Norway’s coastline is 63 times as long as Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 400 km (2026 edition) · Norway: 25,148 km (2026 edition)

Guatemala’s highest peak towers 1,751 m above Norway’s

Guatemala: 4,220 m (2026 edition) · Norway: 2,469 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Guatemala, versus 2.7% of Norway

Guatemala: 46% (2024) · Norway: 2.7% (2024)

Guatemala has 3.3 times as many people as Norway

Guatemala: 18.7 million (2025) · Norway: 5.61 million (2025)

Guatemala is 11 times as densely populated as Norway

Guatemala: 174 per km² (2025) · Norway: 15 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Norway is 17 years older than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 22.6 years (2023) · Norway: 39.5 years (2023)

Women in Guatemala have 0.8 more children on average than in Norway

Guatemala: 2.29 children per woman (2024) · Norway: 1.45 children per woman (2024)

19% of people in Norway are 65 or older, versus 5.0% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5% (2025) · Norway: 19.1% (2025)

Norway hosts 260 times as many refugees per resident as Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Norway: 22.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Norway has produced 23.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Guatemala 1.1

Guatemala: 1.1 (2026) · Norway: 23.2 (2026)

Norway has 3 official languages, Guatemala 1

Guatemala: 1 (2026) · Norway: 3 (2026)

Norway’s economy is 4.3 times the size of Guatemala’s

Guatemala: $123 billion (2025) · Norway: $531 billion (2025)

Norway produces 6.8 times as much per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: Int$15,197 (2025) · Norway: Int$104,044 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Guatemala than in Norway (Gini 18.7 points higher)

Guatemala: 45.2 (2023) · Norway: 26.5 (2023)

9.7% of people in Guatemala live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.2% in Norway

Guatemala: 9.7% (2023) · Norway: 0.2% (2023)

Unemployment is 4.6% in Norway, versus 2.6% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 2.6% (2025) · Norway: 4.6% (2025)

Norway spends 3.3% of its GDP on the military, Guatemala 0.5%

Guatemala: 0.5% (2025) · Norway: 3.3% (2025)

Norway’s central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, Guatemala’s 12%

Guatemala: 11.6% (2024) · Norway: 24.5% (2024)

Norway’s price level (US = 100) is 2.1× Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 43% (2025) · Norway: 91% (2025)

Norway spends 21 times as much on health per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: $392 (2023) · Norway: $8,296 (2023)

A baby in Guatemala is 8.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Norway

Guatemala: 17.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Norway: 2 per 1,000 (2024)

Norway has 3.9 times as many doctors per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: 1.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Norway: 5 per 1,000 (2023)

Norway has 7.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Norway: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Norway is 2.1 times that in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Norway: 11.6 per 100k (2023)

27% of adults in Guatemala are obese, versus 21% in Norway

Guatemala: 26.7% (2024) · Norway: 20.7% (2024)

13% of adults in Norway smoke, versus 11% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 11.2% (2024) · Norway: 12.9% (2024)

People in Norway rate their lives 0.71 points higher than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 6.53 (2025) · Norway: 7.24 (2025)

Adults in Norway drink 2.3 times as much alcohol as in Guatemala

Guatemala: 3.1 litres (2023) · Norway: 7 litres (2023)

Norway has 30% more meat per person than Guatemala

Guatemala: 54.3 kg (2023) · Norway: 70.4 kg (2023)

Norway has 652 kcal more food per person per day than Guatemala

Guatemala: 2,823 kcal (2023) · Norway: 3,476 kcal (2023)

Workers in Guatemala put in 739 more hours a year than in Norway

Guatemala: 2,151 hours (2023) · Norway: 1,412 hours (2023)

Adults in Norway went to school 7.3 years longer than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.8 years (2023) · Norway: 13.1 years (2023)

Norway welcomed 11 times as many tourists per resident as Guatemala (2019)

Guatemala: 0.08 (2022) · Norway: 0.91 (2022)

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

Guatemala: 4 (2026) · Norway: 8 (2026)

Norway has won 616 Olympic medals, Guatemala 3

Guatemala: 3 (2026 edition) · Norway: 616 (2026 edition)

99% of people in Norway are online, versus 60% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 60% (2024) · Norway: 99% (2024)

Home internet in Norway is 54% faster than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 149 Mbps (2026) · Norway: 228 Mbps (2026)

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

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

84% of people in Norway live in cities, versus 56% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 56% (2025) · Norway: 84% (2025)

Guatemala has 113 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Norway 109

Guatemala: 113 (2024) · Norway: 109 (2024)

Norway’s railway network is 4.9 times as long as Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 800 km (2018) · Norway: 3,885 km (2021)

Guatemala: 0.01 (2023) · Norway: no data

Norway and Guatemala are practically level

Guatemala: 33.1% (2024) · Norway: 33.2% (2024)

The average person in Norway emits 6.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Guatemala

Guatemala: 1.1 t (2024) · Norway: 6.7 t (2024)

99% of Norway’s electricity is renewable, versus 68% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 68.3% (2024) · Norway: 99% (2025)

The air in Guatemala carries 4.1 times as much fine dust as in Norway

Guatemala: 27.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Norway: 6.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 32 times as likely to be murdered in Guatemala as in Norway

Guatemala: 23.4 per 100k (2023) · Norway: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Guatemala are 7.3 times as deadly as in Norway

Guatemala: 21.1 per 100k (2023) · Norway: 2.9 per 100k (2023)

Guatemala is on average 22.1 °C warmer than Norway

Guatemala: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Norway: 1.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Guatemala gets 44% more rain than Norway

Guatemala: 1,811 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Norway: 1,259 mm (2016–2025 avg)