Chile’s coastline is 16 times as long as Guatemala’s

Chile: 6,435 km (2026 edition) · Guatemala: 400 km (2026 edition)

Chile’s highest peak towers 2,673 m above Guatemala’s

Chile: 6,893 m (2026 edition) · Guatemala: 4,220 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Guatemala, versus 14% of Chile

Chile: 14.4% (2024) · Guatemala: 46% (2024)

Chile has 6% more people than Guatemala

Chile: 19.9 million (2025) · Guatemala: 18.7 million (2025)

Guatemala is 6.5 times as densely populated as Chile

Chile: 27 per km² (2025) · Guatemala: 174 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Chile is 13 years older than in Guatemala

Chile: 36 years (2023) · Guatemala: 22.6 years (2023)

Women in Guatemala have 1.1 more children on average than in Chile

Chile: 1.14 children per woman (2024) · Guatemala: 2.29 children per woman (2024)

15% of people in Chile are 65 or older, versus 5.0% in Guatemala

Chile: 14.6% (2025) · Guatemala: 5% (2025)

Chile hosts 56% more refugees per resident than Guatemala

Chile: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Guatemala: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Guatemala has produced 1.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Chile 1.0

Chile: 1 (2026) · Guatemala: 1.1 (2026)

Chile and Guatemala are practically level

Chile: 1 (2026) · Guatemala: 1 (2026)

Chile’s economy is 2.9 times the size of Guatemala’s

Chile: $357 billion (2025) · Guatemala: $123 billion (2025)

Chile produces 2.5 times as much per person as Guatemala

Chile: Int$37,774 (2025) · Guatemala: Int$15,197 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Guatemala than in Chile (Gini 2.2 points higher)

Chile: 43 (2024) · Guatemala: 45.2 (2023)

9.7% of people in Guatemala live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Chile

Chile: 0.4% (2024) · Guatemala: 9.7% (2023)

Unemployment is 9.0% in Chile, versus 2.6% in Guatemala

Chile: 9% (2025) · Guatemala: 2.6% (2025)

Chile spends 1.5% of its GDP on the military, Guatemala 0.5%

Chile: 1.5% (2025) · Guatemala: 0.5% (2025)

Chile’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Guatemala’s 12%

Chile: 18.3% (2024) · Guatemala: 11.6% (2024)

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

Chile: 48% (2025) · Guatemala: 43% (2025)

Chile spends 4.5 times as much on health per person as Guatemala

Chile: $1,760 (2024) · Guatemala: $392 (2023)

A baby in Guatemala is 3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Chile

Chile: 5.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Guatemala: 17.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Chile has 2.6 times as many doctors per person as Guatemala

Chile: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Guatemala: 1.3 per 1,000 (2020)

Chile has 4.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Guatemala

Chile: 1.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Guatemala: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Chile is 65% higher than in Guatemala

Chile: 9.1 per 100k (2023) · Guatemala: 5.5 per 100k (2023)

41% of adults in Chile are obese, versus 27% in Guatemala

Chile: 41.1% (2024) · Guatemala: 26.7% (2024)

27% of adults in Chile smoke, versus 11% in Guatemala

Chile: 26.7% (2024) · Guatemala: 11.2% (2024)

People in Guatemala rate their lives 0.23 points higher than in Chile

Chile: 6.30 (2025) · Guatemala: 6.53 (2025)

Adults in Chile drink 2.2 times as much alcohol as in Guatemala

Chile: 6.6 litres (2023) · Guatemala: 3.1 litres (2023)

Chile has 82% more meat per person than Guatemala

Chile: 98.5 kg (2023) · Guatemala: 54.3 kg (2023)

Chile has 234 kcal more food per person per day than Guatemala

Chile: 3,057 kcal (2023) · Guatemala: 2,823 kcal (2023)

Workers in Guatemala put in 201 more hours a year than in Chile

Chile: 1,950 hours (2023) · Guatemala: 2,151 hours (2023)

Adults in Chile went to school 5.4 years longer than in Guatemala

Chile: 11.3 years (2023) · Guatemala: 5.8 years (2023)

Chile welcomed 3.2 times as many tourists per resident as Guatemala (2019)

Chile: 0.27 (2024) · Guatemala: 0.08 (2022)

Chile has 3 more World Heritage sites than Guatemala (7 against 4)

Chile: 7 (2026) · Guatemala: 4 (2026)

Chile has won 15 Olympic medals, Guatemala 3

Chile: 15 (2026 edition) · Guatemala: 3 (2026 edition)

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

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

Home internet in Chile is 2.8 times as fast as in Guatemala

Chile: 422 Mbps (2026) · Guatemala: 149 Mbps (2026)

99% of people in Chile have electricity, versus 91% in Guatemala

Chile: 99% (2024) · Guatemala: 90.9% (2024)

89% of people in Chile live in cities, versus 56% in Guatemala

Chile: 89% (2025) · Guatemala: 56% (2025)

Chile has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Guatemala 113

Chile: 133 (2024) · Guatemala: 113 (2024)

Chile’s railway network is 3 times as long as Guatemala’s

Chile: 2,396 km (2021) · Guatemala: 800 km (2018)

Airlines from Chile fly 91 times as many passengers per resident as those from Guatemala

Chile: 1.07 (2023) · Guatemala: 0.01 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of Guatemala, but only 24% of Chile

Chile: 24.5% (2024) · Guatemala: 33.1% (2024)

The average person in Chile emits 3.7 times as much CO₂ as someone in Guatemala

Chile: 4 t (2024) · Guatemala: 1.1 t (2024)

68% of Guatemala’s electricity is renewable, versus 66% in Chile

Chile: 66.4% (2025) · Guatemala: 68.3% (2024)

The air in Guatemala carries 19% more fine dust than in Chile

Chile: 23.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Guatemala: 27.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3.7 times as likely to be murdered in Guatemala as in Chile

Chile: 6.3 per 100k (2023) · Guatemala: 23.4 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Guatemala are 29% deadlier than in Chile

Chile: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · Guatemala: 21.1 per 100k (2023)

Guatemala is on average 14.3 °C warmer than Chile

Chile: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Guatemala: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Guatemala gets 27% more rain than Chile

Chile: 1,425 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Guatemala: 1,811 mm (2016–2025 avg)