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

Guatemala: 400 km (2026 edition) · Thailand: 3,219 km (2026 edition)

Guatemala’s highest peak towers 1,655 m above Thailand’s

Guatemala: 4,220 m (2026 edition) · Thailand: 2,565 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 46% of Guatemala, versus 43% of Thailand

Guatemala: 46% (2024) · Thailand: 43.3% (2024)

Thailand has 3.8 times as many people as Guatemala

Guatemala: 18.7 million (2025) · Thailand: 71.6 million (2025)

Guatemala is 24% more densely populated than Thailand

Guatemala: 174 per km² (2025) · Thailand: 140 per km² (2025)

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

Guatemala: 22.6 years (2023) · Thailand: 39.7 years (2023)

Women in Guatemala have 1.1 more children on average than in Thailand

Guatemala: 2.29 children per woman (2024) · Thailand: 1.2 children per woman (2024)

16% of people in Thailand are 65 or older, versus 5.0% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5% (2025) · Thailand: 16% (2025)

Thailand hosts 14 times as many refugees per resident as Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Thailand: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

Guatemala and Thailand are practically level

Guatemala: 1 (2026) · Thailand: 1 (2026)

Thailand’s economy is 4.7 times the size of Guatemala’s

Guatemala: $123 billion (2025) · Thailand: $577 billion (2025)

Thailand produces 73% more per person than Guatemala

Guatemala: Int$15,197 (2025) · Thailand: Int$26,250 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Guatemala than in Thailand (Gini 11.9 points higher)

Guatemala: 45.2 (2023) · Thailand: 33.3 (2024)

9.7% of people in Guatemala live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Thailand

Guatemala: 9.7% (2023) · Thailand: 0% (2024)

Unemployment is 2.6% in Guatemala, versus 0.8% in Thailand

Guatemala: 2.6% (2025) · Thailand: 0.8% (2025)

Thailand spends 1.0% of its GDP on the military, Guatemala 0.5%

Guatemala: 0.5% (2025) · Thailand: 1% (2025)

Thailand’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Guatemala’s 12%

Guatemala: 11.6% (2024) · Thailand: 15.2% (2024)

Guatemala’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Thailand’s

Guatemala: 43% (2025) · Thailand: 31% (2025)

Guatemala spends 20% more on health per person than Thailand

Guatemala: $392 (2023) · Thailand: $327 (2023)

A baby in Guatemala is 2.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Thailand

Guatemala: 17.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Thailand: 7.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Guatemala has 2.4 times as many doctors per person as Thailand

Guatemala: 1.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Thailand: 0.5 per 1,000 (2021)

Thailand has 5.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Thailand: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Thailand is 75% higher than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

27% of adults in Guatemala are obese, versus 16% in Thailand

Guatemala: 26.7% (2024) · Thailand: 15.5% (2024)

18% of adults in Thailand smoke, versus 11% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 11.2% (2024) · Thailand: 17.8% (2024)

People in Guatemala rate their lives 0.24 points higher than in Thailand

Guatemala: 6.53 (2025) · Thailand: 6.30 (2025)

Adults in Thailand drink 2.6 times as much alcohol as in Guatemala

Guatemala: 3.1 litres (2023) · Thailand: 7.9 litres (2023)

Guatemala has 2.2 times as much meat per person as Thailand

Guatemala: 54.3 kg (2023) · Thailand: 24.5 kg (2023)

Thailand has 32 kcal more food per person per day than Guatemala

Guatemala: 2,823 kcal (2023) · Thailand: 2,855 kcal (2023)

Workers in Thailand put in 27 more hours a year than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 2,151 hours (2023) · Thailand: 2,177 hours (2023)

Adults in Thailand went to school 3.2 years longer than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 5.8 years (2023) · Thailand: 9 years (2023)

Thailand welcomed 6.7 times as many tourists per resident as Guatemala (2019)

Guatemala: 0.08 (2022) · Thailand: 0.56 (2019)

Thailand has 5 more World Heritage sites than Guatemala (9 against 4)

Guatemala: 4 (2026) · Thailand: 9 (2026)

Thailand has won 41 Olympic medals, Guatemala 3

Guatemala: 3 (2026 edition) · Thailand: 41 (2026 edition)

91% of people in Thailand are online, versus 60% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 60% (2024) · Thailand: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Thailand is 2.4 times as fast as in Guatemala

Guatemala: 149 Mbps (2026) · Thailand: 360 Mbps (2026)

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

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

63% of people in Thailand live in cities, versus 56% in Guatemala

Guatemala: 56% (2025) · Thailand: 63% (2025)

Thailand has 161 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Guatemala 113

Guatemala: 113 (2024) · Thailand: 161 (2024)

Thailand’s railway network is 5.1 times as long as Guatemala’s

Guatemala: 800 km (2018) · Thailand: 4,092 km (2017)

Airlines from Thailand fly 61 times as many passengers per resident as those from Guatemala

Guatemala: 0.01 (2023) · Thailand: 0.72 (2023)

Forest covers 39% of Thailand, but only 33% of Guatemala

Guatemala: 33.1% (2024) · Thailand: 38.7% (2024)

The average person in Thailand emits 3.5 times as much CO₂ as someone in Guatemala

Guatemala: 1.1 t (2024) · Thailand: 3.7 t (2024)

68% of Guatemala’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Thailand

Guatemala: 68.3% (2024) · Thailand: 16.6% (2025)

The air in Guatemala carries 19% more fine dust than in Thailand

Guatemala: 27.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Thailand: 23.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Guatemala: 23.4 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: no data

Roads in Thailand are 69% deadlier than in Guatemala

Guatemala: 21.1 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 35.6 per 100k (2023)

Thailand is on average 3.1 °C warmer than Guatemala

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

Guatemala gets 9% more rain than Thailand

Guatemala: 1,811 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 1,657 mm (2016–2025 avg)