
CO2 from land cover 71 49.70 -4.90
GHG intensity trend 151 28.00 -14.00
GHG per capita 49 70.70 -5.50

Peer Comparisons

EPI Scores for this country and peers based on similar characteristics

Environmental Protection Index
Nepal 28.3
Nigeria 28.3
Indonesia 28.2
Chad 28.1
Mauritania 28.1
Guatemala 28
Madagascar 28
Iraq 27.8
Ghana 27.7
Sudan 27.6
GDP per capita
Namibia 50.9
Venezuela 46.4
Jamaica 45.6
Eswatini 44.9
El Salvador 40.8
Bolivia 40.1
Laos 30.7
Philippines 28.9
Guatemala 28
Viet Nam 20.1
Issue Performance
Honduras 36.5
Timor-Leste 35.1
Sierra Leone 32.7
Guinea 31.6
Angola 30.5
Philippines 28.9
Indonesia 28.2
Guatemala 28
Haiti 26.1
Liberia 24.9
Government Effectiveness
Belize 50
Belarus 48.5
Djibouti 47.5
Nicaragua 37.7
Tajikistan 37.1
Gambia 36.4
Burkina Faso 35.5
Togo 34
Mozambique 31.7
Guatemala 28
Regulatory Quality
Grenada 47.9
Trinidad and Tobago 47.8
Brazil 43.6
Paraguay 40.9
Samoa 36.4
Sri Lanka 34.7
Fiji 31.3
Guatemala 28
Viet Nam 20.1
India 18.9
Voice and Accountability
Guinea-Bissau 40.2
Bosnia and Herzegovina 39.4
Zambia 38.4
Niger 37.7
Maldives 37.4
Cote d'Ivoire 32.8
Lebanon 32.2
Kenya 30.8
Guatemala 28
Madagascar 28
Rule of Law
Belarus 48.5
Djibouti 47.5
Uzbekistan 38.2
Honduras 36.5
Mozambique 31.7
Angola 30.5
Guatemala 28
Sudan 27.6
Haiti 26.1
Liberia 24.9
Control of Corruption
Azerbaijan 38.6
Uzbekistan 38.2
Uganda 35.8
Kyrgyzstan 35.7
Iran 34.5
Lebanon 32.2
Laos 30.7
Cameroon 30.2
Nigeria 28.3
Guatemala 28
Political Stability / Absence of Violence
Brazil 43.6
Moldova 42.7
Bolivia 40.1
Georgia 39.1
Uzbekistan 38.2
Kyrgyzstan 35.7
Tanzania 34.2
Benin 29.6
Guatemala 28
Madagascar 28
Latin America & Caribbean
Paraguay 40.9
El Salvador 40.8
Bolivia 40.1
Peru 39.8
Guyana 38.5
Nicaragua 37.7
Uruguay 37.4
Honduras 36.5
Guatemala 28
Haiti 26.1
Org. of Ibero-American States
Dominican Republic 42.2
Argentina 41.1
Paraguay 40.9
El Salvador 40.8
Bolivia 40.1
Peru 39.8
Nicaragua 37.7
Uruguay 37.4
Honduras 36.5
Guatemala 28
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