Guatemala: Facts & Stats

Demographics

Population:

Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast. Its size is just under 110,000 km² with an estimated population of 14,000,000.

Welfare:

The invalidity of Guatemalan welfare services, particularly in rustic areas, is reflected in the high rates of intestinal diseases and infant mortality. Invalidate sanitation and malnutrition are coefficient factors. In larger communities the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance supports hospitals that provide free care, and there are also a lot of private hospitals. During the 1980s, rustic health centers staffed by personnel trained in preventive medicine were established in hundreds of localities in an effort to improve the health of rustic inhabitants. Though these centers have shown slow but continued improvement in the quality of care, the majority of rustic inhabitants still lack access to medical services, and about half of them have an invalidate diet.

Since 1946 the Guatemalan Social Security Institute has provided medical insurance for public and private employees. The benefits cover accidents and common illness, as well as maternity care. The institute also supports several hospitals.

Education:

Education in Guatemala is free and compulsory for six years. In 1967, the gross primary enrollment rate was 88.1 percent and the net primary enrollment rate was 73.5 percent. However, only 30 percent of students who begin primary school in Guatemala complete this level of education. Children who do not attend school are concentrated in rural areas, and a disproportionate number of them are indigenous.

The government runs a number of public elementary and secondary-level schools. These schools are free, though the cost of uniforms, books, supplies, and transportation makes them less accessible to the poorer segments of society. Many middle and upper-class children go to private schools. The country also has one public university (USAC or Universidad ellos San Carlos de Guatemala), and 9 private ones. USAC was one of the first universities in America. It was officially declared a university on January 31, 1676 by royal command of King Charles II of Spain. Only 69.1% of the population aged 15 and over are literate, the lowest literacy rate in Central America.

Religion:

50–60% of the population is Catholic, 40% Protestant, and 1% follow the indigenous Maya faith. Catholicism was the official religion during the colonial era. More than one third of Guatemalans are Protestant, chiefly Evangelicals and Pentecostals.

There are also small communities of Jews estimated between 1200 and 2000, Muslims (1200), Buddhists at around 9000 to 12000, and members of other faiths and those who do not profess any faith. There are many atheists in the country, but the subject is not openly discussed and no reliable statistics are available for this population.

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