Latin America & Caribbean · edition 2025

Guatemala 2025: strong disclosure, weak public use

Guatemala's strongest dimension is data publication; its weakest is citizen participation. The framework is not yet translating evenly into practice.

93 indicators 30 procuring entities 4 dimensions

Overall ITI score

65.1/100

Global average: 44.2

First edition

The ITI score

Guatemala enters the index at 65.1 of 100

20.9 points above the global average. Data publication carries the score; citizen participation holds it back.

The 2025 baseline

65.12025

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Edition	Overall ITI score
2025	65.1

Score by dimension, 2025

Enabling environment65.4

Capacities and processes61.9

Citizen participation55.6

Data publication72.7

Dashed marks show the global average.

Inside the four dimensions

Where the score comes from

Enabling environment

65.4/100

Strongest area:Right to request public information · Sanctions over non-compliance with access to public information mandates +3 more100

Weakest area:Infrastructure data disclosure standard proactively published as open data · Infrastructure projects geographic information system (GIS) platform0

Explore 3 sub-areas

1.1Legal framework and digital tools65.4

1.1.1Access to public information regulatory framework80

1.1.2Transparency standards in the public infrastructure sector72

1.1.3National digital information tools42

Capacities and processes

61.9/100

Strongest area:Information officer85.3

Weakest area:Knowledge about the transparency data standard in the infrastructure sector22

Explore 5 sub-areas

2.1Institutional capacities67.7

2.1.1Basic knowledge58.4

2.1.2Digital capacities77

2.2Institutional processes58

2.2.1Procedures to disclose information72.8

2.2.2Enablers and barriers to disclose information54.9

2.2.3Control over infrastructure projects disclosure44.3

Citizen participation

55.6/100

Strongest area:Requests and responses of access to information78

Weakest area:Improvements as a response to citizen participation35.3

Explore 2 sub-areas

3.1Participation practices55.6

3.1.1Participation opportunities52.9

3.1.2Use of information by citizens57.8

Data publication

72.7/100

Strongest area:Project owner · Project location +3 more100

Weakest area:Number of firms/individuals bidding · Contract price23.3

Explore 6 sub-areas

4.1Disclosure practices72.7

4.1.1Project identification95.2

4.1.2Project preparation79

4.1.3Execution contract procurement90.2

4.1.4Supervision contract procurement46.4

4.1.5Execution contract implementation75.4

4.1.6Supervision contract implementation37.1

Procuring entities

How 30 procuring entities compare

Scores run from 81.1 to 26.6, with a median of 69.7.

2Leading80 to 100

20Strong60 to 79

5Developing40 to 59

3Weak0 to 39

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1	MUNICIPALIDAD DE GUATEMALA	81.1	88.3	67.7	83.2
2	Municipalidad de Huehuetenango	80.6	64.5	100	82.5
3	MINISTERIO DE CULTURA Y DEPORTES -MICUDE-	79.8	85.8	70.3	80.4
4	Organismo Judicial -OJ-	78.9	68.6	65.7	96.2
5	SUPERINTENDENCIA DE ADMINISTRACION TRIBUTARIA	78.1	87.8	76.8	70.5
6	Municipalidad de Quetzaltenango	77.8	76.9	76.1	79.6
7	MUNICIPALIDAD SAN MIGUEL PETAPA	75.4	85.1	86.3	60.2
8	MINISTERIO DE SALUD PUBLICA Y ASISTENCIA SOCIAL -MSPAS-	75.1	80.7	50.6	85.5
9	MINISTERIO DE DESARROLLO SOCIAL	74.3	78.1	68.2	74.7
10	INSTITUTO DE LA DEFENSA PÚBLICA PENAL	73	84.6	65.5	67.6
11	Instituto Técnico de Capacitación y Productividad -INTECAP-	73	53.1	89	80.4
12	MINISTERIO DE GOBERNACION -MINGOB-	72.8	85.1	61.5	69.2
13	MUNICIPALIDAD DE ANTIGUA GUATEMALA	71.7	61.2	70.5	81.5
14	MUNICIPALIDAD DE SANTA CATARINA PINULA	70.7	60.9	84.9	70.5
15	Instituto Nacional de electrificación -INDE-	70.6	56.6	98.2	65.5
16	AUTORIDAD PARA EL MANEJO SUSTENTABLE DE LA CUENCA DEL LAGO DE ATITLAN Y SU ENTORNO	69.7	81.3	61.8	64.5
17	EMPRESA PORTUARIA QUETZAL	69.4	81.1	60.1	65
18	MUNICIPALIDAD DE COBAN	68.6	64.8	63.3	75.4
19	INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS FORENSES DE GUATEMALA -INACIF-	67.2	80.8	36.6	74.5
20	MINISTERIO DE COMUNICACIONES, INFRAESTRUCTURA Y VIVIENDA	65.2	64.7	23.6	91.5
21	Municipalidad de Mixco	64.8	50.1	67.3	76.2
22	MUNICIPALIDAD DE PUERTO BARRIOS	60.5	56.7	65	61.1
23	INSTITUTO DE FOMENTO MUNICIPAL -INFOM	58.5	58.3	55.7	60.3
24	Instituto Guatemalteco de Seguridad Social -IGSS-	56.8	60.8	58.4	52.4
25	EMPRESA PORTUARIA NACIONAL SANTO TOMAS DE CASTILLA	51.7	58.9	20.3	65
26	MINISTERIO PUBLICO -MP-	47.3	41.6	25	66.2
27	MINISTERIO DE ESDUCACIÓN -MINEDUC-	43.3	40.2	0	72.9
28	Confederación Deportiva Autónoma de Guatemala -CDAG-	28.8	0	0	71.9
29	Municipalidad de Villa Nueva	28.1	0	0	70.2
30	Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganaderia y Alimentación -MAGA-	26.6	0	0	66.5

