Guatemala's net foreign assets (current LCU) was 220.27 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 427.78% from 41.73 billion in 2015 (18.1% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 220.27 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 130.6 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 41.73 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 220.27 billion | 2025 |
| Lowest | -4.26 billion | 1996 |
| Average since 2016 | 122.83 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 48.4 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Guatemala's net foreign assets (current LCU) rose 52.59 billion on 2024 (from 167.68 billion to 220.27 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +5.65 billion and a typical year strayed about 9.05 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 5.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 52.59 billion in 2025 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.5 billion in 2022. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 16.55 billion a year. A straight line explains 93% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 239 billion for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 20.15 billion, against 42.63 billion for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2025, Guatemala had the 61st highest value of the 106 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Guatemala in the 2025 ranking
- Djibouti — 57th of 106: 281.4 billion
- North Macedonia — 58th of 106: 276.97 billion
- Mozambique — 59th of 106: 250.99 billion
- Honduras — 61st of 106: 181.98 billion
- Moldova — 62nd of 106: 119.81 billion
- Cabo Verde — 63rd of 106: 118.67 billion
What this measures
Net foreign assets are the sum of foreign assets held by monetary authorities and deposit money banks, less their foreign liabilities. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 66 values
| Year | Net foreign assets (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 220,269,806,358 |
| 2024 | 167,677,582,645 |
| 2023 | 145,108,159,072 |
| 2022 | 135,054,711,948 |
| 2021 | 143,550,949,831 |
| 2020 | 130,596,043,748 |
| 2019 | 94,185,325,160 |
| 2018 | 77,479,847,089 |
| 2017 | 65,237,082,956 |
| 2016 | 49,170,987,172 |
Net foreign assets (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 2.72 billion (2025)
- Argentina — 28.45 trillion (2025)
- Aruba — 3.06 billion (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 2.97 billion (2024)
- Barbados — 2.26 billion (2023)
- Belize — 1.64 billion (2025)
- Bolivia — 25.97 billion (2025)
- Brazil — 1.26 trillion (2025)
- Chile — 29.13 trillion (2025)
- Colombia — 241.28 trillion (2025)
- Costa Rica
More financial sector data for Guatemala
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP) — 36.67% (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU) — 471.2 billion (2025)
- Monetary sector credit to private sector (% of GDP) — 36.67% (2025)
- Broad money (current LCU) — 572.02 billion (2025)
- Broad money (% of GDP) — 60.4% (2025)
- Broad money to total reserves ratio — 2.27 (2025)
- Consumer price index (2010 = 100) — 182.28 (2025)
- Inflation, consumer prices (annual % growth) — 1.49% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. (% of GDP) — 8.64% (2025)
- GDP deflator (base year varies by country)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Guatemala's net foreign assets (current LCU)?
- 220.27 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 455,003% from 48.4 million in 1960 (13.84% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 220.27 billion in 2025 and the lowest -4.26 billion in 1996.
- How does Guatemala rank?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FM.AST.NFRG.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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