Myanmar’s coastline is 4.8 times as long as Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 400 km (2026 edition) · Myanmar: 1,930 km (2026 edition)

Myanmar’s highest peak towers 1,650 m above Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 4,220 m (2026 edition) · Myanmar: 5,870 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Guatemala, versus 20% of Myanmar

Guatemala: 46% (2024) · Myanmar: 19.9% (2024)

Myanmar has 2.9 times as many people as Guatemala

Guatemala: 18.7 million (2025) · Myanmar: 54.9 million (2025)

Guatemala is 2.1 times as densely populated as Myanmar

Guatemala: 174 per km² (2025) · Myanmar: 84 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Myanmar is 6.9 years older than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 22.6 years (2023) · Myanmar: 29.5 years (2023)

Women in Guatemala have 0.2 more children on average than in Myanmar

Guatemala: 2.29 children per woman (2024) · Myanmar: 2.1 children per woman (2024)

7.5% of people in Myanmar are 65 or older, versus 5.0% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5% (2025) · Myanmar: 7.5% (2025)

Guatemala: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Myanmar: 0 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

Guatemala and Myanmar are practically level

Guatemala: 1 (2026) · Myanmar: 1 (2026)

Guatemala’s economy is 51% larger than Myanmar’s

Guatemala: $123 billion (2025) · Myanmar: $81.7 billion (2025)

Guatemala produces 2.5 times as much per person as Myanmar

Guatemala: Int$15,197 (2025) · Myanmar: Int$6,012 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Guatemala than in Myanmar (Gini 14.5 points higher)

Guatemala: 45.2 (2023) · Myanmar: 30.7 (2017)

10% of people in Myanmar live on less than $3 a day, versus 9.7% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 9.7% (2023) · Myanmar: 10.3% (2017)

Myanmar and Guatemala are practically level

Guatemala: 2.6% (2025) · Myanmar: 3% (2025)

Myanmar spends 6.6% of its GDP on the military, Guatemala 0.5%

Guatemala: 0.5% (2025) · Myanmar: 6.6% (2024)

Guatemala’s central government collects 12% of GDP in tax, Myanmar’s 6.0%

Guatemala: 11.6% (2024) · Myanmar: 6% (2019)

Guatemala’s price level (US = 100) is 1.8× Myanmar’s

Guatemala: 43% (2025) · Myanmar: 25% (2025)

Guatemala spends 7 times as much on health per person as Myanmar

Guatemala: $392 (2023) · Myanmar: $56 (2023)

A baby in Myanmar is 91% more likely to die before turning one than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 17.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Myanmar: 32.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Guatemala has 69% more doctors per person than Myanmar

Guatemala: 1.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Myanmar: 0.8 per 1,000 (2019)

Myanmar has 2.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Myanmar: 1.1 per 1,000 (2020)

The suicide rate in Guatemala is 34% higher than in Myanmar

Guatemala: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Myanmar: 4.1 per 100k (2023)

27% of adults in Guatemala are obese, versus 8.3% in Myanmar

Guatemala: 26.7% (2024) · Myanmar: 8.3% (2024)

43% of adults in Myanmar smoke, versus 11% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 11.2% (2024) · Myanmar: 43.4% (2024)

People in Guatemala rate their lives 2.25 points higher than in Myanmar

Guatemala: 6.53 (2025) · Myanmar: 4.29 (2025)

Adults in Guatemala drink 61% more alcohol than in Myanmar

Guatemala: 3.1 litres (2023) · Myanmar: 1.9 litres (2023)

Guatemala has 2.6 times as much meat per person as Myanmar

Guatemala: 54.3 kg (2023) · Myanmar: 20.9 kg (2023)

Guatemala has 14 kcal more food per person per day than Myanmar

Guatemala: 2,823 kcal (2023) · Myanmar: 2,809 kcal (2023)

Workers in Myanmar put in 46 more hours a year than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 2,151 hours (2023) · Myanmar: 2,197 hours (2023)

Adults in Myanmar went to school 0.53 years longer than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.8 years (2023) · Myanmar: 6.4 years (2023)

Guatemala welcomed 5.6 times as many tourists per resident as Myanmar (2019)

Guatemala: 0.08 (2022) · Myanmar: 0.01 (2024)

Guatemala has 2 more World Heritage sites than Myanmar (4 against 2)

Guatemala: 4 (2026) · Myanmar: 2 (2026)

Guatemala has won 3 Olympic medals, Myanmar none

Guatemala: 3 (2026 edition) · Myanmar: 0 (2026 edition)

60% of people in Guatemala are online, versus 45% in Myanmar

Guatemala: 60% (2024) · Myanmar: 45% (2020)

Home internet in Guatemala is 3.3 times as fast as in Myanmar

Guatemala: 149 Mbps (2026) · Myanmar: 45 Mbps (2026)

91% of people in Guatemala have electricity, versus 80% in Myanmar

Guatemala: 90.9% (2024) · Myanmar: 80.4% (2024)

56% of people in Guatemala live in cities, versus 31% in Myanmar

Guatemala: 56% (2025) · Myanmar: 31% (2025)

Myanmar has 114 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Guatemala 113

Guatemala: 113 (2024) · Myanmar: 114 (2024)

Guatemala: 800 km (2018) · Myanmar: no data

Airlines from Myanmar fly 5.4 times as many passengers per resident as those from Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.01 (2023) · Myanmar: 0.06 (2023)

Forest covers 42% of Myanmar, but only 33% of Guatemala

Guatemala: 33.1% (2024) · Myanmar: 42% (2024)

The average person in Guatemala emits 86% more CO₂ than someone in Myanmar

Guatemala: 1.1 t (2024) · Myanmar: 0.6 t (2024)

68% of Guatemala’s electricity is renewable, versus 48% in Myanmar

Guatemala: 68.3% (2024) · Myanmar: 47.9% (2024)

The air in Myanmar carries 13% more fine dust than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 27.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Myanmar: 31.2 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 9.1 times as likely to be murdered in Guatemala as in Myanmar

Guatemala: 23.4 per 100k (2023) · Myanmar: 2.6 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Myanmar are 4% deadlier than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 21.1 per 100k (2023) · Myanmar: 21.9 per 100k (2023)

Myanmar is on average 0.4 °C warmer than Guatemala

Guatemala: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Myanmar: 24.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Myanmar gets 23% more rain than Guatemala

Guatemala: 1,811 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Myanmar: 2,233 mm (2016–2025 avg)