Is Guatemala a good place to live for remote workers?

Guatemala scores 43/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 144.7 Mbps, safety 0, healthcare 58, air quality 57; English not scored) — rank 147 of 167.

How fast is the internet in Guatemala?

Median fixed broadband is around 144.7 Mbps.

What does $3,000/month get you in Guatemala?

Single-person essentials run about $855/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (3.5× essentials).

Livability · rank 147/167

Is 🇬🇹 Guatemala (Guatemala City) a good place to live?

Quality score 43/100 against essentials of $855/month.

The five metrics

Internet 58 144.7 Mbps median broadband, 60.2% online

Safety 0 23.4 homicides/100k (2023)

Healthcare 58 UHC service coverage 58/100 (2023)

Air quality 57 PM2.5 24.5 µg/m³ (2023)

Beside the score, not inside it

Neither of these is part of the composite above, deliberately. Folding governance into a quality-of-life number would bury a political judgement where you could not see it or argue with it, and connection price is a different question from connection speed — somewhere fast and expensive and somewhere slow and cheap are different trade-offs, not one average.

Rule of law: weak; World Bank WGI estimate -0.96 · corruption control -0.95 · stability -0.21 (2024). Scale −2.5 to +2.5, higher is better.
What connectivity costs: $28.4 /mo broadband; Mobile 10GB $14.91/month. ITU price basket. The speed above is scored; this price is not.

What your budget buys

Monthly budget	vs essentials ($855)	Verdict
$2,000	2.3×	very comfortable
$3,000	3.5×	like royalty
$5,000	5.9×	like royalty

Essentials from the Pint & Property basket. Rank countries by your own priorities in the interactive matrix.

Similar value-for-money

🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines — quality 61, essentials $1,201/mo
🇹🇬 Togo — quality 31.7, essentials $630/mo
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe — quality 52.8, essentials $1,049/mo
🇮🇶 Iraq — quality 36.7, essentials $738/mo

Frequently asked questions

Is Guatemala a good place to live for remote workers?: Guatemala scores 43/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 144.7 Mbps, safety 0, healthcare 58, air quality 57; English not scored) — rank 147 of 167.
How fast is the internet in Guatemala?: Median fixed broadband is around 144.7 Mbps.
What does $3,000/month get you in Guatemala?: Single-person essentials run about $855/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (3.5× essentials).