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MUNICIPALIDAD DE GUATEMALA

Ranked #1 of 30 entities

81.1PE ITI score

Capacities and processes26.4 above average88.3

Citizen participation12.1 above average67.7

Information disclosure10.5 above average83.2

Ticks mark the average across all 30 entities.

Full detail The complete 93-indicator breakdown

National ITI ScoreScore65.1

1Enabling environmentDimension65.4

1.1Legal framework and digital toolsVariable65.4

1.1.1Access to public information regulatory frameworkSub-variable80

1.1.1.1Access-to-public information lawIndicator60

1.1.1.2Right to request public informationIndicator100

1.1.1.3Sanctions over non-compliance with access to public information mandatesIndicator100

1.1.1.4Organisation guaranteeing the sanctionsIndicator60

1.1.2Transparency standards in the public infrastructure sectorSub-variable72

1.1.2.1Proactive publication of information on public procurement processesIndicator100

1.1.2.2Proactive publication of information on public infrastructure projectsIndicator60

1.1.2.3Infrastructure data disclosure standardIndicator100

1.1.2.4Infrastructure data disclosure standard proactively published as open dataIndicator0

1.1.2.5Organisation responsible for the infrastructure data disclosure standardIndicator100

1.1.3National digital information toolsSub-variable42

1.1.3.1Centralised digital information platformsIndicator60

1.1.3.2Easy access to information in digital information platformsIndicator60

1.1.3.3Infrastructure projects geographic information system (GIS) platformIndicator0

2Capacities and processesDimension61.9

2.1Institutional capacitiesVariable67.7

2.1.1Basic knowledgeSub-variable58.4

2.1.1.1Knowledge about the access-to-information lawIndicator80.7

2.1.1.2Knowledge about transparency initiatives in the infrastructure sectorIndicator28

2.1.1.3Knowledge about the transparency data standard in the infrastructure sectorIndicator22

2.1.1.4Knowledge about sanctions due to non-compliance on the access-to-public-information lawIndicator79.3

2.1.1.5Knowledge about different data categoriesIndicator82

2.1.2Digital capacitiesSub-variable77

2.1.2.1Computer equipmentIndicator84

2.1.2.2Connectivity to the internetIndicator82.7

2.1.2.3Institutional websiteIndicator82

2.1.2.4Information systems for infrastructure projectsIndicator78.7

2.1.2.5Use of digital information systemsIndicator79.3

2.1.2.6Infrastructure open data publicationIndicator48.7

2.1.2.7Visualisations based on infrastructure projects dataIndicator66

2.2Institutional processesVariable58

2.2.1Procedures to disclose informationSub-variable72.8

2.2.1.1Procedures for the publication of informationIndicator59.3

2.2.1.2Responsibilities for disclosureIndicator58

2.2.1.3Information officer profileIndicator82.7

2.2.1.4Information officerIndicator85.3

2.2.1.5Follow-up mechanisms on information requestsIndicator78.7

2.2.2Enablers and barriers to disclose informationSub-variable54.9

2.2.2.1Internal policy for information publicationIndicator34.7

2.2.2.2Disclosure training programmeIndicator70

2.2.2.3Identification of limitations for publishing informationIndicator58.7

2.2.2.4Plan to mitigate limitations for publishing informationIndicator46.7

2.2.2.5Bureaucratic barriers to publish informationIndicator66.7

2.2.2.6Documentation of non-compliance and sanctionsIndicator54.7

2.2.3Control over infrastructure projects disclosureSub-variable44.3

2.2.3.1Level of disclosed infrastructure projectsIndicator44.7

2.2.3.2Level of investment represented by disclosed infrastructure projectsIndicator44

3Citizen participationDimension55.6

3.1Participation practicesVariable55.6

3.1.1Participation opportunitiesSub-variable52.9

3.1.1.1Institutionalised citizen participationIndicator54

3.1.1.2Permanent and inclusive citizen participationIndicator50.7

3.1.1.3Citizen participation in infrastructure projectsIndicator40

3.1.1.4Citizen attention officeIndicator72

3.1.1.5Online form for consultation or requestsIndicator62.7

3.1.1.6Awareness of participation opportunitiesIndicator50

3.1.2Use of information by citizensSub-variable57.8

3.1.2.1Centralised citizen complaintsIndicator46

3.3.2.2Requests and responses of access to informationIndicator78

3.3.2.3Institutional response capacityIndicator76

3.3.2.4Institutional use evidenceIndicator64.7

3.3.2.5Citizens use evidenceIndicator62.7

3.3.2.6Evidence of joint projectsIndicator52

3.3.2.7Improvements as a response to citizen participationIndicator35.3

4Information disclosureDimension72.7

4.1Disclosure practicesVariable72.7

4.1.1Project identificationSub-variable95.2

4.1.1.1Project reference numberIndicator87.3

4.1.1.2Project ownerIndicator100

4.1.1.3Sector and sub-sectorIndicator87

4.1.1.4Project nameIndicator96.7

4.1.1.5Project locationIndicator100

4.1.1.6Project descriptionIndicator98

4.1.1.7PurposeIndicator92.7

4.1.2Project preparationSub-variable79

4.1.2.1Environmental impactIndicator78.7

4.1.2.2Land and settlement impactIndicator53.7

4.1.2.3Contact detailsIndicator98

4.1.2.4Project budget and date of approvalIndicator100

4.1.2.5Funding sourcesIndicator95

4.1.3Execution contract procurementSub-variable90.2

4.1.3.1Procuring entity and contact detailsIndicator96.7

4.1.3.2Procurement processIndicator100

4.1.3.3Number of firms biddingIndicator100

4.1.3.4Contract typeIndicator80

4.1.3.5Contract titleIndicator98.3

4.1.3.6Contract priceIndicator96.7

4.1.3.7Contract start dateIndicator56

4.1.3.8Contract durationIndicator95

4.1.3.9Contractor(s)Indicator88.3

4.1.3.10Contract scope of workIndicator90.7

4.1.4Supervision contract procurementSub-variable46.4

4.1.4.1Procuring entity and contact detailsIndicator96

4.1.4.2Procurement processIndicator73.3

4.1.4.3Number of firms/individuals biddingIndicator23.3

4.1.4.4Contract typeIndicator30

4.1.4.5Contract titleIndicator40

4.1.4.6Contract priceIndicator23.3

4.1.4.7Contract start dateIndicator25

4.1.4.8Contract durationIndicator30

4.1.4.9Contract firm/individualIndicator69

4.1.4.10Contract scope of workIndicator54.3

4.1.5Execution contract implementationSub-variable75.4

4.1.5.1Variation to contract priceIndicator88.7

4.1.5.2Reasons for price changesIndicator76

4.1.5.3Variation to contract durationIndicator78.3

4.1.5.4Reasons for contract duration changesIndicator63.7

4.1.5.5Variation to contract scopeIndicator83.3

4.1.5.6Reasons for scope changesIndicator77

4.1.6Supervision contract implementationSub-variable37.1

4.1.6.1Variation to contract priceIndicator38.3

4.1.6.2Reasons for price changesIndicator37.7

4.1.6.3Variation to contract durationIndicator36.7

4.1.6.4Reasons for duration changesIndicator37

4.1.6.5Variation to contract scopeIndicator35

4.1.6.6Reasons for scope changesIndicator37

Guatemala 2025: strong disclosure, weak public use

Guatemala enters the index at 65.1 of 100

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