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Guatemala's spending on education is one of the lowest in the world. [23] In 2021, the country spent 3.1 percent of its GDP on education. [ 24 ] By the late 2000s, the majority of Guatemalan schools had grid-supplied electricity, [ 25 ] [ 26 ] allowing for the use of electrical lighting, heating, and computers and the provision of running water ...
Guatemala City, Guatemala 3000 m steeplechase: 8:46.45 Hugo-Allan García: 2 September 1985 Universiade: Kobe, Japan High jump: 2.12 m Ken Franzúa: 13 July 2018 [c] Guatemala City, Guatemala Pole vault: 5.10 m A [d] Christiaan Higueros: 15 May 2022 Querétaro City, Mexico [citation needed] 5.20 m A [e] Christiaan Higueros: 13 February 2022 ...
The Scout and Guide movement in Guatemala is served by: Asociación Nacional de Muchachas Guías de Guatemala , member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts Asociación de Scouts de Guatemala , member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement
The Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC, University of San Carlos of Guatemala) is the largest and oldest university of Guatemala; it is also the fourth founded in the Americas. Established in the Kingdom of Guatemala during the Spanish colony, it was the only university in Guatemala until 1954, [ a ] although it continues to hold ...
National sports teams of Guatemala (5 C, 12 P) O. Guatemalan referees and umpires (1 P) Sports organizations of Guatemala (2 C, 2 P) S. Sport in Guatemala City (4 C, 8 P)
[7] [8] Guatemala is one of a number of Latin American countries (including Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Nicaragua and Mexico) whose governments have implemented intercultural, bilingual education reform. In Guatemala, Spanish and the Mayan languages are tied to ethnic and cultural identity and rooted historically in colonization and nation-building ...
While there is a positive GDP growth of 4.5 percent in that same fiscal year in Guatemala, [1] it has done little to reduce poverty. With economic growth bearing no absolute causality on poverty reduction, there is a need for the social determinants of poverty to be looked into.
Later that year, Guatemala participated at the IV Women's Gold Cup, losing all three of their first round matches, against Costa Rica, the United States, and Haiti. Guatemala hosted the 2012 Central American Pre-Olympic tournament, where they narrowly advanced to the final stage, finishing second behind Costa Rica after beating El Salvador 2 ...