Italy’s coastline is 19 times as long as Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 400 km (2026 edition) · Italy: 7,600 km (2026 edition)

Italy’s highest peak towers 528 m above Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 4,220 m (2026 edition) · Italy: 4,748 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Guatemala, versus 44% of Italy

Guatemala: 46% (2024) · Italy: 43.6% (2024)

Italy has 3.2 times as many people as Guatemala

Guatemala: 18.7 million (2025) · Italy: 58.9 million (2025)

Italy is 14% more densely populated than Guatemala

Guatemala: 174 per km² (2025) · Italy: 199 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Italy is 25 years older than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 22.6 years (2023) · Italy: 47.5 years (2023)

Women in Guatemala have 1.1 more children on average than in Italy

Guatemala: 2.29 children per woman (2024) · Italy: 1.18 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Italy are 65 or older, versus 5.0% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5% (2025) · Italy: 25.1% (2025)

Italy hosts 39 times as many refugees per resident as Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Italy: 3.3 per 1,000 (2025)

Italy has produced 3.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Guatemala 1.1

Guatemala: 1.1 (2026) · Italy: 3.4 (2026)

Guatemala and Italy are practically level

Guatemala: 1 (2026) · Italy: 1 (2026)

Italy’s economy is 21 times the size of Guatemala’s

Guatemala: $123 billion (2025) · Italy: $2.55 trillion (2025)

Italy produces 4.1 times as much per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: Int$15,197 (2025) · Italy: Int$62,803 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Guatemala than in Italy (Gini 10.9 points higher)

Guatemala: 45.2 (2023) · Italy: 34.3 (2023)

9.7% of people in Guatemala live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.9% in Italy

Guatemala: 9.7% (2023) · Italy: 0.9% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.4% in Italy, versus 2.6% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 2.6% (2025) · Italy: 6.4% (2025)

Italy spends 1.9% of its GDP on the military, Guatemala 0.5%

Guatemala: 0.5% (2025) · Italy: 1.9% (2025)

Italy’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Guatemala’s 12%

Guatemala: 11.6% (2024) · Italy: 25.6% (2024)

Italy’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 43% (2025) · Italy: 69% (2025)

Italy spends 8.7 times as much on health per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: $392 (2023) · Italy: $3,398 (2024)

A baby in Guatemala is 7.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Italy

Guatemala: 17.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Italy: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024)

Italy has 3.3 times as many doctors per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: 1.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Italy: 4.2 per 1,000 (2022)

Italy has 6.8 times as many hospital beds per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Italy: 3.1 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Italy is 4% higher than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Italy: 5.7 per 100k (2023)

27% of adults in Guatemala are obese, versus 18% in Italy

Guatemala: 26.7% (2024) · Italy: 17.9% (2024)

22% of adults in Italy smoke, versus 11% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 11.2% (2024) · Italy: 22.4% (2024)

People in Italy rate their lives 0.04 points higher than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 6.53 (2025) · Italy: 6.57 (2025)

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

Guatemala: 3.1 litres (2023) · Italy: 8.4 litres (2023)

Italy has 31% more meat per person than Guatemala

Guatemala: 54.3 kg (2023) · Italy: 71.2 kg (2023)

Italy has 929 kcal more food per person per day than Guatemala

Guatemala: 2,823 kcal (2023) · Italy: 3,753 kcal (2023)

Workers in Guatemala put in 449 more hours a year than in Italy

Guatemala: 2,151 hours (2023) · Italy: 1,701 hours (2023)

Adults in Italy went to school 5 years longer than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.8 years (2023) · Italy: 10.8 years (2023)

Italy welcomed 12 times as many tourists per resident as Guatemala (2019)

Guatemala: 0.08 (2022) · Italy: 0.98 (2024)

Italy has 58 more World Heritage sites than Guatemala (62 against 4)

Guatemala: 4 (2026) · Italy: 62 (2026)

Italy has won 829 Olympic medals, Guatemala 3

Guatemala: 3 (2026 edition) · Italy: 829 (2026 edition)

89% of people in Italy are online, versus 60% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 60% (2024) · Italy: 89% (2024)

Home internet in Italy is 84% faster than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 149 Mbps (2026) · Italy: 274 Mbps (2026)

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

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

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

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

Italy has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Guatemala 113

Guatemala: 113 (2024) · Italy: 133 (2024)

Italy’s railway network is 22 times as long as Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 800 km (2018) · Italy: 17,305 km (2021)

Airlines from Italy fly 29 times as many passengers per resident as those from Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.01 (2023) · Italy: 0.34 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of Guatemala, but only 32% of Italy

Guatemala: 33.1% (2024) · Italy: 31.8% (2024)

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

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

68% of Guatemala’s electricity is renewable, versus 49% in Italy

Guatemala: 68.3% (2024) · Italy: 48.8% (2025)

The air in Guatemala carries 82% more fine dust than in Italy

Guatemala: 27.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Italy: 15.2 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 41 times as likely to be murdered in Guatemala as in Italy

Guatemala: 23.4 per 100k (2023) · Italy: 0.6 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Guatemala are 2.5 times as deadly as in Italy

Guatemala: 21.1 per 100k (2023) · Italy: 8.5 per 100k (2023)

Guatemala is on average 9.8 °C warmer than Italy

Guatemala: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Italy: 13.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Guatemala gets 76% more rain than Italy

Guatemala: 1,811 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Italy: 1,030 mm (2016–2025 avg)