Electoral democracy in Guatemala
Guatemala: Electoral democracy was 0 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
0
World rank
107th
of 197 countries
All-time high
1
in 2005
All-time low
0
in 2022
Years of data
21
2005–2025
Electoral democracy in Guatemala, 2005–2025
Source: Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 0 for electoral democracy in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electoral democracy in Guatemala peaked at 1 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0, in 2022.
Guatemala ranks 107th of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Electoral democracy in Guatemala, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1 | — |
| 2006 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2023 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 0 | — |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 0 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1. (58 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 0 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3333 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 107 Afghanistan 0
- 107 Algeria 0
- 107 Angola 0
- 107 Azerbaijan 0
- 107 Bahrain 0
- 107 Bangladesh 0 compare
- 107 Belarus 0
- 107 Benin 0 compare
- 107 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 compare
- 107 Brunei 0
- 107 Burkina Faso 0 compare
- 107 Burundi 0
- 107 Cambodia 0
- 107 Cameroon 0
- 107 Central African Republic 0
- 107 Chad 0
- 107 China 0
- 107 Comoros 0 compare
- 107 Congo 0
- 107 Cote d'Ivoire 0 compare
- 107 Cuba 0
- 107 Democratic Republic of Congo 0
- 107 Djibouti 0
- 107 Egypt 0
- 107 El Salvador 0 compare
- 107 Equatorial Guinea 0
- 107 Eritrea 0
- 107 Eswatini 0
- 107 Ethiopia 0
- 107 Gabon 0
- 107 Gambia 0
- 107 Georgia 0 compare
- 107 Guinea 0
- 107 Guinea-Bissau 0 compare
- 107 Haiti 0
- 107 Honduras 0 compare
- 107 Hong Kong 0
- 107 Indonesia 0 compare
- 107 Iran 0
- 107 Iraq 0
- 107 Jordan 0
- 107 Kazakhstan 0
- 107 Kenya 0 compare
- 107 Kuwait 0
- 107 Kyrgyzstan 0
- 107 Laos 0
- 107 Lebanon 0
- 107 Libya 0
- 107 Madagascar 0 compare
- 107 Malaysia 0
- 107 Maldives 0 compare
- 107 Mali 0 compare
- 107 Mauritania 0 compare
- 107 Morocco 0
- 107 Mozambique 0 compare
- 107 Myanmar 0
- 107 Nicaragua 0 compare
- 107 Niger 0 compare
- 107 Nigeria 0
- 107 North Korea 0
- 107 Oman 0
- 107 Pakistan 0
- 107 Papua New Guinea 0 compare
- 107 Qatar 0
- 107 Russia 0
- 107 Rwanda 0
- 107 Saudi Arabia 0
- 107 Serbia 0 compare
- 107 Singapore 0
- 107 Somalia 0
- 107 South Sudan 0
- 107 Sudan 0
- 107 Syria 0
- 107 Tajikistan 0
- 107 Tanzania 0 compare
- 107 Thailand 0 compare
- 107 Togo 0
- 107 Tunisia 0 compare
- 107 Turkey 0 compare
- 107 Turkmenistan 0
- 107 Uganda 0
- 107 Ukraine 0 compare
- 107 United Arab Emirates 0
- 107 Uzbekistan 0
- 107 Venezuela 0 compare
- 107 Vietnam 0
- 107 Western Sahara 0
- 107 Yemen 0
- 107 Zambia 0 compare
- 107 Zimbabwe 0
More reference data data for Guatemala
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.9286 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.39 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 3.72 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1246 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 3.72 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 3.11 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.9 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 7.68 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 18.61 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.6786 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electoral democracy in Guatemala?
- Electoral democracy in Guatemala was 0 in 2025, according to Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest electoral democracy recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 2005.
- What is the lowest electoral democracy recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 2022.
- How does Guatemala rank for electoral democracy?
- Guatemala ranks 107th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is electoral democracy rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guatemala data come from?
- The figures come from Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Electoral democracy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Identifies if the political regime of a country is an electoral democracy. It identifies whether a country is an electoral democracy (score 1) or not (score 0).