Summary
- Guatemala → United States
- $5.3billion
- United States → Guatemala
- $9.7billion
- Guatemala’s balance
- -$4.4billion
Balance
Guatemala’s trade balance with the United States
Trade between Guatemala and the United States grew 5.2-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Guatemala’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 5.3
- Imports 9.7
- Balance -4.4
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $1.3 billion | $1.6 billion | -$345 million |
| 1996 | $1.4 billion | $1.5 billion | -$74 million |
| 1997 | $1.6 billion | $1.7 billion | -$118 million |
| 1998 | $1.7 billion | $2.1 billion | -$383 million |
| 1999 | $1.8 billion | $2 billion | -$161 million |
| 2000 | $2 billion | $2.2 billion | -$178 million |
| 2001 | $1.9 billion | $2.5 billion | -$650 million |
| 2002 | $2.1 billion | $2.9 billion | -$776 million |
| 2003 | $2.3 billion | $3.1 billion | -$844 million |
| 2004 | $2.5 billion | $3.2 billion | -$718 million |
| 2005 | $3 billion | $3.6 billion | -$586 million |
| 2006 | $2.5 billion | $3.8 billion | -$1.3 billion |
| 2007 | $3.1 billion | $4.8 billion | -$1.7 billion |
| 2008 | $3.6 billion | $5.4 billion | -$1.8 billion |
| 2009 | $3.4 billion | $4.2 billion | -$849 million |
| 2010 | $4 billion | $5.2 billion | -$1.2 billion |
| 2011 | $5.5 billion | $6.6 billion | -$1.1 billion |
| 2012 | $5.1 billion | $6.6 billion | -$1.5 billion |
| 2013 | $4.6 billion | $6.6 billion | -$2 billion |
| 2014 | $4.6 billion | $7.4 billion | -$2.9 billion |
| 2015 | $4.5 billion | $6.6 billion | -$2.1 billion |
| 2016 | $4.4 billion | $6.5 billion | -$2.1 billion |
| 2017 | $4.4 billion | $7.3 billion | -$3 billion |
| 2018 | $4.5 billion | $7.5 billion | -$2.9 billion |
| 2019 | $4.3 billion | $7.4 billion | -$3 billion |
| 2020 | $4.1 billion | $6.3 billion | -$2.2 billion |
| 2021 | $5.1 billion | $8.7 billion | -$3.7 billion |
| 2022 | $5.6 billion | $10.3 billion | -$4.7 billion |
| 2023 | $5.1 billion | $9.2 billion | -$4.1 billion |
| 2024 | $5.3 billion | $9.7 billion | -$4.4 billion |
What they sell each other
What Guatemala sells to the United States
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What the United States sells to Guatemala
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Santo Tomás de Castilla and Los Angeles is 3,847 nautical miles (7,124 km) long: ≈ 9–11.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Panama Canal.
Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.
Split by transport mode
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
The United States was Guatemala’s largest trading partner (31% of its trade), and Guatemala was the United States’ 40th (0.3%).
- The United States in Guatemala’s trade
- 31%
- The United States’ rank among Guatemala’s partners
- 1st
- Guatemala in the United States’ trade
- 0.3%
- Guatemala’s rank among the United States’ partners
- 40th
Compare with
Other partners of Guatemala
Other partners of the United States
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.