Denmark’s coastline is 18 times as long as Guatemala’s

Denmark: 7,314 km (2026 edition) · Guatemala: 400 km (2026 edition)

Guatemala’s highest peak towers 4,049 m above Denmark’s

Denmark: 171 m (2026 edition) · Guatemala: 4,220 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Denmark, versus 46% of Guatemala

Denmark: 65.1% (2024) · Guatemala: 46% (2024)

Guatemala has 3.1 times as many people as Denmark

Denmark: 6.01 million (2025) · Guatemala: 18.7 million (2025)

Guatemala is 16% more densely populated than Denmark

Denmark: 150 per km² (2025) · Guatemala: 174 per km² (2025)

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

Denmark: 41.2 years (2023) · Guatemala: 22.6 years (2023)

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

Denmark: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Guatemala: 2.29 children per woman (2024)

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

Denmark: 21.1% (2025) · Guatemala: 5% (2025)

Denmark hosts 186 times as many refugees per resident as Guatemala

Denmark: 15.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Guatemala: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Denmark has produced 20.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Guatemala 1.1

Denmark: 20 (2026) · Guatemala: 1.1 (2026)

Denmark and Guatemala are practically level

Denmark: 1 (2026) · Guatemala: 1 (2026)

Denmark’s economy is 3.8 times the size of Guatemala’s

Denmark: $463 billion (2025) · Guatemala: $123 billion (2025)

Denmark produces 5.5 times as much per person as Guatemala

Denmark: Int$83,218 (2025) · Guatemala: Int$15,197 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Guatemala than in Denmark (Gini 15.3 points higher)

Denmark: 29.9 (2023) · Guatemala: 45.2 (2023)

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

Denmark: 0.4% (2023) · Guatemala: 9.7% (2023)

Unemployment is 5.5% in Denmark, versus 2.6% in Guatemala

Denmark: 5.5% (2025) · Guatemala: 2.6% (2025)

Denmark spends 3.3% of its GDP on the military, Guatemala 0.5%

Denmark: 3.3% (2025) · Guatemala: 0.5% (2025)

Denmark’s central government collects 33% of GDP in tax, Guatemala’s 12%

Denmark: 33.4% (2024) · Guatemala: 11.6% (2024)

Denmark’s price level (US = 100) is 2.1× Guatemala’s

Denmark: 92% (2025) · Guatemala: 43% (2025)

Denmark spends 17 times as much on health per person as Guatemala

Denmark: $6,745 (2024) · Guatemala: $392 (2023)

A baby in Guatemala is 4.9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Denmark

Denmark: 3.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Guatemala: 17.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Denmark has 3.5 times as many doctors per person as Guatemala

Denmark: 4.5 per 1,000 (2021) · Guatemala: 1.3 per 1,000 (2020)

Denmark has 5.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Guatemala

Denmark: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Guatemala: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Denmark is 56% higher than in Guatemala

Denmark: 8.6 per 100k (2023) · Guatemala: 5.5 per 100k (2023)

27% of adults in Guatemala are obese, versus 15% in Denmark

Denmark: 15.2% (2024) · Guatemala: 26.7% (2024)

16% of adults in Denmark smoke, versus 11% in Guatemala

Denmark: 15.7% (2024) · Guatemala: 11.2% (2024)

People in Denmark rate their lives 1.01 points higher than in Guatemala

Denmark: 7.54 (2025) · Guatemala: 6.53 (2025)

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

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

Denmark has 87% more meat per person than Guatemala

Denmark: 101.3 kg (2023) · Guatemala: 54.3 kg (2023)

Denmark has 911 kcal more food per person per day than Guatemala

Denmark: 3,734 kcal (2023) · Guatemala: 2,823 kcal (2023)

Workers in Guatemala put in 771 more hours a year than in Denmark

Denmark: 1,380 hours (2023) · Guatemala: 2,151 hours (2023)

Adults in Denmark went to school 7.2 years longer than in Guatemala

Denmark: 13 years (2023) · Guatemala: 5.8 years (2023)

Denmark welcomed 29 times as many tourists per resident as Guatemala (2019)

Denmark: 2.4 (2022) · Guatemala: 0.08 (2022)

Denmark has 9 more World Heritage sites than Guatemala (13 against 4)

Denmark: 13 (2026) · Guatemala: 4 (2026)

Denmark has won 216 Olympic medals, Guatemala 3

Denmark: 216 (2026 edition) · Guatemala: 3 (2026 edition)

100% of people in Denmark are online, versus 60% in Guatemala

Denmark: 100% (2024) · Guatemala: 60% (2024)

Home internet in Denmark is 2.1 times as fast as in Guatemala

Denmark: 314 Mbps (2026) · Guatemala: 149 Mbps (2026)

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

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

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

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

Denmark has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Guatemala 113

Denmark: 127 (2024) · Guatemala: 113 (2024)

Denmark’s railway network is 3.4 times as long as Guatemala’s

Denmark: 2,682 km (2020) · Guatemala: 800 km (2018)

Denmark: no data · Guatemala: 0.01 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of Guatemala, but only 16% of Denmark

Denmark: 16% (2024) · Guatemala: 33.1% (2024)

The average person in Denmark emits 4.4 times as much CO₂ as someone in Guatemala

Denmark: 4.7 t (2024) · Guatemala: 1.1 t (2024)

91% of Denmark’s electricity is renewable, versus 68% in Guatemala

Denmark: 91.2% (2025) · Guatemala: 68.3% (2024)

The air in Guatemala carries 3.1 times as much fine dust as in Denmark

Denmark: 9 µg/m³ (2024) · Guatemala: 27.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 28 times as likely to be murdered in Guatemala as in Denmark

Denmark: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Guatemala: 23.4 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Guatemala are 5 times as deadly as in Denmark

Denmark: 4.2 per 100k (2023) · Guatemala: 21.1 per 100k (2023)

Guatemala is on average 14.1 °C warmer than Denmark

Denmark: 9.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Guatemala: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Guatemala gets 2.1 times as much rain as Denmark

Denmark: 845 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Guatemala: 1,811 mm (2016–2025 avg)