Diplomatic briefing
Embassy of India, Guatemala City
EmbassyGuatemala · Ambassador: Dr. Manoj Kumar Mohapatra
10 figures · 2 sources · built 2 hours ago
In short
India’s embassy in Guatemala records bilateral trade of $652.8m, a reported community of 410, 5 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 54%. Led by Dr. Manoj Kumar Mohapatra, ambassador.
Total bilateral trade
$652.8m
US dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 2 hours ago
Bilateral Brief — Guatemala
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Trade and Economy” section
“The trade relations between India and Guatemala are on the upswing and during 2025-2026 the bilateral trade stood at US$ 652.77 million.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence410
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Guatemala"
“PIOs 350 + NRIs 60 = 410”
Published: undated · Read: 7 October 2026
MEA publishes no methodology for these estimates and told a Parliamentary committee it holds "no authentic data". The page also repeats some countries from an older vintage with the PIO/NRI columns swapped; the first occurrence is used here. This country appears 2× on the page.
Agreements on record
Medium confidence5
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 2 hours ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 28 May 2015)
“AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND GUATEMALA ON EXEMPTION FROM VISA REQUIREMENT FOR HOLDERS OF DIPLOMATIC & OFFICIAL PASSPORTS — 28 May 2015”
Published: 28 May 2015 · Read: 8 October 2026
MEA states it cannot vouch for the accuracy or completeness of this database. It carries no status field, so "in force" cannot be derived from it — only that an agreement is on record.
UN votes matching India’s
54%
share of UNGA votes matching India’s · UNGA session 78
Source· retrieved 12 hours ago
United Nations General Assembly Voting Data — Ideal Point Estimates
Source: Bailey, Strezhnev & Voeten — Harvard Dataverse
Where: row “Guatemala”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 87 votes
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
UN General Assembly Voting Data (v39), non-commercial licence. The share is the dataset’s own IndiaAgree column — roll-call votes on which this country and India voted the same way, as the dataset defines agreement — not our calculation. Independent of MEA.
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The relationship, in figures
Trade
Exports to GuatemalaUS dollars · as stated in the brief$603.7m
Bilateral Brief — Guatemala
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Trade and Economy” section
“India-Guatemala Trade (in million US $) Year ( April - March) Imports from Guatemala Exports to Guatemala Total Trade 2020-2021 20.75 331.35 352.12 2021-2022 21.08 552.13 573.21 2022-2023 2023-2024 20.70 30.27 465.35 559.00 486.05 589.27 2025-2026 49.04 603.73 652.77”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Imports from GuatemalaUS dollars · as stated in the brief$49.0m
Bilateral Brief — Guatemala
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Trade and Economy” section
“India-Guatemala Trade (in million US $) Year ( April - March) Imports from Guatemala Exports to Guatemala Total Trade 2020-2021 20.75 331.35 352.12 2021-2022 21.08 552.13 573.21 2022-2023 2023-2024 20.70 30.27 465.35 559.00 486.05 589.27 2025-2026 49.04 603.73 652.77”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Trade balance in India’s favourUS dollars · as stated in the brief · our calculation$554.7m
Exports minus imports, as stated in the same briefing (in USD)
exports − imports
People
Indian community in Guatemalapersons · as stated in the brief100
Bilateral Brief — Guatemala
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Indian community” section
“The Indian community in Guatemala, though small with around 100 professionals, is engaged in sectors such as call centers, trade, auto parts, and pharmaceuticals, with most having settled over the past two decades.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Diplomacy
Most recent high-level visityear of the visit · as stated in the brief2024
Bilateral Brief — Guatemala
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Political” section
“The visit of the Hon’ble Vice President in May 2018; MoS for External Affairs, Shri V. Muraleedharan in July 2021; and MoS for External Affairs and Culture, Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi in January 2023; Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Ms. Leena Nandan’s visit to Guatemala in May 2024; and visit of Shri Pabitra Margherita, MoS for External Affairs and Textiles from 17-19 August 2024 have given a boost to our bilateral relations.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Agreements on record (5)
MEA Treaties Database- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA ON CONSERVATION OF THE TIGER (PANTHERA TIGRIS) AND THE JAGUAR (PANTHERA ONCA)Environment and Resources03 May 2024
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND GUATEMALA ON COOPERATIONDiplomatic Relations07 May 2018
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND GUATEMALA ON EXEMPTION FROM VISA REQUIREMENT FOR HOLDERS OF DIPLOMATIC & OFFICIAL PASSPORTSDiplomatic Relations28 May 2015
- MOU ON CONSULTATION BETWEEN INDIA AND GUATEMALAAid and Cooperation04 May 2005
- TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND GUATEMALABusiness and Trade23 April 1981
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 37 sections, 15,678 characters of extractable text. Sections include: India-Guatemala Bilateral Brief · Political: · Bilateral agreements: · 2024 · Trade and Economy: · Year.
Open the briefing (PDF)Where the sources disagree
Two public sources disagree on the size of the Indian community — 310% apart
- Overseas Indians410
- Indian community in Guatemala100
Both are published by the Ministry of External Affairs, with no stated methodology. Neither is averaged away or preferred — the disagreement is the honest answer.