Guatemala’s coastline is 47% longer than Israel’s

Guatemala: 400 km (2026 edition) · Israel: 273 km (2026 edition)

Guatemala’s highest peak towers 1,984 m above Israel’s

Guatemala: 4,220 m (2026 edition) · Israel: 2,236 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Guatemala, versus 24% of Israel

Guatemala: 46% (2024) · Israel: 23.8% (2024)

Guatemala has 85% more people than Israel

Guatemala: 18.7 million (2025) · Israel: 10.1 million (2025)

Israel is 2.7 times as densely populated as Guatemala

Guatemala: 174 per km² (2025) · Israel: 468 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Israel is 6.5 years older than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 22.6 years (2023) · Israel: 29.2 years (2023)

Women in Israel have 0.6 more children on average than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 2.29 children per woman (2024) · Israel: 2.87 children per woman (2024)

13% of people in Israel are 65 or older, versus 5.0% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5% (2025) · Israel: 12.7% (2025)

Israel hosts 48% more refugees per resident than Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Israel: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Israel has produced 5.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Guatemala 1.1

Guatemala: 1.1 (2026) · Israel: 5.9 (2026)

Israel has 2 official languages, Guatemala 1

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

Israel’s economy is 5 times the size of Guatemala’s

Guatemala: $123 billion (2025) · Israel: $611 billion (2025)

Israel produces 3.9 times as much per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: Int$15,197 (2025) · Israel: Int$59,717 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Guatemala than in Israel (Gini 6.9 points higher)

Guatemala: 45.2 (2023) · Israel: 38.3 (2022)

9.7% of people in Guatemala live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Israel

Guatemala: 9.7% (2023) · Israel: 0.4% (2022)

Unemployment is 3.5% in Israel, versus 2.6% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 2.6% (2025) · Israel: 3.5% (2025)

Israel spends 7.8% of its GDP on the military, Guatemala 0.5%

Guatemala: 0.5% (2025) · Israel: 7.8% (2025)

Israel’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Guatemala’s 12%

Guatemala: 11.6% (2024) · Israel: 23.2% (2024)

Israel’s price level (US = 100) is 2.3× Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 43% (2025) · Israel: 101% (2025)

Israel spends 10 times as much on health per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: $392 (2023) · Israel: $3,928 (2023)

A baby in Guatemala is 6.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Israel

Guatemala: 17.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Israel: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Israel has 3 times as many doctors per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: 1.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Israel: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023)

Israel has 7 times as many hospital beds per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Israel: 3.1 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Israel is 25% higher than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Israel: 6.9 per 100k (2023)

27% of adults in Guatemala are obese, versus 23% in Israel

Guatemala: 26.7% (2024) · Israel: 23.3% (2024)

21% of adults in Israel smoke, versus 11% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 11.2% (2024) · Israel: 21.2% (2024)

People in Israel rate their lives 0.65 points higher than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 6.53 (2025) · Israel: 7.19 (2025)

Adults in Israel drink 37% more alcohol than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 3.1 litres (2023) · Israel: 4.2 litres (2023)

Israel has 2 times as much meat per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: 54.3 kg (2023) · Israel: 108.7 kg (2023)

Israel has 931 kcal more food per person per day than Guatemala

Guatemala: 2,823 kcal (2023) · Israel: 3,754 kcal (2023)

Workers in Guatemala put in 260 more hours a year than in Israel

Guatemala: 2,151 hours (2023) · Israel: 1,890 hours (2023)

Adults in Israel went to school 7.7 years longer than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.8 years (2023) · Israel: 13.5 years (2023)

Israel welcomed 15% more tourists per resident than Guatemala (2019)

Guatemala: 0.08 (2022) · Israel: 0.1 (2024)

Israel has 5 more World Heritage sites than Guatemala (9 against 4)

Guatemala: 4 (2026) · Israel: 9 (2026)

Israel has won 20 Olympic medals, Guatemala 3

Guatemala: 3 (2026 edition) · Israel: 20 (2026 edition)

88% of people in Israel are online, versus 60% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 60% (2024) · Israel: 88% (2024)

Home internet in Israel is 2.6 times as fast as in Guatemala

Guatemala: 149 Mbps (2026) · Israel: 392 Mbps (2026)

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

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

92% of people in Israel live in cities, versus 56% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 56% (2025) · Israel: 92% (2025)

Israel has 177 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Guatemala 113

Guatemala: 113 (2024) · Israel: 177 (2024)

Israel’s railway network is 2.2 times as long as Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 800 km (2018) · Israel: 1,720 km (2021)

Airlines from Israel fly 61 times as many passengers per resident as those from Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.01 (2023) · Israel: 0.73 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of Guatemala, but only 6.8% of Israel

Guatemala: 33.1% (2024) · Israel: 6.8% (2024)

The average person in Israel emits 5.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Guatemala

Guatemala: 1.1 t (2024) · Israel: 5.6 t (2024)

68% of Guatemala’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Israel

Guatemala: 68.3% (2024) · Israel: 16.9% (2025)

The air in Guatemala carries 36% more fine dust than in Israel

Guatemala: 27.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Israel: 20.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 14 times as likely to be murdered in Guatemala as in Israel

Guatemala: 23.4 per 100k (2023) · Israel: 1.6 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Guatemala are 3.1 times as deadly as in Israel

Guatemala: 21.1 per 100k (2023) · Israel: 6.8 per 100k (2023)

Guatemala is on average 2.6 °C warmer than Israel

Guatemala: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Israel: 21.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Guatemala gets 8.8 times as much rain as Israel

Guatemala: 1,811 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Israel: 205 mm (2016–2025 avg)