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Guatemala Country Snapshot
Data Type
2010 (Estimate)
Population
13.8 million
Literacy rate
74%
Per capita GDP
US $5,200
Urban/rural population
40/60%
Mobile phone penetration
17 million
Internet penetration
15%
Guatemala’s Traditional Dailies:
Circulation and Ad Rates
(July 2010)
18,000 daily
280,000 daily
27,000 daily
Page rate: $400
Page rate: $3,750
Page rate: $1200
60,000 daily
146,605 daily
Page rate: $1,200
Page rate: $3,750
Guatemala’s Economic and Intellectual Elite
Read El Periodico
• created with financial support of the Media Development Loan Fund
• 40% of capital was provided by 135 private individuals investing US $10,000 each.
• 60% of capital was provided by the newspaper workers
Print Edition
Online Edition
Many international organizations have contributed to the
improvement of the Guatemalan media.
Swedish International
Development Cooperation
Agency
Human Institute
For Development Cooperation
United Nations
Educational,
Scientific and
Cultural Organization
Norwegian Agency
For Development Cooperation
Ford Foundation
United Nations
Children’s Fund
Media Development
Loan Fund
Danish International
Development Agency
Soros Foundation
Spanish Cooperation
Agency
United States Agency For
International Development
Hybrids:
La Voz del Migrante:
New Media
Initiatives Reach
New Audiences
• Launched in 2007 by La Hora
• Full-color weekly tabloid
• Also published online
NoticiasDeMiGente.com:
• Created by Knight International
Journalism Fellow Maria Emilia Martin
• Linked radio stations via web platform
• Expanded programming in rural
communities
Carretera News:
• Local print and online newspaper
• Up to 16,000 printed issues
distributed in suburban areas
Case study:
MOZAMBIQUE
MOZAMBIQUE:
• One of the most impoverished countries in the world
(Ranked 172 out of 182 countries on the UNDP Index)
• Media market is in an early phase of development
Data Type
2010 (Estimate)
Population
22.06 million
Literacy rate
47.8%
Per capita GDP
US $1,000
Urban/rural population
37%/63%
Official language
Portuguese 6.5% (official; spoken
by 27% of population as a second
language)
Internet penetration
615,000*
Household Radio and TV Penetration
•45.5 percent of the families had a radio
• 6.3 percent had a television set
(Government website Observatorio, 2003)
6,3% TV Owners
45,5% Radio Owners