Ecuador’s coastline is 5.6 times as long as Guatemala’s

Ecuador: 2,237 km (2026 edition) · Guatemala: 400 km (2026 edition)

Ecuador’s highest peak towers 2,047 m above Guatemala’s

Ecuador: 6,267 m (2026 edition) · Guatemala: 4,220 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Guatemala, versus 20% of Ecuador

Ecuador: 20.3% (2024) · Guatemala: 46% (2024)

Guatemala has 2% more people than Ecuador

Ecuador: 18.3 million (2025) · Guatemala: 18.7 million (2025)

Guatemala is 2.4 times as densely populated as Ecuador

Ecuador: 74 per km² (2025) · Guatemala: 174 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ecuador is 5.8 years older than in Guatemala

Ecuador: 28.4 years (2023) · Guatemala: 22.6 years (2023)

Women in Guatemala have 0.5 more children on average than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 1.81 children per woman (2024) · Guatemala: 2.29 children per woman (2024)

8.6% of people in Ecuador are 65 or older, versus 5.0% in Guatemala

Ecuador: 8.6% (2025) · Guatemala: 5% (2025)

Ecuador hosts 17 times as many refugees per resident as Guatemala

Ecuador: 1.4 per 1,000 (2025) · Guatemala: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Guatemala has produced 1.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ecuador none

Ecuador: 0 (2026) · Guatemala: 1.1 (2026)

Ecuador and Guatemala are practically level

Ecuador: 1 (2026) · Guatemala: 1 (2026)

Ecuador’s economy is 6% larger than Guatemala’s

Ecuador: $130 billion (2025) · Guatemala: $123 billion (2025)

Ecuador produces 10% more per person than Guatemala

Ecuador: Int$16,757 (2025) · Guatemala: Int$15,197 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ecuador than in Guatemala (Gini 0.7 points higher)

Ecuador: 45.9 (2025) · Guatemala: 45.2 (2023)

9.7% of people in Guatemala live on less than $3 a day, versus 3.4% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 3.4% (2025) · Guatemala: 9.7% (2023)

Unemployment is 3.3% in Ecuador, versus 2.6% in Guatemala

Ecuador: 3.3% (2025) · Guatemala: 2.6% (2025)

Ecuador spends 2.1% of its GDP on the military, Guatemala 0.5%

Ecuador: 2.1% (2025) · Guatemala: 0.5% (2025)

Ecuador’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Guatemala’s 12%

Ecuador: 13.1% (2022) · Guatemala: 11.6% (2024)

Guatemala’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Ecuador’s

Ecuador: 43% (2025) · Guatemala: 43% (2025)

Ecuador spends 30% more on health per person than Guatemala

Ecuador: $509 (2023) · Guatemala: $392 (2023)

A baby in Guatemala is 58% more likely to die before turning one than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 10.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Guatemala: 17.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Ecuador has 81% more doctors per person than Guatemala

Ecuador: 2.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Guatemala: 1.3 per 1,000 (2020)

Ecuador has 2.9 times as many hospital beds per person as Guatemala

Ecuador: 1.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Guatemala: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023)

Ecuador and Guatemala are nearly identical here

Ecuador: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Guatemala: 5.5 per 100k (2023)

29% of adults in Ecuador are obese, versus 27% in Guatemala

Ecuador: 28.7% (2024) · Guatemala: 26.7% (2024)

11% of adults in Guatemala smoke, versus 10% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 10.1% (2024) · Guatemala: 11.2% (2024)

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

Ecuador: 6.14 (2025) · Guatemala: 6.53 (2025)

Adults in Ecuador drink 5% more alcohol than in Guatemala

Ecuador: 3.2 litres (2023) · Guatemala: 3.1 litres (2023)

Ecuador has 4% more meat per person than Guatemala

Ecuador: 56.2 kg (2023) · Guatemala: 54.3 kg (2023)

Guatemala has 202 kcal more food per person per day than Ecuador

Ecuador: 2,621 kcal (2023) · Guatemala: 2,823 kcal (2023)

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

Ecuador: 1,594 hours (2023) · Guatemala: 2,151 hours (2023)

Adults in Ecuador went to school 3.1 years longer than in Guatemala

Ecuador: 9 years (2023) · Guatemala: 5.8 years (2023)

Ecuador: no data · Guatemala: 0.08 (2022)

Ecuador has 1 more World Heritage site than Guatemala (5 against 4)

Ecuador: 5 (2026) · Guatemala: 4 (2026)

Ecuador has won 10 Olympic medals, Guatemala 3

Ecuador: 10 (2026 edition) · Guatemala: 3 (2026 edition)

77% of people in Ecuador are online, versus 60% in Guatemala

Ecuador: 77% (2024) · Guatemala: 60% (2024)

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

Ecuador: 290 Mbps (2026) · Guatemala: 149 Mbps (2026)

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

Ecuador: 98.5% (2024) · Guatemala: 90.9% (2024)

63% of people in Ecuador live in cities, versus 56% in Guatemala

Ecuador: 63% (2025) · Guatemala: 56% (2025)

Guatemala has 113 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ecuador 102

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

Ecuador’s railway network is 21% longer than Guatemala’s

Ecuador: 965 km (2022) · Guatemala: 800 km (2018)

Airlines from Ecuador fly 21 times as many passengers per resident as those from Guatemala

Ecuador: 0.25 (2023) · Guatemala: 0.01 (2023)

Forest covers 50% of Ecuador, but only 33% of Guatemala

Ecuador: 49.7% (2024) · Guatemala: 33.1% (2024)

The average person in Ecuador emits 2.3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Guatemala

Ecuador: 2.5 t (2024) · Guatemala: 1.1 t (2024)

79% of Ecuador’s electricity is renewable, versus 68% in Guatemala

Ecuador: 79.4% (2025) · Guatemala: 68.3% (2024)

The air in Guatemala carries 56% more fine dust than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 17.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Guatemala: 27.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2 times as likely to be murdered in Ecuador as in Guatemala

Ecuador: 45.7 per 100k (2023) · Guatemala: 23.4 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Ecuador are 46% deadlier than in Guatemala

Ecuador: 30.8 per 100k (2023) · Guatemala: 21.1 per 100k (2023)

Guatemala is on average 2.4 °C warmer than Ecuador

Ecuador: 21.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Guatemala: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ecuador gets 77% more rain than Guatemala

Ecuador: 3,204 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Guatemala: 1,811 mm (2016–2025 avg)