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Guatemala

Closing the digital divide, expanding meaningful connectivity, and advancing digital education and workforce participation.

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Guatemala

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North America

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Population (2024)
18,406,359
Total area
108,889 km²
Area in square miles
42,042.26 mi²
Coastline
400 km
Base map adapted from Wikimedia Commons. Population: World Bank (2024); geography: CIA World Factbook.

National digital inclusion context

A portfolio-based view of access, capability, and outcomes.

This profile organizes the initiatives directly connected to Guatemala in the global research inventory. It follows the study's country-profile framework: national context, broadband infrastructure, inclusion practices, education and workforce connections, implementation actors, and intended contribution.

The documented portfolio emphasizes Telecommunications / Broadband Infrastructure, Data Center / Cloud Infrastructure, Infrastructure Planning / Mapping / Funding, Cloud Computing, Data Center/Centre. The profile treats infrastructure, affordability, capability, institutions, support, and outcomes as an interconnected system.

Portfolio pattern

What the documented response contains.

Counts reflect source-workbook tags. One initiative may appear in multiple infrastructure or technology categories.

Infrastructure and access

  1. Telecommunications / Broadband Infrastructure2
  2. Data Center / Cloud Infrastructure1
  3. Infrastructure Planning / Mapping / Funding1
  4. Last-Mile / Access Infrastructure1
  5. Mobile / Wireless Infrastructure1

Specific technologies

  1. Cloud Computing1
  2. Data Center/Centre1

Intervention classification

  1. Infrastructure only4
  2. Infrastructure and Specific Technology1

Education and workforce

Connectivity becomes consequential through participation.

0 initiatives explicitly connect to education, K–12, or college/university contexts, and 0 connect to workforce development. Other investments may enable these outcomes indirectly.

Access

Networks, service availability, devices, and connection quality.

Capability

Skills, confidence, accessibility, navigation, and support.

Participation

Education, work, health, government, and civic opportunity.

Sustainability

Governance, operations, maintenance, funding, and learning.

Project and initiative portfolio

5 documented records

Every directly tagged record is shown with details and supporting URLs preserved from the research workbook.

01

Broadband adoption

GU-L1175 Digital Infrastructure Adoption Component

Planned / cancelled with parent · Nationwide
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Status / periodPlanned / cancelled with parentLocationNationwidePopulationHouseholds, businesses and public usersOrganizationsGovernment of Guatemala; IDB

Designed to improve adoption conditions so infrastructure investment would translate into actual connectivity use.

Activities and approach: Adoption support; digital solutions

Telecommunications / Broadband Infrastructure
02

Public-institution broadband

GU-L1175 Public-Site Access Network Component

Planned / cancelled with parent · 3,200+ public sites
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Status / periodPlanned / cancelled with parentLocation3,200+ public sitesPopulationUsers of public institutionsOrganizationsGovernment of Guatemala; IDB

Planned to connect and equip more than 3,200 public sites using existing infrastructure plus telecom equipment.

Activities and approach: Access networks; telecom equipment

Last-Mile / Access Infrastructure
03

Public digital infrastructure

GU-L1175 State Data Center and Private Cloud Component

Planned / cancelled with parent · National government
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Status / periodPlanned / cancelled with parentLocationNational governmentPopulationCitizens accessing digital public servicesOrganizationsGovernment of Guatemala; IDB

Planned state data centre/private cloud to improve the security, efficiency and reach of broadband-enabled government services.

Activities and approach: Data centre; government cloud

Data Center / Cloud InfrastructureTelecommunications / Broadband InfrastructureCloud ComputingData Center/Centre
04

National broadband programme

Program for the Digital Transformation of Guatemala for Inclusive Access to Connectivity (GU-L1175)

Approved 2021; later cancelled · Nationwide
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Status / periodApproved 2021; later cancelledLocationNationwidePopulationCitizens lacking fixed/mobile broadbandOrganizationsGovernment of Guatemala; IDB

Designed to increase access to fixed and mobile broadband through infrastructure, adoption support and institutional capacity.

Activities and approach: Broadband access networks; public sites; digital agenda

Mobile / Wireless Infrastructure
05

Rural broadband strategy technical cooperation

Support to Broadband Connectivity and ICT Ecosystem (GU-T1304)

2019–closed · Especially rural areas
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Status / period2019–closedLocationEspecially rural areasPopulationRural populations and policymakersOrganizationsGovernment of Guatemala; IDB

Designed a strategy to increase broadband connectivity, especially in rural areas, and policies supporting broadband services.

Activities and approach: Rural broadband strategy; policy design

Infrastructure Planning / Mapping / Funding

Evidence boundary

Read the portfolio as a starting point, not a final verdict.

Project records document interventions and intended contributions; they do not alone prove nationwide coverage, causal impact, or durable closure.

Profiles will deepen as national statistics, policy documents, evaluations, and implementation evidence are incorporated. Source links allow inspection of underlying evidence.

Evidence and contextProfile Sources

These sources support the country-level demographic, geographic, and connectivity context. Sources tied to individual projects remain with their project records and are not repeated here.

  1. Central Intelligence Agency. (n.d.). Guatemala. The World Factbook. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/guatemala/
  2. International Telecommunication Union. (n.d.). ITU DataHub: Country ICT data. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://datahub.itu.int/
  3. World Bank. (n.d.). Individuals using the Internet (% of population): Guatemala. World Development Indicators. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS?locations=GT
  4. World Bank. (n.d.). Population, total: Guatemala. World Development Indicators. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL?locations=GT

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