🇬🇹 Guatemala Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇬🇹 Guatemala GT / GTM #105

Nomad Score 56.0

Cities 17

Region Central American Integration System, Latin America, Hispanophone, Affordable Nomad Destinations, North America, Americas, Central America

Currency GTQ

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary presidential republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 26/100

Press Freedom (2025) 40.3/100 #138

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.637

HDI 0.662

Regional Blocs CAIS

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 23.4/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 22.9/100k

Military Spending (2024) 0.4% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary presidential republic

Title	Name
President of Guatemala	Bernardo Arévalo
Vice President of Guatemala	Karin Herrera

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 26 / 100

Interpretation Significant corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 40.3 / 100

Global Rank #138 / 180

RSF Zone Amériques

Political #114 39.4

Economic #135 33.4

Legal #111 54.1

Social #148 37.2

Safety #147 37.6

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.637

Liberal 0.523

Participatory 0.421

Deliberative 0.471

Egalitarian 0.338

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	40.3	138	39.4	33.4	54.1	37.2	37.6
2024	42.3	138	33.6	38.1	57.2	46.7	35.8
2023	48.1	127	42.6	40.1	64.2	57.6	36.2
2022	47.9	124	46.1	33.7	68.9	59.0	32.1
2021	61.6	116	-	-	-	-	86.1
2020	64.3	116	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	64.1	116	-	-	-	-	89.0
2018	63.8	116	-	-	-	-	89.0
2017	60.7	118	-	-	-	-	48.0
2016	62.0	121	-	-	-	-	80.5
2015	62.1	124	-	-	-	-	51.6
2014	63.4	125	-	-	-	-	-
2013	70.6	95	-	-	-	-	-
2012	35.0	98	-	-	-	-	-
2010	20.3	77	-	-	-	-	-
2009	29.5	106	-	-	-	-	-
2008	22.6	101	-	-	-	-	-
2007	33.0	104	-	-	-	-	-
2006	21.3	90	-	-	-	-	-
2005	21.5	86	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index