What is political centralization index in Guatemala?

Political centralization index in Guatemala was 0.059 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.

What is the highest political centralization index recorded in Guatemala?

The highest recorded value was 0.797 in 1844.

What is the lowest political centralization index recorded in Guatemala?

The lowest recorded value was 0.053 in 2024.

How does Guatemala rank for political centralization index?

Guatemala ranks 154th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is political centralization index rising or falling in Guatemala?

Over the last ten years it is down 71.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Guatemala data come from?

The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Political centralization index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Political centralization index in Guatemala

Name: Political centralization index in Guatemala
Creator: Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Guatemala: Political centralization index was 0.059 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)

0.059

Change on year

up 11.3%

World rank

154th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.797

in 1844

All-time low

0.053

in 2024

Years of data

236

1789–2025

Political centralization index in Guatemala, 1789–2025

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

The most recent figure for political centralization index in Guatemala is 0.059, measured in 2025.

That represents a change of up 11.3% on the previous year and down 71.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political centralization index in Guatemala peaked at 0.797 in 1844 and was at its lowest, 0.053, in 2024.

That places Guatemala 154th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 236 years of available data.

Political centralization index in Guatemala, year by year

Annual values for Political centralization index in Guatemala, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.428	—
1790	0.428	+0.0%
1791	0.428	+0.0%
1792	0.428	+0.0%
1793	0.428	+0.0%
1794	0.428	+0.0%
1795	0.428	+0.0%
1796	0.428	+0.0%
1797	0.428	+0.0%
1798	0.428	+0.0%
1799	0.428	+0.0%
1800	0.428	+0.0%
1801	0.428	+0.0%
1802	0.428	+0.0%
1803	0.428	+0.0%
1804	0.428	+0.0%
1805	0.428	+0.0%
1806	0.428	+0.0%
1807	0.428	+0.0%
1808	0.428	+0.0%
1809	0.428	+0.0%
1810	0.428	+0.0%
1811	0.428	+0.0%
1812	0.428	+0.0%
1813	0.428	+0.0%
1814	0.428	+0.0%
1815	0.428	+0.0%
1816	0.428	+0.0%
1817	0.428	+0.0%
1818	0.428	+0.0%
1819	0.428	+0.0%
1820	0.428	+0.0%
1821	0.428	+0.0%
1823	0.682	+59.3%
1824	0.596	-12.6%
1825	0.472	-20.8%
1826	0.472	+0.0%
1827	0.472	+0.0%
1828	0.472	+0.0%
1829	0.472	+0.0%
1830	0.472	+0.0%
1831	0.472	+0.0%
1832	0.472	+0.0%
1833	0.472	+0.0%
1834	0.472	+0.0%
1835	0.655	+38.8%
1836	0.655	+0.0%
1837	0.655	+0.0%
1838	0.745	+13.7%
1839	0.745	+0.0%
1840	0.745	+0.0%
1841	0.745	+0.0%
1842	0.745	+0.0%
1843	0.745	+0.0%
1844	0.797	+7.0%
1845	0.797	+0.0%
1846	0.797	+0.0%
1847	0.661	-17.1%
1848	0.661	+0.0%
1849	0.661	+0.0%
1850	0.661	+0.0%
1851	0.661	+0.0%
1852	0.661	+0.0%
1853	0.661	+0.0%
1854	0.661	+0.0%
1855	0.661	+0.0%
1856	0.661	+0.0%
1857	0.661	+0.0%
1858	0.661	+0.0%
1859	0.661	+0.0%
1860	0.661	+0.0%
1861	0.661	+0.0%
1862	0.661	+0.0%
1863	0.661	+0.0%
1864	0.661	+0.0%
1865	0.661	+0.0%
1866	0.609	-7.9%
1867	0.609	+0.0%
1868	0.609	+0.0%
1869	0.559	-8.2%
1870	0.569	+1.8%
1871	0.626	+10.0%
1872	0.626	+0.0%
1873	0.626	+0.0%
1874	0.626	+0.0%
1875	0.626	+0.0%
1876	0.626	+0.0%
1877	0.626	+0.0%
1878	0.626	+0.0%
1879	0.626	+0.0%
1880	0.626	+0.0%
1881	0.626	+0.0%
1882	0.626	+0.0%
1883	0.626	+0.0%
1884	0.626	+0.0%
1885	0.626	+0.0%
1886	0.577	-7.8%
1887	0.577	+0.0%
1888	0.577	+0.0%
1889	0.577	+0.0%
1890	0.577	+0.0%
1891	0.577	+0.0%
1892	0.577	+0.0%
1893	0.577	+0.0%
1894	0.577	+0.0%
1895	0.577	+0.0%
1896	0.577	+0.0%
1897	0.577	+0.0%
1898	0.577	+0.0%
1899	0.769	+33.3%
1900	0.769	+0.0%
1901	0.769	+0.0%
1902	0.769	+0.0%
1903	0.769	+0.0%
1904	0.769	+0.0%
1905	0.769	+0.0%
1906	0.769	+0.0%
1907	0.769	+0.0%
1908	0.769	+0.0%
1909	0.769	+0.0%
1910	0.764	-0.7%
1911	0.764	+0.0%
1912	0.764	+0.0%
1913	0.764	+0.0%
1914	0.764	+0.0%
1915	0.764	+0.0%
1916	0.764	+0.0%
1917	0.764	+0.0%
1918	0.764	+0.0%
1919	0.748	-2.1%
1920	0.683	-8.7%
1921	0.649	-5.0%
1922	0.659	+1.5%
1923	0.659	+0.0%
1924	0.659	+0.0%
1925	0.659	+0.0%
1926	0.659	+0.0%
1927	0.659	+0.0%
1928	0.659	+0.0%
1929	0.659	+0.0%
1930	0.659	+0.0%
1931	0.74	+12.3%
1932	0.74	+0.0%
1933	0.74	+0.0%
1934	0.74	+0.0%
1935	0.74	+0.0%
1936	0.74	+0.0%
1937	0.74	+0.0%
1938	0.74	+0.0%
1939	0.74	+0.0%
1940	0.74	+0.0%
1941	0.74	+0.0%
1942	0.74	+0.0%
1943	0.74	+0.0%
1944	0.667	-9.9%
1945	0.433	-35.1%
1946	0.433	+0.0%
1947	0.433	+0.0%
1948	0.433	+0.0%
1949	0.433	+0.0%
1950	0.439	+1.4%
1951	0.439	+0.0%
1952	0.439	+0.0%
1953	0.509	+15.9%
1954	0.601	+18.1%
1955	0.718	+19.5%
1956	0.601	-16.3%
1957	0.593	-1.3%
1958	0.592	-0.2%
1959	0.592	+0.0%
1960	0.592	+0.0%
1961	0.592	+0.0%
1962	0.607	+2.5%
1963	0.676	+11.4%
1964	0.7	+3.6%
1965	0.7	+0.0%
1966	0.603	-13.9%
1967	0.556	-7.8%
1968	0.556	+0.0%
1969	0.556	+0.0%
1970	0.599	+7.7%
1971	0.598	-0.2%
1972	0.598	+0.0%
1973	0.598	+0.0%
1974	0.598	+0.0%
1975	0.592	-1.0%
1976	0.592	+0.0%
1977	0.592	+0.0%
1978	0.676	+14.2%
1979	0.676	+0.0%
1980	0.676	+0.0%
1981	0.676	+0.0%
1982	0.727	+7.5%
1983	0.71	-2.3%
1984	0.688	-3.1%
1985	0.597	-13.2%
1986	0.498	-16.6%
1987	0.382	-23.3%
1988	0.382	+0.0%
1989	0.382	+0.0%
1990	0.382	+0.0%
1991	0.382	+0.0%
1992	0.382	+0.0%
1993	0.383	+0.3%
1994	0.362	-5.5%
1995	0.325	-10.2%
1996	0.331	+1.8%
1997	0.358	+8.2%
1998	0.358	+0.0%
1999	0.348	-2.8%
2000	0.316	-9.2%
2001	0.316	+0.0%
2002	0.316	+0.0%
2003	0.316	+0.0%
2004	0.313	-0.9%
2005	0.306	-2.2%
2006	0.306	+0.0%
2007	0.31	+1.3%
2008	0.315	+1.6%
2009	0.315	+0.0%
2010	0.303	-3.8%
2011	0.298	-1.7%
2012	0.304	+2.0%
2013	0.247	-18.8%
2014	0.213	-13.8%
2015	0.209	-1.9%
2016	0.22	+5.3%
2017	0.207	-5.9%
2018	0.239	+15.5%
2019	0.26	+8.8%
2020	0.292	+12.3%
2021	0.354	+21.2%
2022	0.386	+9.0%
2023	0.278	-28.0%
2024	0.053	-80.9%
2025	0.059	+11.3%

