Guatemala: 400 km (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 0 km (2026 edition)

Switzerland’s highest peak towers 414 m above Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 4,220 m (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 4,634 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Guatemala, versus 38% of Switzerland

Guatemala: 46% (2024) · Switzerland: 37.7% (2024)

Guatemala has 2.1 times as many people as Switzerland

Guatemala: 18.7 million (2025) · Switzerland: 9.09 million (2025)

Switzerland is 32% more densely populated than Guatemala

Guatemala: 174 per km² (2025) · Switzerland: 230 per km² (2025)

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

Guatemala: 22.6 years (2023) · Switzerland: 42.3 years (2023)

Women in Guatemala have 1.0 more children on average than in Switzerland

Guatemala: 2.29 children per woman (2024) · Switzerland: 1.29 children per woman (2024)

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

Guatemala: 5% (2025) · Switzerland: 20.4% (2025)

Switzerland hosts 270 times as many refugees per resident as Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Switzerland: 22.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Switzerland has produced 20.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Guatemala 1.1

Guatemala: 1.1 (2026) · Switzerland: 20.9 (2026)

Switzerland has 4 official languages, Guatemala 1

Guatemala: 1 (2026) · Switzerland: 4 (2026)

Switzerland’s economy is 8.5 times the size of Guatemala’s

Guatemala: $123 billion (2025) · Switzerland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

Switzerland produces 6.7 times as much per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: Int$15,197 (2025) · Switzerland: Int$102,513 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Guatemala than in Switzerland (Gini 11.7 points higher)

Guatemala: 45.2 (2023) · Switzerland: 33.5 (2023)

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

Guatemala: 9.7% (2023) · Switzerland: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 4.9% in Switzerland, versus 2.6% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 2.6% (2025) · Switzerland: 4.9% (2025)

Switzerland and Guatemala are practically level

Guatemala: 0.5% (2025) · Switzerland: 0.8% (2025)

Guatemala’s central government collects 12% of GDP in tax, Switzerland’s 9.5%

Guatemala: 11.6% (2024) · Switzerland: 9.5% (2024)

Switzerland’s price level (US = 100) is 2.6× Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 43% (2025) · Switzerland: 112% (2025)

Switzerland spends 30 times as much on health per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: $392 (2023) · Switzerland: $11,784 (2023)

A baby in Guatemala is 5.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Switzerland

Guatemala: 17.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Switzerland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Switzerland has 3.5 times as many doctors per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: 1.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Switzerland: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)

Switzerland has 9.7 times as many hospital beds per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Switzerland: 4.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Switzerland is 2.1 times that in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 11.6 per 100k (2023)

27% of adults in Guatemala are obese, versus 13% in Switzerland

Guatemala: 26.7% (2024) · Switzerland: 12.9% (2024)

23% of adults in Switzerland smoke, versus 11% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 11.2% (2024) · Switzerland: 23.1% (2024)

People in Switzerland rate their lives 0.48 points higher than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 6.53 (2025) · Switzerland: 7.02 (2025)

Adults in Switzerland drink 2.9 times as much alcohol as in Guatemala

Guatemala: 3.1 litres (2023) · Switzerland: 8.8 litres (2023)

Switzerland has 18% more meat per person than Guatemala

Guatemala: 54.3 kg (2023) · Switzerland: 64 kg (2023)

Switzerland has 579 kcal more food per person per day than Guatemala

Guatemala: 2,823 kcal (2023) · Switzerland: 3,402 kcal (2023)

Workers in Guatemala put in 622 more hours a year than in Switzerland

Guatemala: 2,151 hours (2023) · Switzerland: 1,529 hours (2023)

Adults in Switzerland went to school 8.1 years longer than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.8 years (2023) · Switzerland: 13.9 years (2023)

Switzerland welcomed 12 times as many tourists per resident as Guatemala (2019)

Guatemala: 0.08 (2022) · Switzerland: 1.04 (2022)

Switzerland has 9 more World Heritage sites than Guatemala (13 against 4)

Guatemala: 4 (2026) · Switzerland: 13 (2026)

Switzerland has won 403 Olympic medals, Guatemala 3

Guatemala: 3 (2026 edition) · Switzerland: 403 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Switzerland are online, versus 60% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 60% (2024) · Switzerland: 97% (2025)

Home internet in Switzerland is 2.7 times as fast as in Guatemala

Guatemala: 149 Mbps (2026) · Switzerland: 399 Mbps (2026)

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

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

86% of people in Switzerland live in cities, versus 56% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 56% (2025) · Switzerland: 86% (2025)

Switzerland has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Guatemala 113

Guatemala: 113 (2024) · Switzerland: 129 (2024)

Switzerland’s railway network is 5.2 times as long as Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 800 km (2018) · Switzerland: 4,122 km (2021)

Airlines from Switzerland fly 257 times as many passengers per resident as those from Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.01 (2023) · Switzerland: 3.05 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of Guatemala, but only 32% of Switzerland

Guatemala: 33.1% (2024) · Switzerland: 32% (2024)

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

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

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

Guatemala: 68.3% (2024) · Switzerland: 67.8% (2025)

The air in Guatemala carries 3.1 times as much fine dust as in Switzerland

Guatemala: 27.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Switzerland: 9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 39 times as likely to be murdered in Guatemala as in Switzerland

Guatemala: 23.4 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 0.6 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Guatemala are 5.4 times as deadly as in Switzerland

Guatemala: 21.1 per 100k (2023) · Switzerland: 3.9 per 100k (2023)

Guatemala is on average 17.2 °C warmer than Switzerland

Guatemala: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 6.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

Guatemala gets 12% more rain than Switzerland

Guatemala: 1,811 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Switzerland: 1,616 mm (2016–2025 avg)