Despite commitments in the Peace Accords to raise social spending to 12 per cent of the expenditure as a percentage of GDP, Guatemala still has one of the lowest levels of social spending in Latin America, with less than 5 per cent of the budget spent on social services, and only 1.5 per cent on health and nutrition.
Despite commitments in the Peace Accords to raise social spending to 12 per cent of the expenditure as a percentage of GDP, Guatemala still has one of the lowest levels of social spending in Latin America, with less than 5 per cent of the budget spent on social services, and only 1.5 per cent on health and nutrition.