Guatemala compared with similar countries

Guatemala's 0.059 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.3495, 17% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Guatemala's 0.059 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.236, 25% of the median. (25 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.428	0.428	0.428	1
1790s	0.428	0.428	0.428	10
1800s	0.428	0.428	0.428	10
1810s	0.428	0.428	0.428	10
1820s	0.4993	0.428	0.682	9
1830s	0.5815	0.472	0.745	10
1840s	0.7354	0.661	0.797	10
1850s	0.661	0.661	0.661	10
1860s	0.6352	0.559	0.661	10
1870s	0.6203	0.569	0.626	10
1880s	0.6064	0.577	0.626	10
1890s	0.5962	0.577	0.769	10
1900s	0.769	0.769	0.769	10
1910s	0.7624	0.748	0.764	10
1920s	0.6604	0.649	0.683	10
1930s	0.7319	0.659	0.74	10
1940s	0.5792	0.433	0.74	10
1950s	0.5523	0.439	0.718	10
1960s	0.6138	0.556	0.7	10
1970s	0.6119	0.592	0.676	10
1980s	0.5718	0.382	0.727	10
1990s	0.3611	0.325	0.383	10
2000s	0.3129	0.306	0.316	10
2010s	0.25	0.207	0.304	10
2020s	0.237	0.053	0.386	6

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Frequently asked questions

What is political centralization index in Guatemala?: Political centralization index in Guatemala was 0.059 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest political centralization index recorded in Guatemala?: The highest recorded value was 0.797 in 1844.
What is the lowest political centralization index recorded in Guatemala?: The lowest recorded value was 0.053 in 2024.
How does Guatemala rank for political centralization index?: Guatemala ranks 154th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is political centralization index rising or falling in Guatemala?: Over the last ten years it is down 71.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Guatemala data come from?: The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Political centralization index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Political centralization index
Source: Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 29,802 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026