Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Guatemala: 400 km (2026 edition)

Ethiopia’s highest peak towers 330 m above Guatemala’s

Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition) · Guatemala: 4,220 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Guatemala, versus 34% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024) · Guatemala: 46% (2024)

Ethiopia has 7.2 times as many people as Guatemala

Ethiopia: 135 million (2025) · Guatemala: 18.7 million (2025)

Guatemala is 44% more densely populated than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025) · Guatemala: 174 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Guatemala is 3.9 years older than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023) · Guatemala: 22.6 years (2023)

Women in Ethiopia have 1.6 more children on average than in Guatemala

Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024) · Guatemala: 2.29 children per woman (2024)

5.0% of people in Guatemala are 65 or older, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Guatemala: 5% (2025)

Ethiopia hosts 88 times as many refugees per resident as Guatemala

Ethiopia: 7.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Guatemala: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Guatemala has produced 1.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ethiopia 0.1

Ethiopia: 0.1 (2026) · Guatemala: 1.1 (2026)

Ethiopia and Guatemala are practically level

Ethiopia: 1 (2026) · Guatemala: 1 (2026)

Ethiopia’s economy is 2% larger than Guatemala’s

Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025) · Guatemala: $123 billion (2025)

Guatemala produces 4.2 times as much per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025) · Guatemala: Int$15,197 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Guatemala than in Ethiopia (Gini 14.1 points higher)

Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021) · Guatemala: 45.2 (2023)

39% of people in Ethiopia live on less than $3 a day, versus 9.7% in Guatemala

Ethiopia: 38.6% (2021) · Guatemala: 9.7% (2023)

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

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

Guatemala and Ethiopia are practically level

Ethiopia: 0.5% (2025) · Guatemala: 0.5% (2025)

Guatemala’s central government collects 12% of GDP in tax, Ethiopia’s 3.4%

Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024) · Guatemala: 11.6% (2024)

Guatemala’s price level (US = 100) is 1.7× Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 26% (2025) · Guatemala: 43% (2025)

Guatemala spends 11 times as much on health per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: $35 (2023) · Guatemala: $392 (2023)

A baby in Ethiopia is 2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Guatemala

Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Guatemala: 17.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Guatemala has 9 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Guatemala: 1.3 per 1,000 (2020)

Guatemala has 36% more hospital beds per person than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016) · Guatemala: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Ethiopia is 2.6 times that in Guatemala

Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · Guatemala: 5.5 per 100k (2023)

27% of adults in Guatemala are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024) · Guatemala: 26.7% (2024)

11% of adults in Guatemala smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024) · Guatemala: 11.2% (2024)

People in Guatemala rate their lives 2.55 points higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025) · Guatemala: 6.53 (2025)

Adults in Guatemala drink 35% more alcohol than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023) · Guatemala: 3.1 litres (2023)

Guatemala has 7.9 times as much meat per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023) · Guatemala: 54.3 kg (2023)

Guatemala has 265 kcal more food per person per day than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023) · Guatemala: 2,823 kcal (2023)

Workers in Guatemala put in 551 more hours a year than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023) · Guatemala: 2,151 hours (2023)

Adults in Guatemala went to school 3.4 years longer than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023) · Guatemala: 5.8 years (2023)

Guatemala welcomed 21 times as many tourists per resident as Ethiopia (2019)

Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024) · Guatemala: 0.08 (2022)

Ethiopia has 8 more World Heritage sites than Guatemala (12 against 4)

Ethiopia: 12 (2026) · Guatemala: 4 (2026)

Ethiopia has won 62 Olympic medals, Guatemala 3

Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition) · Guatemala: 3 (2026 edition)

60% of people in Guatemala are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22% (2024) · Guatemala: 60% (2024)

Home internet in Guatemala is 6.9 times as fast as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026) · Guatemala: 149 Mbps (2026)

91% of people in Guatemala have electricity, versus 57% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 56.6% (2024) · Guatemala: 90.9% (2024)

56% of people in Guatemala live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 24% (2025) · Guatemala: 56% (2025)

Guatemala has 113 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

Ethiopia: 65 (2024) · Guatemala: 113 (2024)

Guatemala’s railway network is 6% longer than Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 754 km (2018) · Guatemala: 800 km (2018)

Airlines from Ethiopia fly 9.5 times as many passengers per resident as those from Guatemala

Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023) · Guatemala: 0.01 (2023)

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

Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024) · Guatemala: 33.1% (2024)

The average person in Guatemala emits 8 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024) · Guatemala: 1.1 t (2024)

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 68% in Guatemala

Ethiopia: 100% (2025) · Guatemala: 68.3% (2024)

The air in Guatemala carries 37% more fine dust than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Guatemala: 27.7 µg/m³ (2024)

Ethiopia: no data · Guatemala: 23.4 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Ethiopia are 13% deadlier than in Guatemala

Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023) · Guatemala: 21.1 per 100k (2023)

Ethiopia is on average 0.2 °C warmer than Guatemala

Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Guatemala: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Guatemala gets 88% more rain than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Guatemala: 1,811 mm (2016–2025 avg)