Guatemala–Turkey relations

Guatemala–Turkey relations (Spanish: Las relaciones Guatemala-Turquía; Turkish: Guatemala-Türkiye ilişkileri) are foreign relations between Guatemala and Turkey. Guatemala has an embassy in Ankara since April 19, 2017.[1] Turkey has an embassy in Guatemala City since 2015.[1]

Guatemala-Turkey relations

Guatemala
Turkey

Country Comparison
 Guatemala  Turkey
Flag
State Emblem / National Emblem
Population 17,263,239 83,154,997
Area 108,889 km2 (42,042 sq mi) 783,356 km2 (302,455 sq mi)
Population density 129/km2 (334.1/sq mi) 105/km2 (271.9/sq mi)
Capital Guatemala City Ankara
Government Unitary presidential republic Unitary presidential constitutional republic
Current Leader President Alejandro Giammattei
Vice President Guillermo Castillo Reyes		 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Vice President Fuat Oktay
Official languages Spanish Turkish
Main religions 88% Christianity, 11% No religion 97.6% Islam, 1.1% Judaism, 0.3% Christianity
Ethnic groups 56.01% Mestizo, 41.66% Maya 85% Turkish, 9% Kurdish 6% Others
Human Development Index (HDI) 0.651 (medium)[2] — 126th 0.806 (very high)[3] — 59th
GDP (PPP) $145.249 billion ($8,413 per capita) $2.464 trillion[4] ($29,326 per capita)

Official Visits
Guest Host Place of visit Date of visit
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos Raúl Morales First Turkey-SICA Foreign Ministers Forum, Guatemala City February, 2015
Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos Raúl Morales Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu Second Turkey-SICA Foreign Ministers Forum, Istanbul and Ankara February 19-20, 2017
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu Minister of Foreign Affairs Sandra Jovel Third Turkey-SICA Foreign Ministers Forum, Guatemala City May 20-21, 2019

Economic Relations

Trade volume between the two countries was 63.5 million USD in 2019 (Turkish exports/imports: 53.5/10 million USD).[1]

See also

References
  1. "Relations between Turkey and Guatemala". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey.
  2. "2019 Human Development Index Ranking | Human Development Reports". hdr.undp.org. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  3. "List of countries by Human Development Index", Wikipedia, 2020-04-24, retrieved 2020-05-02
  4. "International Monetary Fund, Report on selected countries". imf.org. Retrieved 2017-06-24.
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