Guatemala’s coastline is 6.9 times as long as Iraq’s

Guatemala: 400 km (2026 edition) · Iraq: 58 km (2026 edition)

Guatemala’s highest peak towers 609 m above Iraq’s

Guatemala: 4,220 m (2026 edition) · Iraq: 3,611 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Guatemala, versus 22% of Iraq

Guatemala: 46% (2024) · Iraq: 21.6% (2024)

Iraq has 2.5 times as many people as Guatemala

Guatemala: 18.7 million (2025) · Iraq: 47 million (2025)

Guatemala is 61% more densely populated than Iraq

Guatemala: 174 per km² (2025) · Iraq: 108 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Guatemala is 2.3 years older than in Iraq

Guatemala: 22.6 years (2023) · Iraq: 20.3 years (2023)

Women in Iraq have 0.9 more children on average than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 2.29 children per woman (2024) · Iraq: 3.22 children per woman (2024)

5.0% of people in Guatemala are 65 or older, versus 3.4% in Iraq

Guatemala: 5% (2025) · Iraq: 3.4% (2025)

Iraq hosts 81 times as many refugees per resident as Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Iraq: 6.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Guatemala has produced 1.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Iraq 0.2

Guatemala: 1.1 (2026) · Iraq: 0.2 (2026)

Iraq has 3 official languages, Guatemala 1

Guatemala: 1 (2026) · Iraq: 3 (2026)

Iraq’s economy is 2.1 times the size of Guatemala’s

Guatemala: $123 billion (2025) · Iraq: $254 billion (2025)

Guatemala produces 7% more per person than Iraq

Guatemala: Int$15,197 (2025) · Iraq: Int$14,267 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Guatemala than in Iraq (Gini 15.4 points higher)

Guatemala: 45.2 (2023) · Iraq: 29.8 (2023)

9.7% of people in Guatemala live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.5% in Iraq

Guatemala: 9.7% (2023) · Iraq: 0.5% (2023)

Unemployment is 15% in Iraq, versus 2.6% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 2.6% (2025) · Iraq: 15.5% (2025)

Iraq spends 2.4% of its GDP on the military, Guatemala 0.5%

Guatemala: 0.5% (2025) · Iraq: 2.4% (2025)

Guatemala’s central government collects 12% of GDP in tax, Iraq’s 1.3%

Guatemala: 11.6% (2024) · Iraq: 1.3% (2019)

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

Guatemala: 43% (2025) · Iraq: 38% (2025)

Guatemala spends 18% more on health per person than Iraq

Guatemala: $392 (2023) · Iraq: $333 (2023)

A baby in Iraq is 17% more likely to die before turning one than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 17.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Iraq: 20.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Guatemala has 25% more doctors per person than Iraq

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

Iraq has 2.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Iraq: 1.1 per 1,000 (2018)

The suicide rate in Guatemala is 8% higher than in Iraq

Guatemala: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Iraq: 5.1 per 100k (2023)

37% of adults in Iraq are obese, versus 27% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 26.7% (2024) · Iraq: 36.8% (2024)

20% of adults in Iraq smoke, versus 11% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 11.2% (2024) · Iraq: 20.1% (2024)

People in Guatemala rate their lives 1.32 points higher than in Iraq

Guatemala: 6.53 (2025) · Iraq: 5.21 (2025)

Adults in Guatemala drink 5 times as much alcohol as in Iraq

Guatemala: 3.1 litres (2023) · Iraq: 0.6 litres (2023)

Guatemala has 2.6 times as much meat per person as Iraq

Guatemala: 54.3 kg (2023) · Iraq: 21.1 kg (2023)

Guatemala has 453 kcal more food per person per day than Iraq

Guatemala: 2,823 kcal (2023) · Iraq: 2,371 kcal (2023)

Workers in Guatemala put in 567 more hours a year than in Iraq

Guatemala: 2,151 hours (2023) · Iraq: 1,583 hours (2023)

Adults in Iraq went to school 0.93 years longer than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.8 years (2023) · Iraq: 6.8 years (2023)

Guatemala: 0.08 (2022) · Iraq: no data

Iraq has 2 more World Heritage sites than Guatemala (6 against 4)

Guatemala: 4 (2026) · Iraq: 6 (2026)

Guatemala has won 3 Olympic medals, Iraq 1

Guatemala: 3 (2026 edition) · Iraq: 1 (2026 edition)

81% of people in Iraq are online, versus 60% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 60% (2024) · Iraq: 81% (2024)

Home internet in Guatemala is 2.4 times as fast as in Iraq

Guatemala: 149 Mbps (2026) · Iraq: 62 Mbps (2026)

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

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

70% of people in Iraq live in cities, versus 56% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 56% (2025) · Iraq: 70% (2025)

Guatemala has 113 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Iraq 100

Guatemala: 113 (2024) · Iraq: 100 (2024)

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

Guatemala: 800 km (2018) · Iraq: 2,370 km (2014)

Airlines from Iraq fly 6.7 times as many passengers per resident as those from Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.01 (2023) · Iraq: 0.08 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of Guatemala, but only 1.6% of Iraq

Guatemala: 33.1% (2024) · Iraq: 1.6% (2024)

The average person in Iraq emits 4.7 times as much CO₂ as someone in Guatemala

Guatemala: 1.1 t (2024) · Iraq: 5.1 t (2024)

68% of Guatemala’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.6% in Iraq

Guatemala: 68.3% (2024) · Iraq: 1.6% (2024)

The air in Iraq carries 76% more fine dust than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 27.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Iraq: 48.8 µg/m³ (2024)

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

Roads in Iraq are 49% deadlier than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 21.1 per 100k (2023) · Iraq: 31.5 per 100k (2023)

Iraq is on average 0.2 °C warmer than Guatemala

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

Guatemala gets 8.5 times as much rain as Iraq

Guatemala: 1,811 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Iraq: 214 mm (2016–2025 avg)