Tanzania’s coastline is 3.6 times as long as Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 400 km (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition)

Tanzania’s highest peak towers 1,675 m above Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 4,220 m (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Guatemala, versus 45% of Tanzania

Guatemala: 46% (2024) · Tanzania: 45.1% (2024)

Tanzania has 3.8 times as many people as Guatemala

Guatemala: 18.7 million (2025) · Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025)

Guatemala is 2.2 times as densely populated as Tanzania

Guatemala: 174 per km² (2025) · Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Guatemala is 5.4 years older than in Tanzania

Guatemala: 22.6 years (2023) · Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023)

Women in Tanzania have 2.3 more children on average than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 2.29 children per woman (2024) · Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024)

5.0% of people in Guatemala are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Tanzania

Guatemala: 5% (2025) · Tanzania: 3% (2025)

Tanzania hosts 29 times as many refugees per resident as Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Tanzania: 2.4 per 1,000 (2025)

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

Guatemala: 1.1 (2026) · Tanzania: 0 (2026)

Tanzania has 2 official languages, Guatemala 1

Guatemala: 1 (2026) · Tanzania: 2 (2026)

Guatemala’s economy is 37% larger than Tanzania’s

Guatemala: $123 billion (2025) · Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025)

Guatemala produces 3.4 times as much per person as Tanzania

Guatemala: Int$15,197 (2025) · Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Guatemala than in Tanzania (Gini 4.7 points higher)

Guatemala: 45.2 (2023) · Tanzania: 40.5 (2018)

51% of people in Tanzania live on less than $3 a day, versus 9.7% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 9.7% (2023) · Tanzania: 51.3% (2018)

Unemployment is 2.6% in Guatemala, versus 1.6% in Tanzania

Guatemala: 2.6% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.6% (2025)

Tanzania spends 1.2% of its GDP on the military, Guatemala 0.5%

Guatemala: 0.5% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.2% (2025)

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

Guatemala: 11.6% (2024) · Tanzania: 12.3% (2024)

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

Guatemala: 43% (2025) · Tanzania: 29% (2025)

Guatemala spends 11 times as much on health per person as Tanzania

Guatemala: $392 (2023) · Tanzania: $36 (2023)

A baby in Tanzania is 67% more likely to die before turning one than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 17.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Guatemala has 9.6 times as many doctors per person as Tanzania

Guatemala: 1.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Tanzania: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Tanzania has 87% more hospital beds per person than Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Tanzania is 2.7 times that in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 14.9 per 100k (2023)

27% of adults in Guatemala are obese, versus 10% in Tanzania

Guatemala: 26.7% (2024) · Tanzania: 10.5% (2024)

11% of adults in Guatemala smoke, versus 7.7% in Tanzania

Guatemala: 11.2% (2024) · Tanzania: 7.7% (2024)

People in Guatemala rate their lives 2.63 points higher than in Tanzania

Guatemala: 6.53 (2025) · Tanzania: 3.90 (2025)

Adults in Guatemala drink 2 times as much alcohol as in Tanzania

Guatemala: 3.1 litres (2023) · Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023)

Guatemala has 4.5 times as much meat per person as Tanzania

Guatemala: 54.3 kg (2023) · Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023)

Guatemala has 305 kcal more food per person per day than Tanzania

Guatemala: 2,823 kcal (2023) · Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023)

Workers in Guatemala put in 22 more hours a year than in Tanzania

Guatemala: 2,151 hours (2023) · Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023)

Adults in Tanzania went to school 0.22 years longer than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.8 years (2023) · Tanzania: 6.1 years (2023)

Guatemala welcomed 3.7 times as many tourists per resident as Tanzania (2019)

Guatemala: 0.08 (2022) · Tanzania: 0.02 (2022)

Tanzania has 3 more World Heritage sites than Guatemala (7 against 4)

Guatemala: 4 (2026) · Tanzania: 7 (2026)

Guatemala has won 3 Olympic medals, Tanzania 2

Guatemala: 3 (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 2 (2026 edition)

60% of people in Guatemala are online, versus 31% in Tanzania

Guatemala: 60% (2024) · Tanzania: 31% (2024)

Home internet in Guatemala is 2.6 times as fast as in Tanzania

Guatemala: 149 Mbps (2026) · Tanzania: 56 Mbps (2026)

91% of people in Guatemala have electricity, versus 52% in Tanzania

Guatemala: 90.9% (2024) · Tanzania: 52.4% (2024)

56% of people in Guatemala live in cities, versus 37% in Tanzania

Guatemala: 56% (2025) · Tanzania: 37% (2025)

Tanzania has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Guatemala 113

Guatemala: 113 (2024) · Tanzania: 127 (2024)

Tanzania’s railway network is 3.4 times as long as Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 800 km (2018) · Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017)

Airlines from Tanzania fly 2.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.01 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.03 (2023)

Forest covers 50% of Tanzania, but only 33% of Guatemala

Guatemala: 33.1% (2024) · Tanzania: 49.6% (2024)

The average person in Guatemala emits 3.7 times as much CO₂ as someone in Tanzania

Guatemala: 1.1 t (2024) · Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024)

68% of Guatemala’s electricity is renewable, versus 33% in Tanzania

Guatemala: 68.3% (2024) · Tanzania: 32.9% (2024)

The air in Guatemala carries 13% more fine dust than in Tanzania

Guatemala: 27.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Tanzania: 24.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 6.2 times as likely to be murdered in Guatemala as in Tanzania

Guatemala: 23.4 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020)

Roads in Guatemala are 5% deadlier than in Tanzania

Guatemala: 21.1 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 20.1 per 100k (2023)

Guatemala is on average 0.6 °C warmer than Tanzania

Guatemala: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Guatemala gets 64% more rain than Tanzania

Guatemala: 1,811 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg)