Brazil’s coastline is 19 times as long as Guatemala’s

Brazil: 7,491 km (2026 edition) · Guatemala: 400 km (2026 edition)

Guatemala’s highest peak towers 1,226 m above Brazil’s

Brazil: 2,994 m (2026 edition) · Guatemala: 4,220 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Guatemala, versus 28% of Brazil

Brazil: 28.4% (2024) · Guatemala: 46% (2024)

Brazil has 11 times as many people as Guatemala

Brazil: 213 million (2025) · Guatemala: 18.7 million (2025)

Guatemala is 6.8 times as densely populated as Brazil

Brazil: 25 per km² (2025) · Guatemala: 174 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Brazil is 11 years older than in Guatemala

Brazil: 33.9 years (2023) · Guatemala: 22.6 years (2023)

Women in Guatemala have 0.7 more children on average than in Brazil

Brazil: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · Guatemala: 2.29 children per woman (2024)

11% of people in Brazil are 65 or older, versus 5.0% in Guatemala

Brazil: 11.5% (2025) · Guatemala: 5% (2025)

Brazil hosts 15 times as many refugees per resident as Guatemala

Brazil: 1.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Guatemala: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Guatemala has produced 1.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Brazil 0.0

Brazil: 0.047 (2026) · Guatemala: 1.1 (2026)

Brazil and Guatemala are practically level

Brazil: 1 (2026) · Guatemala: 1 (2026)

Brazil’s economy is 18 times the size of Guatemala’s

Brazil: $2.28 trillion (2025) · Guatemala: $123 billion (2025)

Brazil produces 54% more per person than Guatemala

Brazil: Int$23,433 (2025) · Guatemala: Int$15,197 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Brazil than in Guatemala (Gini 5.1 points higher)

Brazil: 50.3 (2024) · Guatemala: 45.2 (2023)

9.7% of people in Guatemala live on less than $3 a day, versus 3.0% in Brazil

Brazil: 3% (2024) · Guatemala: 9.7% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.0% in Brazil, versus 2.6% in Guatemala

Brazil: 6% (2025) · Guatemala: 2.6% (2025)

Brazil spends 1.1% of its GDP on the military, Guatemala 0.5%

Brazil: 1.1% (2025) · Guatemala: 0.5% (2025)

Brazil’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Guatemala’s 12%

Brazil: 15.4% (2024) · Guatemala: 11.6% (2024)

Brazil’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Guatemala’s

Brazil: 46% (2025) · Guatemala: 43% (2025)

Brazil spends 2.6 times as much on health per person as Guatemala

Brazil: $1,010 (2023) · Guatemala: $392 (2023)

A baby in Guatemala is 40% more likely to die before turning one than in Brazil

Brazil: 12.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Guatemala: 17.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Brazil has 84% more doctors per person than Guatemala

Brazil: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Guatemala: 1.3 per 1,000 (2020)

Brazil has 5.6 times as many hospital beds per person as Guatemala

Brazil: 2.5 per 1,000 (2021) · Guatemala: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Brazil is 60% higher than in Guatemala

Brazil: 8.8 per 100k (2023) · Guatemala: 5.5 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Brazil are obese, versus 27% in Guatemala

Brazil: 30.9% (2024) · Guatemala: 26.7% (2024)

12% of adults in Brazil smoke, versus 11% in Guatemala

Brazil: 11.9% (2024) · Guatemala: 11.2% (2024)

People in Brazil rate their lives 0.10 points higher than in Guatemala

Brazil: 6.63 (2025) · Guatemala: 6.53 (2025)

Adults in Brazil drink 3.4 times as much alcohol as in Guatemala

Brazil: 10.4 litres (2023) · Guatemala: 3.1 litres (2023)

Brazil has 93% more meat per person than Guatemala

Brazil: 104.6 kg (2023) · Guatemala: 54.3 kg (2023)

Brazil has 600 kcal more food per person per day than Guatemala

Brazil: 3,423 kcal (2023) · Guatemala: 2,823 kcal (2023)

Workers in Guatemala put in 157 more hours a year than in Brazil

Brazil: 1,994 hours (2023) · Guatemala: 2,151 hours (2023)

Adults in Brazil went to school 2.6 years longer than in Guatemala

Brazil: 8.4 years (2023) · Guatemala: 5.8 years (2023)

Guatemala welcomed 2.6 times as many tourists per resident as Brazil (2019)

Brazil: 0.03 (2024) · Guatemala: 0.08 (2022)

Brazil has 22 more World Heritage sites than Guatemala (26 against 4)

Brazil: 26 (2026) · Guatemala: 4 (2026)

Brazil has won 171 Olympic medals, Guatemala 3

Brazil: 171 (2026 edition) · Guatemala: 3 (2026 edition)

84% of people in Brazil are online, versus 60% in Guatemala

Brazil: 84% (2024) · Guatemala: 60% (2024)

Home internet in Brazil is 2 times as fast as in Guatemala

Brazil: 293 Mbps (2026) · Guatemala: 149 Mbps (2026)

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

Brazil: 99.8% (2024) · Guatemala: 90.9% (2024)

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

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

Guatemala has 113 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Brazil 102

Brazil: 102 (2024) · Guatemala: 113 (2024)

Brazil’s railway network is 37 times as long as Guatemala’s

Brazil: 29,850 km (2014) · Guatemala: 800 km (2018)

Airlines from Brazil fly 38 times as many passengers per resident as those from Guatemala

Brazil: 0.45 (2023) · Guatemala: 0.01 (2023)

Forest covers 59% of Brazil, but only 33% of Guatemala

Brazil: 58.5% (2024) · Guatemala: 33.1% (2024)

The average person in Brazil emits 2.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Guatemala

Brazil: 2.3 t (2024) · Guatemala: 1.1 t (2024)

87% of Brazil’s electricity is renewable, versus 68% in Guatemala

Brazil: 86.6% (2025) · Guatemala: 68.3% (2024)

The air in Guatemala carries 81% more fine dust than in Brazil

Brazil: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Guatemala: 27.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 21% more likely to be murdered in Guatemala than in Brazil

Brazil: 19.3 per 100k (2023) · Guatemala: 23.4 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Brazil are 23% deadlier than in Guatemala

Brazil: 25.9 per 100k (2023) · Guatemala: 21.1 per 100k (2023)

Brazil is on average 1.6 °C warmer than Guatemala

Brazil: 25.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Guatemala: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Guatemala gets 9% more rain than Brazil

Brazil: 1,661 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Guatemala: 1,811 mm (2016–2025 avg)