Guatemala Urban Green Space and Public Access Metrics, 1990-2020

Data from the United Nations Human Settlements Programme includes the average share of urban areas allocated to streets and open public spaces and the share of the urban population with convenient access to an open public space. It also contains metrics on the average share of cities in green areas and green area per capita. The dataset covers four time points: 1990, 2000, 2010, and 2020.

Use Cases

• Assess urban planning policy effectiveness based on changes in green area per capita over time.
• Model equitable access to public spaces based on the share of the urban population within a 400-meter walking distance.
• Benchmark city infrastructure against sustainable development goals using the average share of urban areas allocated to streets and open spaces.

Strengths

• Provides longitudinal data across four decades (1990, 2000, 2010, 2020).
• Includes two distinct metrics: physical area allocation and population access.
• Sourced from the authoritative United Nations Human Settlements Programme.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

United Nations Human Settlements Programmes, Data and Analytics Section

Time Range

1990, 2000, 2010, 2020

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 22:47:23.677991; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Guatemala