Guatemala
Republic of Guatemala
- Capital
- Guatemala City
- Region
- Central America
- Population, 2025
- 19 million
- Currency
- GTQ
- Area
- 108,889 km²
Across Guatemala's 10 priced cities, one person needs about $1,427 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $852.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
52out of 100
- Purchasing power25%43
- Safety20%44
- Health care15%67
- Climate10%No data
- Air quality10%74
- Connectivity10%53
- Cost10%46
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank among countries
- #93
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
40.0
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
16.9
New York = 100
Purchasing power
68.3
New York = 100
One person
$1,427
A month, rent included
Net salary
$852
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$827
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$6,598
2025
Growth
+4.3%
2025
Unemployment
2.6%
2025
Inflation
1.5%
2025
Life expectancy
72.7 years
2024
Internet users
60%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 7%
- SourcePwC
- Lowest income tax rate
- 5%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 25%
- SourceTrading Economics
- VAT or sales tax
- 12%
- SourcePwC
- Capital gains, individuals
- 10%
- SourcePwC
- Social security, employee
- 4.8%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 12.7%
- SourceTrading Economics
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 43.8
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 56.2
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2023
- 23.4
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #70 worldwide
- 100
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #75 worldwide
- 63
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +24%
Cities in Guatemala
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Cobán | 63 | — | — | — | — | 212K | Low confidence |
| 2Jalapa | 62 | — | — | — | — | 159.8K | Low confidence |
| 3Mixco | 62 | 45.7 | — | — | — | 465.8K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 4Jutiapa | 62 | — | — | — | — | 145.9K | Low confidence |
| 5Chinautla | 61 | — | — | — | — | 105K | Low confidence |
| 6San Juan Sacatepéquez | 61 | — | — | — | — | 136.9K | Low confidence |
| 7Villa Nueva | 60 | — | — | — | — | 618.4K | Low confidence |
| 8Villa Canales | 60 | — | — | — | — | 155.4K | Low confidence |
| 9Petapa | 60 | — | — | — | — | 135.4K | Low confidence |
| 10Chichicastenango | 60 | 40.0 | — | — | — | 141.6K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 11Chiquimula | 60 | 45.7 | — | — | — | 111.5K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 12Quetzaltenango | 60 | 38.5 | $393 | — | — | 180.7K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 13Santa LucÃa Cotzumalguapa | 59 | — | — | — | — | 112.8K | Low confidence |
| 14Escuintla | 59 | — | — | — | — | 156.3K | Low confidence |
| 15Puerto Barrios | 59 | — | — | — | — | 100.6K | Low confidence |
| 16Totonicapán | 59 | — | — | — | — | 104K | Low confidence |
| 17Coatepeque | 55 | — | — | — | — | 105.4K | Low confidence |
| 18Guatemala City | 55 | 40.0 | $827 | $852 | 68.3 | 994.9K | High confidence, 28 contributors |
| 19Chimaltenango | 51 | 40.0 | — | — | — | 97K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 20Santa LucÃa Milpas Altas | 51 | 40.0 | — | — | — | 12.2K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 21Panajachel | 51 | 40.0 | — | — | — | 11.1K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 22San Miguel Dueñas | 51 | 40.0 | — | — | — | 8.4K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 23Zacapa | 47 | — | — | — | — | 60.4K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 24Antigua Guatemala | 44 | 39.5 | $878 | $623 | 48.4 | 46.1K | High confidence, 30 contributors |