Sweden’s coastline is 8 times as long as Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 400 km (2026 edition) · Sweden: 3,218 km (2026 edition)

Guatemala’s highest peak towers 2,120 m above Sweden’s

Guatemala: 4,220 m (2026 edition) · Sweden: 2,100 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Guatemala, versus 7.3% of Sweden

Guatemala: 46% (2024) · Sweden: 7.3% (2024)

Guatemala has 76% more people than Sweden

Guatemala: 18.7 million (2025) · Sweden: 10.6 million (2025)

Guatemala is 6.7 times as densely populated as Sweden

Guatemala: 174 per km² (2025) · Sweden: 26 per km² (2025)

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

Guatemala: 22.6 years (2023) · Sweden: 39.9 years (2023)

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

Guatemala: 2.29 children per woman (2024) · Sweden: 1.43 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Sweden are 65 or older, versus 5.0% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5% (2025) · Sweden: 20.9% (2025)

Sweden hosts 160 times as many refugees per resident as Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Sweden: 13.6 per 1,000 (2025)

Sweden has produced 28.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Guatemala 1.1

Guatemala: 1.1 (2026) · Sweden: 28.3 (2026)

Guatemala and Sweden are practically level

Guatemala: 1 (2026) · Sweden: 1 (2026)

Sweden’s economy is 5.4 times the size of Guatemala’s

Guatemala: $123 billion (2025) · Sweden: $669 billion (2025)

Sweden produces 4.8 times as much per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: Int$15,197 (2025) · Sweden: Int$72,529 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Guatemala than in Sweden (Gini 15.9 points higher)

Guatemala: 45.2 (2023) · Sweden: 29.3 (2023)

9.7% of people in Guatemala live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.8% in Sweden

Guatemala: 9.7% (2023) · Sweden: 0.8% (2023)

Unemployment is 8.7% in Sweden, versus 2.6% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 2.6% (2025) · Sweden: 8.7% (2025)

Sweden spends 2.5% of its GDP on the military, Guatemala 0.5%

Guatemala: 0.5% (2025) · Sweden: 2.5% (2025)

Sweden’s central government collects 27% of GDP in tax, Guatemala’s 12%

Guatemala: 11.6% (2024) · Sweden: 27.2% (2024)

Sweden’s price level (US = 100) is 2× Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 43% (2025) · Sweden: 87% (2025)

Sweden spends 17 times as much on health per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: $392 (2023) · Sweden: $6,485 (2024)

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

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

Sweden has 3.4 times as many doctors per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: 1.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Sweden: 4.4 per 1,000 (2021)

Sweden has 4.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Sweden is 2.3 times that in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Sweden: 12.7 per 100k (2023)

27% of adults in Guatemala are obese, versus 19% in Sweden

Guatemala: 26.7% (2024) · Sweden: 18.7% (2024)

20% of adults in Sweden smoke, versus 11% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 11.2% (2024) · Sweden: 20.3% (2024)

People in Sweden rate their lives 0.72 points higher than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 6.53 (2025) · Sweden: 7.26 (2025)

Adults in Sweden drink 2.8 times as much alcohol as in Guatemala

Guatemala: 3.1 litres (2023) · Sweden: 8.7 litres (2023)

Sweden has 26% more meat per person than Guatemala

Guatemala: 54.3 kg (2023) · Sweden: 68.4 kg (2023)

Sweden has 544 kcal more food per person per day than Guatemala

Guatemala: 2,823 kcal (2023) · Sweden: 3,367 kcal (2023)

Workers in Guatemala put in 719 more hours a year than in Sweden

Guatemala: 2,151 hours (2023) · Sweden: 1,432 hours (2023)

Adults in Sweden went to school 6.9 years longer than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.8 years (2023) · Sweden: 12.7 years (2023)

Sweden welcomed 7.6 times as many tourists per resident as Guatemala (2019)

Guatemala: 0.08 (2022) · Sweden: 0.63 (2022)

Sweden has 11 more World Heritage sites than Guatemala (15 against 4)

Guatemala: 4 (2026) · Sweden: 15 (2026)

Sweden has won 709 Olympic medals, Guatemala 3

Guatemala: 3 (2026 edition) · Sweden: 709 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Sweden are online, versus 60% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 60% (2024) · Sweden: 96% (2025)

Home internet in Sweden is 67% faster than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 149 Mbps (2026) · Sweden: 248 Mbps (2026)

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

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

89% of people in Sweden live in cities, versus 56% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 56% (2025) · Sweden: 89% (2025)

Sweden has 141 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Guatemala 113

Guatemala: 113 (2024) · Sweden: 141 (2024)

Sweden’s railway network is 12 times as long as Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 800 km (2018) · Sweden: 9,714 km (2021)

Airlines from Sweden fly 156 times as many passengers per resident as those from Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.01 (2023) · Sweden: 1.85 (2023)

Forest covers 69% of Sweden, but only 33% of Guatemala

Guatemala: 33.1% (2024) · Sweden: 68.6% (2024)

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

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

71% of Sweden’s electricity is renewable, versus 68% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 68.3% (2024) · Sweden: 71.2% (2025)

The air in Guatemala carries 4.9 times as much fine dust as in Sweden

Guatemala: 27.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Sweden: 5.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 20 times as likely to be murdered in Guatemala as in Sweden

Guatemala: 23.4 per 100k (2023) · Sweden: 1.1 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Guatemala are 6.2 times as deadly as in Sweden

Guatemala: 21.1 per 100k (2023) · Sweden: 3.4 per 100k (2023)

Guatemala is on average 19.4 °C warmer than Sweden

Guatemala: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sweden: 4.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Guatemala gets 2.3 times as much rain as Sweden

Guatemala: 1,811 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sweden: 801 mm (2016–2025 avg)