Guatemala vs Lower middle income: Total reserves
Total reserves over time
- Guatemala
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Guatemala currently reports 90.2% against 55.6% in Lower middle income, a difference of 34.6%.
That makes Guatemala's figure about 1.6 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Guatemala ahead.
Guatemala ranks 17th and Lower middle income ranks 18th of 112 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Guatemala averaged higher in 4 and Lower middle income in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guatemala | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 85.3% | 29.6% | 55.6% | Guatemala |
| 1980s | 23.5% | 16.1% | 7.4% | Guatemala |
| 1990s | 28.9% | 18.5% | 10.3% | Guatemala |
| 2000s | 43.2% | 61.7% | 18.5% | Lower middle income |
| 2010s | 44.4% | 62.7% | 18.3% | Lower middle income |
| 2020s | 81.9% | 57.1% | 24.8% | Guatemala |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total reserves, Guatemala or Lower middle income?
- Guatemala, at 90.2% against 55.6% in Lower middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in total reserves between Guatemala and Lower middle income?
- 34.6%, with Guatemala ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Lower middle income?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
- How do Guatemala and Lower middle income rank globally for total reserves?
- Guatemala ranks 17th and Lower middle income ranks 18th of 112 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB), published as Total reserves (% of total external debt). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Reserve assets are external assets, including monetary gold, that are readily available to and controlled by monetary authorities for meeting balance of payments financing needs, for intervention in exchange markets to affect the currency exchange rate, and for other related purposes (such as maintaining confidence in the currency and the economy, and serving as a basis for foreign borrowing). Reserve assets must be denominated and settled in foreign currency. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of total external debt which are all liabilities that require payment(s) of interest and/or principal by the debtor at some point(s) in the future and that are owed to non-residents by residents of an economy.