Mexico’s coastline is 23 times as long as Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 400 km (2026 edition) · Mexico: 9,330 km (2026 edition)

Mexico’s highest peak towers 1,416 m above Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 4,220 m (2026 edition) · Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 51% of Mexico, versus 46% of Guatemala

Guatemala: 46% (2024) · Mexico: 50.6% (2024)

Mexico has 7.1 times as many people as Guatemala

Guatemala: 18.7 million (2025) · Mexico: 132 million (2025)

Guatemala is 2.6 times as densely populated as Mexico

Guatemala: 174 per km² (2025) · Mexico: 68 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Mexico is 6.3 years older than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 22.6 years (2023) · Mexico: 28.9 years (2023)

Women in Guatemala have 0.4 more children on average than in Mexico

Guatemala: 2.29 children per woman (2024) · Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024)

8.5% of people in Mexico are 65 or older, versus 5.0% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5% (2025) · Mexico: 8.5% (2025)

Mexico hosts 14 times as many refugees per resident as Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

Guatemala and Mexico are practically level

Guatemala: 1 (2026) · Mexico: 1 (2026)

Mexico’s economy is 15 times the size of Guatemala’s

Guatemala: $123 billion (2025) · Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025)

Mexico produces 70% more per person than Guatemala

Guatemala: Int$15,197 (2025) · Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Guatemala than in Mexico (Gini 2.6 points higher)

Guatemala: 45.2 (2023) · Mexico: 42.6 (2024)

9.7% of people in Guatemala live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.6% in Mexico

Guatemala: 9.7% (2023) · Mexico: 1.6% (2024)

Mexico and Guatemala are practically level

Guatemala: 2.6% (2025) · Mexico: 2.7% (2025)

Mexico and Guatemala are practically level

Guatemala: 0.5% (2025) · Mexico: 0.7% (2025)

Mexico’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Guatemala’s 12%

Guatemala: 11.6% (2024) · Mexico: 14.8% (2024)

Mexico’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 43% (2025) · Mexico: 54% (2025)

Mexico spends 94% more on health per person than Guatemala

Guatemala: $392 (2023) · Mexico: $761 (2023)

A baby in Guatemala is 42% more likely to die before turning one than in Mexico

Guatemala: 17.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Mexico has 2 times as many doctors per person as Guatemala

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

Mexico has 2.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Guatemala

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

The suicide rate in Mexico is 58% higher than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

37% of adults in Mexico are obese, versus 27% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 26.7% (2024) · Mexico: 37.4% (2024)

16% of adults in Mexico smoke, versus 11% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 11.2% (2024) · Mexico: 15.7% (2024)

People in Mexico rate their lives 0.44 points higher than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 6.53 (2025) · Mexico: 6.97 (2025)

Adults in Mexico drink 2.2 times as much alcohol as in Guatemala

Guatemala: 3.1 litres (2023) · Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023)

Mexico has 44% more meat per person than Guatemala

Guatemala: 54.3 kg (2023) · Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023)

Mexico has 481 kcal more food per person per day than Guatemala

Guatemala: 2,823 kcal (2023) · Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023)

Workers in Guatemala put in 522 more hours a year than in Mexico

Guatemala: 2,151 hours (2023) · Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023)

Adults in Mexico went to school 3.5 years longer than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.8 years (2023) · Mexico: 9.3 years (2023)

Mexico welcomed 4.1 times as many tourists per resident as Guatemala (2019)

Guatemala: 0.08 (2022) · Mexico: 0.34 (2024)

Mexico has 32 more World Heritage sites than Guatemala (36 against 4)

Guatemala: 4 (2026) · Mexico: 36 (2026)

Mexico has won 77 Olympic medals, Guatemala 3

Guatemala: 3 (2026 edition) · Mexico: 77 (2026 edition)

83% of people in Mexico are online, versus 60% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 60% (2024) · Mexico: 83% (2024)

Home internet in Mexico is 2% faster than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 149 Mbps (2026) · Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026)

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

Guatemala: 90.9% (2024) · Mexico: 99.8% (2024)

80% of people in Mexico live in cities, versus 56% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 56% (2025) · Mexico: 80% (2025)

Mexico has 116 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Guatemala 113

Guatemala: 113 (2024) · Mexico: 116 (2024)

Mexico’s railway network is 29 times as long as Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 800 km (2018) · Mexico: 23,389 km (2017)

Airlines from Mexico fly 50 times as many passengers per resident as those from Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.01 (2023) · Mexico: 0.6 (2023)

Forest covers 34% of Mexico, but only 33% of Guatemala

Guatemala: 33.1% (2024) · Mexico: 34.2% (2024)

The average person in Mexico emits 3.3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Guatemala

Guatemala: 1.1 t (2024) · Mexico: 3.5 t (2024)

68% of Guatemala’s electricity is renewable, versus 23% in Mexico

Guatemala: 68.3% (2024) · Mexico: 23.1% (2025)

The air in Guatemala carries 51% more fine dust than in Mexico

Guatemala: 27.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Mexico: 18.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 6% more likely to be murdered in Mexico than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 23.4 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Guatemala are 10% deadlier than in Mexico

Guatemala: 21.1 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

Guatemala is on average 2.3 °C warmer than Mexico

Guatemala: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 21.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Guatemala gets 2.3 times as much rain as Mexico

Guatemala: 1,811 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 788 mm (2016–2025 avg)