Japan’s coastline is 74 times as long as Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 400 km (2026 edition) · Japan: 29,751 km (2026 edition)

Guatemala’s highest peak towers 444 m above Japan’s

Guatemala: 4,220 m (2026 edition) · Japan: 3,776 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Guatemala, versus 13% of Japan

Guatemala: 46% (2024) · Japan: 12.6% (2024)

Japan has 6.6 times as many people as Guatemala

Guatemala: 18.7 million (2025) · Japan: 123 million (2025)

Japan is 94% more densely populated than Guatemala

Guatemala: 174 per km² (2025) · Japan: 338 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Japan is 26 years older than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 22.6 years (2023) · Japan: 49 years (2023)

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

Guatemala: 2.29 children per woman (2024) · Japan: 1.15 children per woman (2024)

30% of people in Japan are 65 or older, versus 5.0% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5% (2025) · Japan: 30% (2025)

Japan hosts 4.1 times as many refugees per resident as Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Japan: 0.3 per 1,000 (2025)

Japan has produced 2.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Guatemala 1.1

Guatemala: 1.1 (2026) · Japan: 2.5 (2026)

Guatemala and Japan are practically level

Guatemala: 1 (2026) · Japan: 1 (2026)

Japan’s economy is 36 times the size of Guatemala’s

Guatemala: $123 billion (2025) · Japan: $4.44 trillion (2025)

Japan produces 3.6 times as much per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: Int$15,197 (2025) · Japan: Int$55,422 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Guatemala than in Japan (Gini 12.9 points higher)

Guatemala: 45.2 (2023) · Japan: 32.3 (2020)

9.7% of people in Guatemala live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.2% in Japan

Guatemala: 9.7% (2023) · Japan: 1.2% (2020)

Guatemala and Japan are practically level

Guatemala: 2.6% (2025) · Japan: 2.5% (2025)

Japan spends 1.4% of its GDP on the military, Guatemala 0.5%

Guatemala: 0.5% (2025) · Japan: 1.4% (2025)

Guatemala: 11.6% (2024) · Japan: no data

Japan’s price level (US = 100) is 1.5× Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 43% (2025) · Japan: 65% (2025)

Japan spends 9.3 times as much on health per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: $392 (2023) · Japan: $3,638 (2023)

A baby in Guatemala is 9.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Japan

Guatemala: 17.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Japan: 1.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Japan has 2.1 times as many doctors per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: 1.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Japan: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Japan has 28 times as many hospital beds per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Japan: 12.6 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Japan is 2.6 times that in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Japan: 14.4 per 100k (2023)

27% of adults in Guatemala are obese, versus 5.2% in Japan

Guatemala: 26.7% (2024) · Japan: 5.2% (2024)

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

Guatemala: 11.2% (2024) · Japan: 17.5% (2024)

People in Guatemala rate their lives 0.40 points higher than in Japan

Guatemala: 6.53 (2025) · Japan: 6.13 (2025)

Adults in Japan drink 2 times as much alcohol as in Guatemala

Guatemala: 3.1 litres (2023) · Japan: 6.3 litres (2023)

Japan has 10% more meat per person than Guatemala

Guatemala: 54.3 kg (2023) · Japan: 59.9 kg (2022)

Guatemala has 153 kcal more food per person per day than Japan

Guatemala: 2,823 kcal (2023) · Japan: 2,670 kcal (2022)

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

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

Adults in Japan went to school 6.8 years longer than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.8 years (2023) · Japan: 12.7 years (2023)

Japan welcomed 3.6 times as many tourists per resident as Guatemala (2019)

Guatemala: 0.08 (2022) · Japan: 0.3 (2024)

Japan has 23 more World Heritage sites than Guatemala (27 against 4)

Guatemala: 4 (2026) · Japan: 27 (2026)

Japan has won 642 Olympic medals, Guatemala 3

Guatemala: 3 (2026 edition) · Japan: 642 (2026 edition)

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

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

Home internet in Japan is 2.2 times as fast as in Guatemala

Guatemala: 149 Mbps (2026) · Japan: 322 Mbps (2026)

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

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

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

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

Japan has 178 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Guatemala 113

Guatemala: 113 (2024) · Japan: 178 (2023)

Japan’s railway network is 25 times as long as Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 800 km (2018) · Japan: 20,087 km (2011)

Airlines from Japan fly 82 times as many passengers per resident as those from Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.01 (2023) · Japan: 0.98 (2023)

Forest covers 68% of Japan, but only 33% of Guatemala

Guatemala: 33.1% (2024) · Japan: 68.3% (2024)

The average person in Japan emits 7.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Guatemala

Guatemala: 1.1 t (2024) · Japan: 7.8 t (2024)

68% of Guatemala’s electricity is renewable, versus 24% in Japan

Guatemala: 68.3% (2024) · Japan: 23.6% (2025)

The air in Guatemala carries 2.6 times as much fine dust as in Japan

Guatemala: 27.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Japan: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 102 times as likely to be murdered in Guatemala as in Japan

Guatemala: 23.4 per 100k (2023) · Japan: 0.2 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Guatemala are 5.6 times as deadly as in Japan

Guatemala: 21.1 per 100k (2023) · Japan: 3.8 per 100k (2023)

Guatemala is on average 10.9 °C warmer than Japan

Guatemala: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Japan: 12.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Japan and Guatemala are nearly identical here

Guatemala: 1,811 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Japan: 1,824 mm (2016–2025 avg)