Guatemala’s coastline is 78% longer than Romania’s

Guatemala: 400 km (2026 edition) · Romania: 225 km (2026 edition)

Guatemala’s highest peak towers 1,676 m above Romania’s

Guatemala: 4,220 m (2026 edition) · Romania: 2,544 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 55% of Romania, versus 46% of Guatemala

Guatemala: 46% (2024) · Romania: 55.2% (2024)

Romania has 2% more people than Guatemala

Guatemala: 18.7 million (2025) · Romania: 19 million (2025)

Guatemala is 2.1 times as densely populated as Romania

Guatemala: 174 per km² (2025) · Romania: 83 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Romania is 20 years older than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 22.6 years (2023) · Romania: 42.6 years (2023)

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

Guatemala: 2.29 children per woman (2024) · Romania: 1.39 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in Romania are 65 or older, versus 5.0% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5% (2025) · Romania: 20.1% (2025)

Romania hosts 128 times as many refugees per resident as Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Romania: 10.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Romania has produced 2.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Guatemala 1.1

Guatemala: 1.1 (2026) · Romania: 2.1 (2026)

Guatemala and Romania are practically level

Guatemala: 1 (2026) · Romania: 1 (2026)

Romania’s economy is 3.5 times the size of Guatemala’s

Guatemala: $123 billion (2025) · Romania: $429 billion (2025)

Romania produces 3.3 times as much per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: Int$15,197 (2025) · Romania: Int$50,895 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Guatemala than in Romania (Gini 15.4 points higher)

Guatemala: 45.2 (2023) · Romania: 29.8 (2023)

9.7% of people in Guatemala live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.7% in Romania

Guatemala: 9.7% (2023) · Romania: 0.7% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.0% in Romania, versus 2.6% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 2.6% (2025) · Romania: 6% (2025)

Romania spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Guatemala 0.5%

Guatemala: 0.5% (2025) · Romania: 2.3% (2025)

Romania’s central government collects 16% of GDP in tax, Guatemala’s 12%

Guatemala: 11.6% (2024) · Romania: 16.2% (2024)

Romania’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 43% (2025) · Romania: 44% (2025)

Romania spends 2.7 times as much on health per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: $392 (2023) · Romania: $1,051 (2023)

A baby in Guatemala is 2.9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Romania

Guatemala: 17.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Romania: 6 per 1,000 (2024)

Romania has 2.8 times as many doctors per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: 1.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Romania: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Romania has 16 times as many hospital beds per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Romania: 7.2 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Romania is 49% higher than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 8.2 per 100k (2023)

38% of adults in Romania are obese, versus 27% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 26.7% (2024) · Romania: 37.7% (2024)

30% of adults in Romania smoke, versus 11% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 11.2% (2024) · Romania: 29.7% (2024)

People in Romania rate their lives 0.10 points higher than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 6.53 (2025) · Romania: 6.63 (2025)

Adults in Romania drink 5.6 times as much alcohol as in Guatemala

Guatemala: 3.1 litres (2023) · Romania: 17.1 litres (2023)

Romania has 34% more meat per person than Guatemala

Guatemala: 54.3 kg (2023) · Romania: 72.5 kg (2023)

Romania has 826 kcal more food per person per day than Guatemala

Guatemala: 2,823 kcal (2023) · Romania: 3,649 kcal (2023)

Workers in Guatemala put in 325 more hours a year than in Romania

Guatemala: 2,151 hours (2023) · Romania: 1,826 hours (2023)

Adults in Romania went to school 5.7 years longer than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.8 years (2023) · Romania: 11.6 years (2023)

Romania welcomed 8.4 times as many tourists per resident as Guatemala (2019)

Guatemala: 0.08 (2022) · Romania: 0.7 (2024)

Romania has 7 more World Heritage sites than Guatemala (11 against 4)

Guatemala: 4 (2026) · Romania: 11 (2026)

Romania has won 318 Olympic medals, Guatemala 3

Guatemala: 3 (2026 edition) · Romania: 318 (2026 edition)

91% of people in Romania are online, versus 60% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 60% (2024) · Romania: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Romania is 2.1 times as fast as in Guatemala

Guatemala: 149 Mbps (2026) · Romania: 316 Mbps (2026)

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

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

56% of people in Guatemala live in cities, versus 52% in Romania

Guatemala: 56% (2025) · Romania: 52% (2025)

Romania has 120 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Guatemala 113

Guatemala: 113 (2024) · Romania: 120 (2024)

Romania’s railway network is 13 times as long as Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 800 km (2018) · Romania: 10,769 km (2021)

Airlines from Romania fly 12 times as many passengers per resident as those from Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.01 (2023) · Romania: 0.15 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of Guatemala, but only 30% of Romania

Guatemala: 33.1% (2024) · Romania: 30.2% (2024)

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

Guatemala: 1.1 t (2024) · Romania: 3.6 t (2024)

68% of Guatemala’s electricity is renewable, versus 47% in Romania

Guatemala: 68.3% (2024) · Romania: 47% (2025)

The air in Guatemala carries 94% more fine dust than in Romania

Guatemala: 27.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Romania: 14.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 21 times as likely to be murdered in Guatemala as in Romania

Guatemala: 23.4 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 1.1 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Guatemala are 55% deadlier than in Romania

Guatemala: 21.1 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 13.6 per 100k (2023)

Guatemala is on average 12.7 °C warmer than Romania

Guatemala: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 11°C (2016–2025 avg)

Guatemala gets 2.4 times as much rain as Romania

Guatemala: 1,811 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg)