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.
Demanda
Forward-looking demand signals. Guatemala-specific demand data isn't covered on this site yet.
Oferta
Supply-side capacity. Site-level industrial park inventory today, not yet a country-wide supply count.
See Investment Opportunities →Macroeconómico
Regional and country economic fundamentals.
Historical FDI by country of origin (2008–2023, cumulative): the United States leads at 18.85%, followed by Colombia (10.53%) and Mexico (10.33%); Central America & the Dominican Republic together account for 13.60% (Panama alone: 7.45%). Source: BANGUAT, via Estrategia Nacional para la Atracción de IED 2024-2027.
See Incentives & Legal Framework →Calidad de Vida & Riesgo Operativo
Quality of life for residents and expats. Country-level operational risk isn't covered on this site yet.
See Life in Guatemala →Gobernanza
Institutional quality.
Guatemala scores 26/100 on Transparency International's 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index, ranking 142nd of 182 countries — the World Bank's B-READY business-climate index doesn't cover Guatemala yet (it joins in the still-unpublished 2026 edition).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)
Competitivo
Industry cluster depth and concentration.
Guatemala is the world's #1 exporter and producer of cardamom, supplying over 50% of global export value (>50% in 2024, US$496.6M; ~53% in 2023, US$365M). By contrast, historical foreign direct investment has concentrated elsewhere — Manufacturing drew 15.64% of Guatemala's cumulative 2008–2023 FDI, the largest share going to Financial Services (18.85%) — a reminder that Guatemala's export strength and its 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
Resiliencia Climática
Physical climate risk exposure.
WRI's Aqueduct 4.0 rates Guatemala "Low–Medium" for baseline water stress (world rank 117 of roughly 164 countries) but "High" for baseline riverine flood risk (rank 44) — 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)