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Americas · 2 rankings that exist only inside Guatemala — its states, cities, universities and more.
👥 Population18.7M#69 of 215💰 GDP$123.3B#67 of 185💎 GDP per capita$6,598#102 of 185❤️ Life expectancy72.7 yrs#126 of 215🗺️ Area107,160#102 of 214
Rankings inside Guatemala
🎓 Education
🌍 Society & Health
🎓 Top Research Universities in Guatemala
Universities and colleges in Guatemala ranked by the total citations their research has received (OpenAlex).
1
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala1,916 papers
70,110
2
Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala6,636 papers
58,287
3
Universidad Francisco Marroquín1,084 papers
17,553
4
Galileo University339 papers
4,973
5
Universidad Rafael Landívar597 papers
2,871
6
Mesoamerican University41 papers
2,429
7
Universidad Mariano Galvez210 papers
2,208
8
Universidad del Istmo381 papers
1,720
9
Universidad Panamericana401 papers
1,412
10
Centro Universitario de Occidente97 papers
538
11
Consejo Superior Universitario Centroamericano12 papers
88
12
Probigua6 papers
71
13
Universidad Rural de Guatemala8 papers
70
Source: OpenAlex, citations received by each institution's papers · CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex) · fetched Oct 13, 2026 — Counts every citation to papers by authors affiliated with the institution, so large and old universities score high. It measures research impact, not teaching quality.
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