Portugal’s coastline is 4.5 times as long as Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 400 km (2026 edition) · Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition)

Guatemala’s highest peak towers 1,869 m above Portugal’s

Guatemala: 4,220 m (2026 edition) · Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Guatemala, versus 41% of Portugal

Guatemala: 46% (2024) · Portugal: 41.3% (2024)

Guatemala has 73% more people than Portugal

Guatemala: 18.7 million (2025) · Portugal: 10.8 million (2025)

Guatemala is 48% more densely populated than Portugal

Guatemala: 174 per km² (2025) · Portugal: 118 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Portugal is 24 years older than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 22.6 years (2023) · Portugal: 46.2 years (2023)

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

Guatemala: 2.29 children per woman (2024) · Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Portugal are 65 or older, versus 5.0% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5% (2025) · Portugal: 24.9% (2025)

Portugal hosts 77 times as many refugees per resident as Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Portugal has produced 1.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Guatemala 1.1

Guatemala: 1.1 (2026) · Portugal: 1.9 (2026)

Guatemala and Portugal are practically level

Guatemala: 1 (2026) · Portugal: 1 (2026)

Portugal’s economy is 2.8 times the size of Guatemala’s

Guatemala: $123 billion (2025) · Portugal: $347 billion (2025)

Portugal produces 3.5 times as much per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: Int$15,197 (2025) · Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025)

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

Guatemala: 45.2 (2023) · Portugal: 33.9 (2023)

9.7% of people in Guatemala live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Portugal

Guatemala: 9.7% (2023) · Portugal: 0.4% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.2% in Portugal, versus 2.6% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 2.6% (2025) · Portugal: 6.2% (2025)

Portugal spends 1.7% of its GDP on the military, Guatemala 0.5%

Guatemala: 0.5% (2025) · Portugal: 1.7% (2025)

Portugal’s central government collects 22% of GDP in tax, Guatemala’s 12%

Guatemala: 11.6% (2024) · Portugal: 22.3% (2024)

Portugal’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 43% (2025) · Portugal: 60% (2025)

Portugal spends 7.6 times as much on health per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: $392 (2023) · Portugal: $2,971 (2024)

A baby in Guatemala is 6.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Portugal

Guatemala: 17.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Portugal: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Portugal has 4.6 times as many doctors per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: 1.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022)

Portugal has 7.7 times as many hospital beds per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Portugal is 56% higher than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 8.6 per 100k (2023)

27% of adults in Guatemala are obese, versus 23% in Portugal

Guatemala: 26.7% (2024) · Portugal: 23% (2024)

29% of adults in Portugal smoke, versus 11% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 11.2% (2024) · Portugal: 28.6% (2024)

People in Guatemala rate their lives 0.50 points higher than in Portugal

Guatemala: 6.53 (2025) · Portugal: 6.03 (2025)

Adults in Portugal drink 4.5 times as much alcohol as in Guatemala

Guatemala: 3.1 litres (2023) · Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023)

Portugal has 83% more meat per person than Guatemala

Guatemala: 54.3 kg (2023) · Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023)

Portugal has 730 kcal more food per person per day than Guatemala

Guatemala: 2,823 kcal (2023) · Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023)

Workers in Guatemala put in 416 more hours a year than in Portugal

Guatemala: 2,151 hours (2023) · Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023)

Adults in Portugal went to school 3.9 years longer than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.8 years (2023) · Portugal: 9.7 years (2023)

Portugal welcomed 32 times as many tourists per resident as Guatemala (2019)

Guatemala: 0.08 (2022) · Portugal: 2.71 (2024)

Portugal has 13 more World Heritage sites than Guatemala (17 against 4)

Guatemala: 4 (2026) · Portugal: 17 (2026)

Portugal has won 32 Olympic medals, Guatemala 3

Guatemala: 3 (2026 edition) · Portugal: 32 (2026 edition)

88% of people in Portugal are online, versus 60% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 60% (2024) · Portugal: 88% (2024)

Home internet in Portugal is 2.2 times as fast as in Guatemala

Guatemala: 149 Mbps (2026) · Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026)

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

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

61% of people in Portugal live in cities, versus 56% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 56% (2025) · Portugal: 61% (2025)

Portugal has 124 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Guatemala 113

Guatemala: 113 (2024) · Portugal: 124 (2024)

Portugal’s railway network is 3.2 times as long as Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 800 km (2018) · Portugal: 2,527 km (2021)

Airlines from Portugal fly 143 times as many passengers per resident as those from Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.01 (2023) · Portugal: 1.69 (2023)

Forest covers 37% of Portugal, but only 33% of Guatemala

Guatemala: 33.1% (2024) · Portugal: 36.6% (2024)

The average person in Portugal emits 3.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Guatemala

Guatemala: 1.1 t (2024) · Portugal: 3.4 t (2024)

81% of Portugal’s electricity is renewable, versus 68% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 68.3% (2024) · Portugal: 81% (2025)

The air in Guatemala carries 2.6 times as much fine dust as in Portugal

Guatemala: 27.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024)

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

Guatemala: 23.4 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Guatemala are 92% deadlier than in Portugal

Guatemala: 21.1 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023)

Guatemala is on average 7.8 °C warmer than Portugal

Guatemala: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Guatemala gets 2.3 times as much rain as Portugal

Guatemala: 1,811 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg)