Guatemala

The Mayan civilization flourished in Guatemala and surrounding regions during the first millennium A.D. After almost three centuries as a Spanish colony, Guatemala won its independence in 1821. During the second half of the 20th century, it experienced a variety of military and civilian governments, as well as a 36-year guerrilla war. In 1996, the government signed a peace agreement formally ending the conflict, which had left more than 100,000 people dead and had created, by some estimates, some 1 million refugees.
==Economical characteristics==
* Currency: Quetzal (ISO code: GTQ)
* Central bank discount rate: NA%
* Commercial banks lending rate: 13.39% (31 December 2008)
* Stock of money (M1): $6.106 billion (31 December 2008)
* Quasi money (with M1 makes M2): $9.7 billion (31 December 2008)
===Statistics===
Statistic / Year 	1999 	2000 	2001 	2002 	2003 	2004 	2005 	2006 	2007 	2008
GDP (million USD)World Bank. "Guatemala: GDP", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-30. 	18 317	19 291	18 703	20 777	21 918	23 965	27 211	30 231	34 031	38 983
Govt. debt (% of GDP)World Bank. "Guatemala: government debt", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-30. 	13.470	16.984	19.947	18.394	20.711	21.786	21.262	21.877	21.688	20.136
Govt. revenue (% of GDP)World Bank. "Guatemala: government revenue", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-30. 	10.324	10.154	11.992	12.492	12.248	12.118	11.748	12.501	12.676	11.907
Govt. expenses (% of GDP)World Bank. "Guatemala: government expenses", from World Bank Data. Referenced 2010-09-30.	10.518	10.940	13.186	12.774	14.346	12.670	12.834	13.012	12.487	11.730
Debt to revenue (years) 	1.305 	1.673 	1.663 	1.472 	1.691 	1.798 	1.810 	1.750 	1.711 	1.691
==References==
Note: statistical data was rounded. Different sources may use different methodologies for their estimates. Debt to revenue is calculated by dividing the two variables from their original ('unrounded') values. It represents how long it would a government take to repay its entire debt if it used its whole revenue for this purpose.
==External links==
* Guatemala on Wikipedia
* Central bank of Guatemala
* Country profile (pdf) from the Enterprise Studies page (part of the The World Bank Group)
* BBC country profile
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