Kenya’s coastline is 34% longer than Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 400 km (2026 edition) · Kenya: 536 km (2026 edition)

Kenya’s highest peak towers 979 m above Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 4,220 m (2026 edition) · Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 50% of Kenya, versus 46% of Guatemala

Guatemala: 46% (2024) · Kenya: 50% (2024)

Kenya has 3.1 times as many people as Guatemala

Guatemala: 18.7 million (2025) · Kenya: 57.5 million (2025)

Guatemala is 76% more densely populated than Kenya

Guatemala: 174 per km² (2025) · Kenya: 99 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Guatemala is 3.1 years older than in Kenya

Guatemala: 22.6 years (2023) · Kenya: 19.5 years (2023)

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

Guatemala: 2.29 children per woman (2024) · Kenya: 3.17 children per woman (2024)

5.0% of people in Guatemala are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Kenya

Guatemala: 5% (2025) · Kenya: 3% (2025)

Kenya hosts 126 times as many refugees per resident as Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Kenya: 10.7 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

Kenya has 2 official languages, Guatemala 1

Guatemala: 1 (2026) · Kenya: 2 (2026)

Kenya’s economy is 10% larger than Guatemala’s

Guatemala: $123 billion (2025) · Kenya: $136 billion (2025)

Guatemala produces 2.2 times as much per person as Kenya

Guatemala: Int$15,197 (2025) · Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Guatemala than in Kenya (Gini 6.7 points higher)

Guatemala: 45.2 (2023) · Kenya: 38.5 (2022)

46% of people in Kenya live on less than $3 a day, versus 9.7% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 9.7% (2023) · Kenya: 45.5% (2022)

Unemployment is 5.4% in Kenya, versus 2.6% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 2.6% (2025) · Kenya: 5.4% (2025)

Kenya spends 1.1% of its GDP on the military, Guatemala 0.5%

Guatemala: 0.5% (2025) · Kenya: 1.1% (2025)

Kenya’s central government collects 14% of GDP in tax, Guatemala’s 12%

Guatemala: 11.6% (2024) · Kenya: 14.1% (2023)

Guatemala’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Kenya’s

Guatemala: 43% (2025) · Kenya: 34% (2025)

Guatemala spends 4.6 times as much on health per person as Kenya

Guatemala: $392 (2023) · Kenya: $85 (2023)

A baby in Kenya is 2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Guatemala

Guatemala: 17.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Kenya: 34.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Guatemala has 4.4 times as many doctors per person as Kenya

Guatemala: 1.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Kenya: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Kenya has 3 times as many hospital beds per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Kenya: 1.3 per 1,000 (2019)

The suicide rate in Kenya is 3.5 times that in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

27% of adults in Guatemala are obese, versus 10% in Kenya

Guatemala: 26.7% (2024) · Kenya: 10.4% (2024)

11% of adults in Guatemala smoke, versus 9.6% in Kenya

Guatemala: 11.2% (2024) · Kenya: 9.6% (2024)

People in Guatemala rate their lives 1.86 points higher than in Kenya

Guatemala: 6.53 (2025) · Kenya: 4.67 (2025)

Adults in Guatemala drink 36% more alcohol than in Kenya

Guatemala: 3.1 litres (2023) · Kenya: 2.2 litres (2023)

Guatemala has 5.3 times as much meat per person as Kenya

Guatemala: 54.3 kg (2023) · Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023)

Guatemala has 677 kcal more food per person per day than Kenya

Guatemala: 2,823 kcal (2023) · Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023)

Workers in Guatemala put in 116 more hours a year than in Kenya

Guatemala: 2,151 hours (2023) · Kenya: 2,035 hours (2023)

Adults in Kenya went to school 2.8 years longer than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.8 years (2023) · Kenya: 8.6 years (2023)

Guatemala welcomed 3 times as many tourists per resident as Kenya (2019)

Guatemala: 0.08 (2022) · Kenya: 0.03 (2017)

Kenya has 4 more World Heritage sites than Guatemala (8 against 4)

Guatemala: 4 (2026) · Kenya: 8 (2026)

Kenya has won 124 Olympic medals, Guatemala 3

Guatemala: 3 (2026 edition) · Kenya: 124 (2026 edition)

60% of people in Guatemala are online, versus 35% in Kenya

Guatemala: 60% (2024) · Kenya: 35% (2024)

Home internet in Guatemala is 3.6 times as fast as in Kenya

Guatemala: 149 Mbps (2026) · Kenya: 41 Mbps (2026)

91% of people in Guatemala have electricity, versus 77% in Kenya

Guatemala: 90.9% (2024) · Kenya: 77% (2024)

56% of people in Guatemala live in cities, versus 32% in Kenya

Guatemala: 56% (2025) · Kenya: 32% (2025)

Kenya has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Guatemala 113

Guatemala: 113 (2024) · Kenya: 126 (2024)

Kenya’s railway network is 4.8 times as long as Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 800 km (2018) · Kenya: 3,819 km (2018)

Airlines from Kenya fly 7.5 times as many passengers per resident as those from Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.01 (2023) · Kenya: 0.09 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of Guatemala, but only 6.6% of Kenya

Guatemala: 33.1% (2024) · Kenya: 6.6% (2024)

The average person in Guatemala emits 2.9 times as much CO₂ as someone in Kenya

Guatemala: 1.1 t (2024) · Kenya: 0.4 t (2024)

90% of Kenya’s electricity is renewable, versus 68% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 68.3% (2024) · Kenya: 90% (2025)

The air in Guatemala carries 26% more fine dust than in Kenya

Guatemala: 27.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Kenya: 22 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 4.8 times as likely to be murdered in Guatemala as in Kenya

Guatemala: 23.4 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 4.9 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Kenya are 2.6 times as deadly as in Guatemala

Guatemala: 21.1 per 100k (2023) · Kenya: 55.3 per 100k (2023)

Kenya is on average 2.0 °C warmer than Guatemala

Guatemala: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 25.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Guatemala gets 2.6 times as much rain as Kenya

Guatemala: 1,811 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Kenya: 696 mm (2016–2025 avg)