Sri Lanka’s coastline is 3.4 times as long as Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 400 km (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 1,340 km (2026 edition)

Guatemala’s highest peak towers 1,696 m above Sri Lanka’s

Guatemala: 4,220 m (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2,524 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 49% of Sri Lanka, versus 46% of Guatemala

Guatemala: 46% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 48.8% (2024)

Sri Lanka has 16% more people than Guatemala

Guatemala: 18.7 million (2025) · Sri Lanka: 21.8 million (2025)

Sri Lanka is 2 times as densely populated as Guatemala

Guatemala: 174 per km² (2025) · Sri Lanka: 352 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Sri Lanka is 10 years older than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 22.6 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 32.8 years (2023)

Women in Guatemala have 0.3 more children on average than in Sri Lanka

Guatemala: 2.29 children per woman (2024) · Sri Lanka: 1.95 children per woman (2024)

12% of people in Sri Lanka are 65 or older, versus 5.0% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 12.5% (2025)

Guatemala hosts 8.7 times as many refugees per resident as Sri Lanka

Guatemala: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 0.0098 per 1,000 (2025)

Guatemala has produced 1.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Sri Lanka none

Guatemala: 1.1 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 0 (2026)

Sri Lanka has 2 official languages, Guatemala 1

Guatemala: 1 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026)

Guatemala’s economy is 13% larger than Sri Lanka’s

Guatemala: $123 billion (2025) · Sri Lanka: $109 billion (2025)

Sri Lanka produces 12% more per person than Guatemala

Guatemala: Int$15,197 (2025) · Sri Lanka: Int$17,065 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Guatemala than in Sri Lanka (Gini 7.5 points higher)

Guatemala: 45.2 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 37.7 (2019)

9.7% of people in Guatemala live on less than $3 a day, versus 2.7% in Sri Lanka

Guatemala: 9.7% (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2.7% (2019)

Unemployment is 4.0% in Sri Lanka, versus 2.6% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 2.6% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4% (2025)

Sri Lanka spends 1.3% of its GDP on the military, Guatemala 0.5%

Guatemala: 0.5% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 1.3% (2025)

Guatemala’s central government collects 12% of GDP in tax, Sri Lanka’s 9.9%

Guatemala: 11.6% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 9.9% (2023)

Guatemala’s price level (US = 100) is 1.5× Sri Lanka’s

Guatemala: 43% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 29% (2025)

Guatemala spends 2.9 times as much on health per person as Sri Lanka

Guatemala: $392 (2023) · Sri Lanka: $134 (2023)

A baby in Guatemala is 3.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Sri Lanka

Guatemala: 17.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 5.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Guatemala has 13% more doctors per person than Sri Lanka

Guatemala: 1.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Sri Lanka: 1.1 per 1,000 (2023)

Sri Lanka has 8.7 times as many hospital beds per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Sri Lanka is 2.5 times that in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 14 per 100k (2023)

27% of adults in Guatemala are obese, versus 11% in Sri Lanka

Guatemala: 26.7% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 11.2% (2024)

21% of adults in Sri Lanka smoke, versus 11% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 11.2% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7% (2024)

People in Guatemala rate their lives 2.52 points higher than in Sri Lanka

Guatemala: 6.53 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4.01 (2025)

Adults in Guatemala drink 23% more alcohol than in Sri Lanka

Guatemala: 3.1 litres (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2.5 litres (2023)

Guatemala has 4.7 times as much meat per person as Sri Lanka

Guatemala: 54.3 kg (2023) · Sri Lanka: 11.6 kg (2023)

Guatemala has 148 kcal more food per person per day than Sri Lanka

Guatemala: 2,823 kcal (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,675 kcal (2023)

Workers in Guatemala put in 97 more hours a year than in Sri Lanka

Guatemala: 2,151 hours (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,053 hours (2023)

Adults in Sri Lanka went to school 4.9 years longer than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.8 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 10.8 years (2023)

Guatemala welcomed 2.6 times as many tourists per resident as Sri Lanka (2019)

Guatemala: 0.08 (2022) · Sri Lanka: 0.03 (2022)

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

Guatemala: 4 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 8 (2026)

Guatemala has won 3 Olympic medals, Sri Lanka 2

Guatemala: 3 (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026 edition)

60% of people in Guatemala are online, versus 55% in Sri Lanka

Guatemala: 60% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 55% (2024)

Home internet in Guatemala is 2.4 times as fast as in Sri Lanka

Guatemala: 149 Mbps (2026) · Sri Lanka: 63 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Sri Lanka have electricity, versus 91% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 90.9% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 100% (2024)

56% of people in Guatemala live in cities, versus 20% in Sri Lanka

Guatemala: 56% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 20% (2025)

Sri Lanka has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Guatemala 113

Guatemala: 113 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 133 (2024)

Sri Lanka’s railway network is 2 times as long as Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 800 km (2018) · Sri Lanka: 1,562 km (2019)

Airlines from Sri Lanka fly 15 times as many passengers per resident as those from Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.01 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 0.18 (2023)

Forest covers 34% of Sri Lanka, but only 33% of Guatemala

Guatemala: 33.1% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 34.4% (2024)

The average person in Guatemala emits 20% more CO₂ than someone in Sri Lanka

Guatemala: 1.1 t (2024) · Sri Lanka: 0.9 t (2024)

68% of Guatemala’s electricity is renewable, versus 62% in Sri Lanka

Guatemala: 68.3% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 61.6% (2025)

The air in Guatemala carries 34% more fine dust than in Sri Lanka

Guatemala: 27.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 7.1 times as likely to be murdered in Guatemala as in Sri Lanka

Guatemala: 23.4 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 3.3 per 100k (2019)

Guatemala and Sri Lanka are nearly identical here

Guatemala: 21.1 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 21.1 per 100k (2023)

Sri Lanka is on average 3.1 °C warmer than Guatemala

Guatemala: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Sri Lanka gets 2% more rain than Guatemala

Guatemala: 1,811 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 1,839 mm (2016–2025 avg)