External debt: $3.1 billion (1995 est.)
Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $84 million (1993)
Currency: 1 quetzal (Q) = 100 centavos
Exchange rates: free market quetzales (Q) per US$1 - 5.9346 (December 1995), 5.8103 (1995), 5.7512 (1994), 5,6354 (1993), 5.1706 (1992), 5.0289 (1991); note - black-market rate 2.800 (May 1989)
Fiscal year: calendar year
Transportation ———————
Railways:
total: 884 km (102 km privately owned)
narrow gauge: 884 km 0.914-m gauge (single track)
Highways:
total: 12,033 km
paved: 3,117 km (including 125 km of expressways)
unpaved: 8,916 km (1992 est.)
Waterways: 260 km navigable year round; additional 730 km
navigable during high-water season
Pipelines: crude oil 275 km