Ireland’s coastline is 3.6 times as long as Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 400 km (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition)

Guatemala’s highest peak towers 3,179 m above Ireland’s

Guatemala: 4,220 m (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition)

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

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

Guatemala has 3.4 times as many people as Ireland

Guatemala: 18.7 million (2025) · Ireland: 5.48 million (2025)

Guatemala is 2.2 times as densely populated as Ireland

Guatemala: 174 per km² (2025) · Ireland: 80 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ireland is 16 years older than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 22.6 years (2023) · Ireland: 38.4 years (2023)

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

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

16% of people in Ireland are 65 or older, versus 5.0% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5% (2025) · Ireland: 16.2% (2025)

Ireland hosts 296 times as many refugees per resident as Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Ireland has produced 9.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Guatemala 1.1

Guatemala: 1.1 (2026) · Ireland: 9.1 (2026)

Ireland has 2 official languages, Guatemala 1

Guatemala: 1 (2026) · Ireland: 2 (2026)

Ireland’s economy is 5.9 times the size of Guatemala’s

Guatemala: $123 billion (2025) · Ireland: $722 billion (2025)

Ireland produces 10 times as much per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: Int$15,197 (2025) · Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Guatemala than in Ireland (Gini 16.2 points higher)

Guatemala: 45.2 (2023) · Ireland: 29 (2023)

9.7% of people in Guatemala live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Ireland

Guatemala: 9.7% (2023) · Ireland: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 4.6% in Ireland, versus 2.6% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 2.6% (2025) · Ireland: 4.6% (2025)

Guatemala and Ireland are practically level

Guatemala: 0.5% (2025) · Ireland: 0.2% (2025)

Ireland’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Guatemala’s 12%

Guatemala: 11.6% (2024) · Ireland: 17.9% (2024)

Ireland’s price level (US = 100) is 2× Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 43% (2025) · Ireland: 85% (2025)

Ireland spends 19 times as much on health per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: $392 (2023) · Ireland: $7,395 (2024)

A baby in Guatemala is 5.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Ireland

Guatemala: 17.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Ireland has 3 times as many doctors per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: 1.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Ireland has 6.6 times as many hospital beds per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Ireland is 31% higher than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Ireland are obese, versus 27% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 26.7% (2024) · Ireland: 30.6% (2024)

18% of adults in Ireland smoke, versus 11% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 11.2% (2024) · Ireland: 18.2% (2024)

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

Guatemala: 6.53 (2025) · Ireland: 6.93 (2025)

Adults in Ireland drink 3.4 times as much alcohol as in Guatemala

Guatemala: 3.1 litres (2023) · Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023)

Ireland has 81% more meat per person than Guatemala

Guatemala: 54.3 kg (2023) · Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023)

Ireland has 1,098 kcal more food per person per day than Guatemala

Guatemala: 2,823 kcal (2023) · Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023)

Workers in Guatemala put in 497 more hours a year than in Ireland

Guatemala: 2,151 hours (2023) · Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023)

Adults in Ireland went to school 5.9 years longer than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.8 years (2023) · Ireland: 11.7 years (2023)

Ireland welcomed 26 times as many tourists per resident as Guatemala (2019)

Guatemala: 0.08 (2022) · Ireland: 2.2 (2019)

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

Guatemala: 4 (2026) · Ireland: 2 (2026)

Ireland has won 42 Olympic medals, Guatemala 3

Guatemala: 3 (2026 edition) · Ireland: 42 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 60% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 60% (2024) · Ireland: 97% (2024)

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

Guatemala: 149 Mbps (2026) · Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026)

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

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

65% of people in Ireland live in cities, versus 56% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 56% (2025) · Ireland: 65% (2025)

Ireland and Guatemala are practically level

Guatemala: 113 (2024) · Ireland: 113 (2024)

Ireland’s railway network is 2.1 times as long as Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 800 km (2018) · Ireland: 1,650 km (2021)

Airlines from Ireland fly 2,962 times as many passengers per resident as those from Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.01 (2023) · Ireland: 35.11 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of Guatemala, but only 12% of Ireland

Guatemala: 33.1% (2024) · Ireland: 12% (2024)

The average person in Ireland emits 5.9 times as much CO₂ as someone in Guatemala

Guatemala: 1.1 t (2024) · Ireland: 6.3 t (2024)

68% of Guatemala’s electricity is renewable, versus 48% in Ireland

Guatemala: 68.3% (2024) · Ireland: 48.1% (2025)

The air in Guatemala carries 3.7 times as much fine dust as in Ireland

Guatemala: 27.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 36 times as likely to be murdered in Guatemala as in Ireland

Guatemala: 23.4 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Guatemala are 4.1 times as deadly as in Ireland

Guatemala: 21.1 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023)

Guatemala is on average 13.4 °C warmer than Ireland

Guatemala: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Guatemala gets 59% more rain than Ireland

Guatemala: 1,811 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg)