Guatemala's Site-Selection Profile.
Ten dimensions real site selectors evaluate — some already backed by sourced, dated data, the rest linked to where Guatemala's story is already told on this site, with more depth landing as research continues.
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Macroeconomic
Regional and country economic fundamentals.
Governance
Institutional quality.
Rank 142 of 182 countries
The World Bank's B-READY business-climate index doesn't cover Guatemala yet — it joins in the still-unpublished 2026 edition.
Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2025 (published Feb. 2026)
Competitive Landscape
Industry cluster depth and concentration.
2023: ~53% · US$365M
Historical FDI has concentrated elsewhere: Manufacturing drew 15.64% of cumulative 2008–2023 FDI, with the largest share going to Financial Services (18.85%). Export strength and investment inflows don't always land in the same sector.
AGEXPORT (Mar. 2026); FAO trade data via Infobae (Apr. 2026, secondary-sourced percentage); historical series: Estrategia Nacional para la Atracción de IED 2024-2027 (BANGUAT), 2024
Climate Resilience
Physical climate risk exposure.
Flooding, not water scarcity, is the country's more severe physical climate exposure today.
WRI Aqueduct 4.0, via World Bank Data360 (accessed Sep. 2026)
Supply
Supply-side capacity. Site-level industrial park inventory today, not yet a country-wide supply count.
See Investment OpportunitiesQuality of Life & Operational Risk
Quality of life for residents and expats. Country-level operational risk isn't covered on this site yet.
See Life in GuatemalaDemand
Forward-looking demand signals. Guatemala-specific demand data isn't covered on this site yet.
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