Greece’s coastline is 34 times as long as Guatemala’s

Greece: 13,676 km (2026 edition) · Guatemala: 400 km (2026 edition)

Guatemala’s highest peak towers 1,303 m above Greece’s

Greece: 2,917 m (2026 edition) · Guatemala: 4,220 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Guatemala, versus 39% of Greece

Greece: 38.9% (2024) · Guatemala: 46% (2024)

Guatemala has 79% more people than Greece

Greece: 10.4 million (2025) · Guatemala: 18.7 million (2025)

Guatemala is 2.2 times as densely populated as Greece

Greece: 81 per km² (2025) · Guatemala: 174 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Greece is 23 years older than in Guatemala

Greece: 45.7 years (2023) · Guatemala: 22.6 years (2023)

Women in Guatemala have 1.0 more children on average than in Greece

Greece: 1.24 children per woman (2024) · Guatemala: 2.29 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Greece are 65 or older, versus 5.0% in Guatemala

Greece: 24.4% (2025) · Guatemala: 5% (2025)

Greece hosts 152 times as many refugees per resident as Guatemala

Greece: 12.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Guatemala: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

Greece and Guatemala are practically level

Greece: 1 (2026) · Guatemala: 1 (2026)

Greece’s economy is 2.3 times the size of Guatemala’s

Greece: $281 billion (2025) · Guatemala: $123 billion (2025)

Greece produces 3 times as much per person as Guatemala

Greece: Int$45,264 (2025) · Guatemala: Int$15,197 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Guatemala than in Greece (Gini 11.8 points higher)

Greece: 33.4 (2023) · Guatemala: 45.2 (2023)

9.7% of people in Guatemala live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.6% in Greece

Greece: 0.6% (2023) · Guatemala: 9.7% (2023)

Unemployment is 8.5% in Greece, versus 2.6% in Guatemala

Greece: 8.5% (2025) · Guatemala: 2.6% (2025)

Greece spends 3.0% of its GDP on the military, Guatemala 0.5%

Greece: 3% (2025) · Guatemala: 0.5% (2025)

Greece’s central government collects 27% of GDP in tax, Guatemala’s 12%

Greece: 27.4% (2024) · Guatemala: 11.6% (2024)

Greece’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Guatemala’s

Greece: 60% (2025) · Guatemala: 43% (2025)

Greece spends 5 times as much on health per person as Guatemala

Greece: $1,963 (2023) · Guatemala: $392 (2023)

A baby in Guatemala is 5.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Greece

Greece: 3.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Guatemala: 17.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Greece has 5.1 times as many doctors per person as Guatemala

Greece: 6.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Guatemala: 1.3 per 1,000 (2020)

Greece has 9.5 times as many hospital beds per person as Guatemala

Greece: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022) · Guatemala: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Guatemala is 41% higher than in Greece

Greece: 3.9 per 100k (2023) · Guatemala: 5.5 per 100k (2023)

34% of adults in Greece are obese, versus 27% in Guatemala

Greece: 33.7% (2024) · Guatemala: 26.7% (2024)

30% of adults in Greece smoke, versus 11% in Guatemala

Greece: 30.2% (2024) · Guatemala: 11.2% (2024)

People in Guatemala rate their lives 0.84 points higher than in Greece

Greece: 5.70 (2025) · Guatemala: 6.53 (2025)

Adults in Greece drink 2.8 times as much alcohol as in Guatemala

Greece: 8.6 litres (2023) · Guatemala: 3.1 litres (2023)

Greece has 51% more meat per person than Guatemala

Greece: 82 kg (2023) · Guatemala: 54.3 kg (2023)

Greece has 558 kcal more food per person per day than Guatemala

Greece: 3,382 kcal (2023) · Guatemala: 2,823 kcal (2023)

Workers in Guatemala put in 258 more hours a year than in Greece

Greece: 1,893 hours (2023) · Guatemala: 2,151 hours (2023)

Adults in Greece went to school 5.7 years longer than in Guatemala

Greece: 11.6 years (2023) · Guatemala: 5.8 years (2023)

Greece welcomed 32 times as many tourists per resident as Guatemala (2019)

Greece: 2.67 (2022) · Guatemala: 0.08 (2022)

Greece has 17 more World Heritage sites than Guatemala (21 against 4)

Greece: 21 (2026) · Guatemala: 4 (2026)

Greece has won 129 Olympic medals, Guatemala 3

Greece: 129 (2026 edition) · Guatemala: 3 (2026 edition)

86% of people in Greece are online, versus 60% in Guatemala

Greece: 86% (2024) · Guatemala: 60% (2024)

Home internet in Greece is 26% faster than in Guatemala

Greece: 186 Mbps (2026) · Guatemala: 149 Mbps (2026)

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

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

79% of people in Greece live in cities, versus 56% in Guatemala

Greece: 79% (2025) · Guatemala: 56% (2025)

Greece has 114 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Guatemala 113

Greece: 114 (2024) · Guatemala: 113 (2024)

Greece’s railway network is 2.9 times as long as Guatemala’s

Greece: 2,339 km (2021) · Guatemala: 800 km (2018)

Airlines from Greece fly 155 times as many passengers per resident as those from Guatemala

Greece: 1.83 (2023) · Guatemala: 0.01 (2023)

Forest covers 37% of Greece, but only 33% of Guatemala

Greece: 36.9% (2024) · Guatemala: 33.1% (2024)

The average person in Greece emits 4.9 times as much CO₂ as someone in Guatemala

Greece: 5.3 t (2024) · Guatemala: 1.1 t (2024)

68% of Guatemala’s electricity is renewable, versus 50% in Greece

Greece: 49.7% (2025) · Guatemala: 68.3% (2024)

The air in Guatemala carries 83% more fine dust than in Greece

Greece: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Guatemala: 27.7 µg/m³ (2024)

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

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

Roads in Guatemala are 2 times as deadly as in Greece

Greece: 10.8 per 100k (2023) · Guatemala: 21.1 per 100k (2023)

Guatemala is on average 8.0 °C warmer than Greece

Greece: 15.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Guatemala: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Guatemala gets 2.3 times as much rain as Greece

Greece: 800 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Guatemala: 1,811 mm (2016–2025 avg)