South Korea’s coastline is 6 times as long as Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 400 km (2026 edition) · South Korea: 2,413 km (2026 edition)

Guatemala’s highest peak towers 2,270 m above South Korea’s

Guatemala: 4,220 m (2026 edition) · South Korea: 1,950 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Guatemala, versus 16% of South Korea

Guatemala: 46% (2024) · South Korea: 16% (2024)

South Korea has 2.8 times as many people as Guatemala

Guatemala: 18.7 million (2025) · South Korea: 51.7 million (2025)

South Korea is 3 times as densely populated as Guatemala

Guatemala: 174 per km² (2025) · South Korea: 530 per km² (2025)

The typical person in South Korea is 22 years older than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 22.6 years (2023) · South Korea: 44.5 years (2023)

Women in Guatemala have 1.5 more children on average than in South Korea

Guatemala: 2.29 children per woman (2024) · South Korea: 0.75 children per woman (2024)

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

Guatemala: 5% (2025) · South Korea: 20.3% (2025)

South Korea and Guatemala are nearly identical here

Guatemala: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · South Korea: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Guatemala has produced 1.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, South Korea 0.6

Guatemala: 1.1 (2026) · South Korea: 0.6 (2026)

Guatemala and South Korea are practically level

Guatemala: 1 (2026) · South Korea: 1 (2026)

South Korea’s economy is 15 times the size of Guatemala’s

Guatemala: $123 billion (2025) · South Korea: $1.87 trillion (2025)

South Korea produces 4.2 times as much per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: Int$15,197 (2025) · South Korea: Int$63,125 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Guatemala than in South Korea (Gini 12.3 points higher)

Guatemala: 45.2 (2023) · South Korea: 32.9 (2021)

9.7% of people in Guatemala live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in South Korea

Guatemala: 9.7% (2023) · South Korea: 0.1% (2021)

South Korea and Guatemala are practically level

Guatemala: 2.6% (2025) · South Korea: 2.7% (2025)

South Korea spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, Guatemala 0.5%

Guatemala: 0.5% (2025) · South Korea: 2.6% (2025)

South Korea’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Guatemala’s 12%

Guatemala: 11.6% (2024) · South Korea: 13.3% (2024)

South Korea’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 43% (2025) · South Korea: 57% (2025)

South Korea spends 8 times as much on health per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: $392 (2023) · South Korea: $3,137 (2024)

A baby in Guatemala is 7.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in South Korea

Guatemala: 17.2 per 1,000 (2024) · South Korea: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024)

South Korea has 2 times as many doctors per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: 1.3 per 1,000 (2020) · South Korea: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

South Korea has 28 times as many hospital beds per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · South Korea: 12.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in South Korea is 4.3 times that in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 23.4 per 100k (2023)

27% of adults in Guatemala are obese, versus 7.5% in South Korea

Guatemala: 26.7% (2024) · South Korea: 7.5% (2024)

19% of adults in South Korea smoke, versus 11% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 11.2% (2024) · South Korea: 18.6% (2024)

People in Guatemala rate their lives 0.49 points higher than in South Korea

Guatemala: 6.53 (2025) · South Korea: 6.04 (2025)

Adults in South Korea drink 2.7 times as much alcohol as in Guatemala

Guatemala: 3.1 litres (2023) · South Korea: 8.3 litres (2023)

South Korea has 55% more meat per person than Guatemala

Guatemala: 54.3 kg (2023) · South Korea: 84 kg (2023)

South Korea has 607 kcal more food per person per day than Guatemala

Guatemala: 2,823 kcal (2023) · South Korea: 3,430 kcal (2023)

Workers in Guatemala put in 240 more hours a year than in South Korea

Guatemala: 2,151 hours (2023) · South Korea: 1,910 hours (2023)

Adults in South Korea went to school 6.9 years longer than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.8 years (2023) · South Korea: 12.7 years (2023)

South Korea welcomed 3.8 times as many tourists per resident as Guatemala (2019)

Guatemala: 0.08 (2022) · South Korea: 0.32 (2024)

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

Guatemala: 4 (2026) · South Korea: 17 (2026)

South Korea has won 409 Olympic medals, Guatemala 3

Guatemala: 3 (2026 edition) · South Korea: 409 (2026 edition)

98% of people in South Korea are online, versus 60% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 60% (2024) · South Korea: 98% (2024)

Home internet in South Korea is 2 times as fast as in Guatemala

Guatemala: 149 Mbps (2026) · South Korea: 298 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in South Korea have electricity, versus 91% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 90.9% (2024) · South Korea: 100% (2024)

81% of people in South Korea live in cities, versus 56% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 56% (2025) · South Korea: 81% (2025)

South Korea has 173 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Guatemala 113

Guatemala: 113 (2024) · South Korea: 173 (2024)

South Korea’s railway network is 5.4 times as long as Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 800 km (2018) · South Korea: 4,309 km (2021)

Airlines from South Korea fly 125 times as many passengers per resident as those from Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.01 (2023) · South Korea: 1.48 (2023)

Forest covers 64% of South Korea, but only 33% of Guatemala

Guatemala: 33.1% (2024) · South Korea: 64.4% (2024)

The average person in South Korea emits 10 times as much CO₂ as someone in Guatemala

Guatemala: 1.1 t (2024) · South Korea: 11.3 t (2024)

68% of Guatemala’s electricity is renewable, versus 10% in South Korea

Guatemala: 68.3% (2024) · South Korea: 10.4% (2025)

The air in Guatemala carries 32% more fine dust than in South Korea

Guatemala: 27.7 µg/m³ (2024) · South Korea: 21 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 49 times as likely to be murdered in Guatemala as in South Korea

Guatemala: 23.4 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 0.5 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Guatemala are 2.4 times as deadly as in South Korea

Guatemala: 21.1 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

Guatemala is on average 10.5 °C warmer than South Korea

Guatemala: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 13.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Guatemala gets 43% more rain than South Korea

Guatemala: 1,811 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 1,265 mm (2016–2025 avg)