Guatemala
Go Back Results in this brief are from an analysis of the 2018 Guatemala Census. Information on methodology is in the main text of the report and in the method briefs. Additional results are available in Results Table on the DDI website.
Share of Adults with Functional Difficulties
In Guatemala, the share of adults aged 15 and older with any functional difficulty stands at 22.4%. As shown in Table 1, it varies from a low of 8.7% in Petén and to a high of 16% in Centro. In all regions, seeing is the most common type of functional difficulty; self-care and communication are the least common.
Table 1: Guatemala: Share of Adults with Functional difficulties at the Regional Level (%)
| Region | Any | Seeing | Hearing | Mobility | Cognition | Self-Care | Communication |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centro | 16.0 | 10.0 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| Costa Sur | 13.2 | 9.0 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| Las Verapaces | 13.8 | 9.2 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 1.9 |
| Metropolitana | 14.1 | 11.9 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| Noroccidente | 13.8 | 7.1 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
| Nororiente | 10.4 | 9.4 | 3.7 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 1.9 |
| Occidente | 10.7 | 6.9 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| Petén | 8.7 | 6.2 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| Suroriente | 12.7 | 9.2 | 3.7 | 5.6 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
| National | 12.6 | 8.8 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
Notes: ‘Any’ is the share of adults with any level of difficulty (some difficulty, a lot of difficulty or unable to do in one or more functional domains. For instance, ‘Seeing’ is the share of adults with difficulty in seeing of any level. Shares for the six domains do not add up to the share of any difficulty as some individuals may have functional difficulties in more than one domain. Source: Own calculations based on the 2018 Guatemala Census.
Multidimensional Poverty
Multidimensional poverty captures an individual’s experience of multiple deprivations (e.g. low educational attainment, having inadequate living conditions). In Guatemala, the shares of persons with at least a lot of functional difficulty and some difficulty who are multidimensionally poor stands at 86.7 and 79%, respectively. This is higher than that of persons with no difficulty at 76.3%.
Thus, there is a disability gap in multidimensional poverty between persons with at least a lot of difficulty and no difficulty (10.4 percentage points) and between persons with some difficulty and no difficulty (2.7 percentage points). In other words, persons in Guatemala with functional difficulties more frequently experience multiple deprivations than persons without difficulty. As illustrated in Figure 1/Table 2, multidimensional poverty is common across regions among adults with functional difficulties. Multidimensional poverty is least common among persons with functional difficulties in Metropolitana.
Figure 1: Guatemala: multidimensional poverty headcount among adults with no, some and at least a lot of difficulty (%)
Figure 1a: Adults with no difficulty
Figure 1b: Adults with some difficulty
Figure 1c: Adults with at least a lot of difficulty
Source: Own calculations based on Guatemala census data (2018). The notes of Table 1 apply.
Table 2 (Supporting figure 1): Guatemala: Multidimensional poverty headcount among adults with no, some and at least a lot of difficulty (%)
| Region | No difficulty | Some difficulty | At least a lot of difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centro | 72.3 | 72.8 | 82.4 |
| Costa Sur | 73.1 | 78.4 | 86.9 |
| Las Verapaces | 89.2 | 89.6 | 92.4 |
| Metropolitana | 46.4 | 48.6 | 63.1 |
| Noroccidente | 90.0 | 89.9 | 94.9 |
| Nororiente | 75.5 | 80.3 | 87.1 |
| Occidente | 81.6 | 82.1 | 90.6 |
| Petén | 81.7 | 85.2 | 91.9 |
| Suroriente | 76.6 | 84.0 | 90.9 |
| National | 76.3 | 79.0 | 86.7 |