Guatemala’s coastline is 6 times as long as Belgium’s

Belgium: 67 km (2026 edition) · Guatemala: 400 km (2026 edition)

Guatemala’s highest peak towers 3,526 m above Belgium’s

Belgium: 694 m (2026 edition) · Guatemala: 4,220 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Guatemala, versus 44% of Belgium

Belgium: 44.4% (2024) · Guatemala: 46% (2024)

Guatemala has 56% more people than Belgium

Belgium: 11.9 million (2025) · Guatemala: 18.7 million (2025)

Belgium is 2.2 times as densely populated as Guatemala

Belgium: 392 per km² (2025) · Guatemala: 174 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Belgium is 19 years older than in Guatemala

Belgium: 41.4 years (2023) · Guatemala: 22.6 years (2023)

Women in Guatemala have 0.8 more children on average than in Belgium

Belgium: 1.44 children per woman (2024) · Guatemala: 2.29 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Belgium are 65 or older, versus 5.0% in Guatemala

Belgium: 21% (2025) · Guatemala: 5% (2025)

Belgium hosts 184 times as many refugees per resident as Guatemala

Belgium: 15.6 per 1,000 (2025) · Guatemala: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Belgium has produced 8.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Guatemala 1.1

Belgium: 8.4 (2026) · Guatemala: 1.1 (2026)

Belgium has 3 official languages, Guatemala 1

Belgium: 3 (2026) · Guatemala: 1 (2026)

Belgium’s economy is 5.9 times the size of Guatemala’s

Belgium: $725 billion (2025) · Guatemala: $123 billion (2025)

Belgium produces 4.9 times as much per person as Guatemala

Belgium: Int$74,676 (2025) · Guatemala: Int$15,197 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Guatemala than in Belgium (Gini 18.4 points higher)

Belgium: 26.8 (2023) · Guatemala: 45.2 (2023)

9.7% of people in Guatemala live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Belgium

Belgium: 0.1% (2023) · Guatemala: 9.7% (2023)

Unemployment is 5.9% in Belgium, versus 2.6% in Guatemala

Belgium: 5.9% (2025) · Guatemala: 2.6% (2025)

Belgium spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Guatemala 0.5%

Belgium: 2% (2025) · Guatemala: 0.5% (2025)

Belgium’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Guatemala’s 12%

Belgium: 23% (2024) · Guatemala: 11.6% (2024)

Belgium’s price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Guatemala’s

Belgium: 81% (2025) · Guatemala: 43% (2025)

Belgium spends 15 times as much on health per person as Guatemala

Belgium: $5,931 (2023) · Guatemala: $392 (2023)

A baby in Guatemala is 5.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Belgium

Belgium: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Guatemala: 17.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Belgium has 2.8 times as many doctors per person as Guatemala

Belgium: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Guatemala: 1.3 per 1,000 (2020)

Belgium has 12 times as many hospital beds per person as Guatemala

Belgium: 5.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Guatemala: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Belgium is 2.7 times that in Guatemala

Belgium: 15.1 per 100k (2023) · Guatemala: 5.5 per 100k (2023)

27% of adults in Guatemala are obese, versus 23% in Belgium

Belgium: 22.9% (2024) · Guatemala: 26.7% (2024)

24% of adults in Belgium smoke, versus 11% in Guatemala

Belgium: 23.5% (2024) · Guatemala: 11.2% (2024)

People in Belgium rate their lives 0.39 points higher than in Guatemala

Belgium: 6.93 (2025) · Guatemala: 6.53 (2025)

Adults in Belgium drink 3.1 times as much alcohol as in Guatemala

Belgium: 9.5 litres (2023) · Guatemala: 3.1 litres (2023)

Belgium has 11% more meat per person than Guatemala

Belgium: 60 kg (2023) · Guatemala: 54.3 kg (2023)

Belgium has 1,098 kcal more food per person per day than Guatemala

Belgium: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Guatemala: 2,823 kcal (2023)

Workers in Guatemala put in 557 more hours a year than in Belgium

Belgium: 1,593 hours (2023) · Guatemala: 2,151 hours (2023)

Adults in Belgium went to school 6.8 years longer than in Guatemala

Belgium: 12.7 years (2023) · Guatemala: 5.8 years (2023)

Belgium welcomed 9.7 times as many tourists per resident as Guatemala (2019)

Belgium: 0.81 (2024) · Guatemala: 0.08 (2022)

Belgium has 12 more World Heritage sites than Guatemala (16 against 4)

Belgium: 16 (2026) · Guatemala: 4 (2026)

Belgium has won 177 Olympic medals, Guatemala 3

Belgium: 177 (2026 edition) · Guatemala: 3 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Belgium are online, versus 60% in Guatemala

Belgium: 96% (2024) · Guatemala: 60% (2024)

Home internet in Belgium is 71% faster than in Guatemala

Belgium: 254 Mbps (2026) · Guatemala: 149 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Belgium have electricity, versus 91% in Guatemala

Belgium: 100% (2024) · Guatemala: 90.9% (2024)

88% of people in Belgium live in cities, versus 56% in Guatemala

Belgium: 88% (2025) · Guatemala: 56% (2025)

Guatemala has 113 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Belgium 104

Belgium: 104 (2024) · Guatemala: 113 (2024)

Belgium’s railway network is 4.5 times as long as Guatemala’s

Belgium: 3,612 km (2021) · Guatemala: 800 km (2018)

Airlines from Belgium fly 80 times as many passengers per resident as those from Guatemala

Belgium: 0.95 (2023) · Guatemala: 0.01 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of Guatemala, but only 22% of Belgium

Belgium: 22% (2024) · Guatemala: 33.1% (2024)

The average person in Belgium emits 6.7 times as much CO₂ as someone in Guatemala

Belgium: 7.3 t (2024) · Guatemala: 1.1 t (2024)

68% of Guatemala’s electricity is renewable, versus 39% in Belgium

Belgium: 38.9% (2025) · Guatemala: 68.3% (2024)

The air in Guatemala carries 3 times as much fine dust as in Belgium

Belgium: 9.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Guatemala: 27.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 22 times as likely to be murdered in Guatemala as in Belgium

Belgium: 1.1 per 100k (2021) · Guatemala: 23.4 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Guatemala are 3.1 times as deadly as in Belgium

Belgium: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Guatemala: 21.1 per 100k (2023)

Guatemala is on average 12.6 °C warmer than Belgium

Belgium: 11°C (2016–2025 avg) · Guatemala: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Guatemala gets 2 times as much rain as Belgium

Belgium: 928 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Guatemala: 1,811 mm (2016–2025 avg)