Nigeria’s coastline is 2.1 times as long as Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 400 km (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 853 km (2026 edition)

Guatemala’s highest peak towers 1,801 m above Nigeria’s

Guatemala: 4,220 m (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 2,419 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 77% of Nigeria, versus 46% of Guatemala

Guatemala: 46% (2024) · Nigeria: 77.1% (2024)

Nigeria has 13 times as many people as Guatemala

Guatemala: 18.7 million (2025) · Nigeria: 238 million (2025)

Nigeria is 50% more densely populated than Guatemala

Guatemala: 174 per km² (2025) · Nigeria: 261 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Guatemala is 4.9 years older than in Nigeria

Guatemala: 22.6 years (2023) · Nigeria: 17.8 years (2023)

Women in Nigeria have 2.1 more children on average than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 2.29 children per woman (2024) · Nigeria: 4.38 children per woman (2024)

5.0% of people in Guatemala are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Guatemala: 5% (2025) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2025)

Nigeria hosts 6.1 times as many refugees per resident as Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Nigeria: 0.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Guatemala has produced 1.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Nigeria 0.0

Guatemala: 1.1 (2026) · Nigeria: 0.042 (2026)

Guatemala and Nigeria are practically level

Guatemala: 1 (2026) · Nigeria: 1 (2026)

Nigeria’s economy is 2.4 times the size of Guatemala’s

Guatemala: $123 billion (2025) · Nigeria: $291 billion (2025)

Guatemala produces 59% more per person than Nigeria

Guatemala: Int$15,197 (2025) · Nigeria: Int$9,532 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Guatemala than in Nigeria (Gini 11.3 points higher)

Guatemala: 45.2 (2023) · Nigeria: 33.9 (2022)

42% of people in Nigeria live on less than $3 a day, versus 9.7% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 9.7% (2023) · Nigeria: 41.8% (2022)

Nigeria and Guatemala are practically level

Guatemala: 2.6% (2025) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2025)

Nigeria and Guatemala are practically level

Guatemala: 0.5% (2025) · Nigeria: 0.9% (2025)

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

Guatemala’s price level (US = 100) is 3.4× Nigeria’s

Guatemala: 43% (2025) · Nigeria: 13% (2025)

Guatemala spends 5.9 times as much on health per person as Nigeria

Guatemala: $392 (2023) · Nigeria: $67 (2023)

A baby in Nigeria is 4.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Guatemala

Guatemala: 17.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Nigeria: 69.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Guatemala has 3.4 times as many doctors per person as Nigeria

Guatemala: 1.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Nigeria: 0.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Guatemala: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Nigeria: no data

The suicide rate in Nigeria is 18% higher than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 6.5 per 100k (2023)

27% of adults in Guatemala are obese, versus 12% in Nigeria

Guatemala: 26.7% (2024) · Nigeria: 12.1% (2024)

11% of adults in Guatemala smoke, versus 3.1% in Nigeria

Guatemala: 11.2% (2024) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2024)

People in Guatemala rate their lives 1.75 points higher than in Nigeria

Guatemala: 6.53 (2025) · Nigeria: 4.79 (2025)

Adults in Guatemala drink 50% more alcohol than in Nigeria

Guatemala: 3.1 litres (2023) · Nigeria: 2 litres (2023)

Guatemala has 7.6 times as much meat per person as Nigeria

Guatemala: 54.3 kg (2023) · Nigeria: 7.1 kg (2023)

Guatemala has 353 kcal more food per person per day than Nigeria

Guatemala: 2,823 kcal (2023) · Nigeria: 2,470 kcal (2023)

Workers in Guatemala put in 89 more hours a year than in Nigeria

Guatemala: 2,151 hours (2023) · Nigeria: 2,062 hours (2023)

Adults in Nigeria went to school 1.7 years longer than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.8 years (2023) · Nigeria: 7.6 years (2023)

Guatemala welcomed 36 times as many tourists per resident as Nigeria (2019)

Guatemala: 0.08 (2022) · Nigeria: 0.0023 (2024)

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

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

Nigeria has won 27 Olympic medals, Guatemala 3

Guatemala: 3 (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 27 (2026 edition)

60% of people in Guatemala are online, versus 41% in Nigeria

Guatemala: 60% (2024) · Nigeria: 41% (2024)

Home internet in Guatemala is 3.4 times as fast as in Nigeria

Guatemala: 149 Mbps (2026) · Nigeria: 44 Mbps (2026)

91% of people in Guatemala have electricity, versus 63% in Nigeria

Guatemala: 90.9% (2024) · Nigeria: 62.5% (2024)

64% of people in Nigeria live in cities, versus 56% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 56% (2025) · Nigeria: 64% (2025)

Guatemala has 113 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Nigeria 71

Guatemala: 113 (2024) · Nigeria: 71 (2024)

Nigeria’s railway network is 4.4 times as long as Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 800 km (2018) · Nigeria: 3,528 km (2015)

Airlines from Nigeria fly 87% more passengers per resident than those from Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.01 (2023) · Nigeria: 0.02 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of Guatemala, but only 19% of Nigeria

Guatemala: 33.1% (2024) · Nigeria: 18.9% (2024)

The average person in Guatemala emits 85% more CO₂ than someone in Nigeria

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

68% of Guatemala’s electricity is renewable, versus 31% in Nigeria

Guatemala: 68.3% (2024) · Nigeria: 31.3% (2025)

The air in Nigeria carries 81% more fine dust than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 27.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Nigeria: 50 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 48% more likely to be murdered in Guatemala than in Nigeria

Guatemala: 23.4 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 15.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Nigeria are 17% deadlier than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 21.1 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 24.7 per 100k (2023)

Nigeria is on average 3.7 °C warmer than Guatemala

Guatemala: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Nigeria: 27.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Guatemala gets 74% more rain than Nigeria

Guatemala: 1,811 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Nigeria: 1,044 mm (2016–2025 avg)