Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Guatemala instead of Bhutan, you would:

Health

be 3.3 times more likely to be obese

In Bhutan, 6.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Guatemala, that number is 21.2% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 28.1% less likely to be unemployed

In Bhutan, 3.2% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Guatemala, that number is 2.3% as of 2017.

make 22.9% less money

Bhutan has a GDP per capita of $10,900 as of 2020, while in Guatemala, the GDP per capita is $8,400 as of 2020.

be 7.2 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Bhutan, 8.2% live below the poverty line as of 2017. In Guatemala, however, that number is 59.3% as of 2014.

Life

be 48.1% less likely to die during childbirth

In Bhutan, approximately 183.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Guatemala, 95.0 women do as of 2017.

be 21.3% more likely to be literate

In Bhutan, the literacy rate is 66.6% as of 2017. In Guatemala, it is 80.8% as of 2018.

have 40.2% more children

In Bhutan, there are approximately 15.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Guatemala, there are 22.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 52.2% less on education

Bhutan spends 6.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Guatemala spends 3.3% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

spend 72.2% more on healthcare

Bhutan spends 3.6% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Guatemala, that number is 6.2% of GDP as of 2019.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Guatemala: At a glance

Guatemala is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 107,159 sq km. The Maya civilization flourished in Guatemala and surrounding regions during the first millennium A.D. After almost three centuries as a Spanish colony, Guatemala won its independence in 1821. During the second half of the 20th century, it experienced a variety of military and civilian governments, as well as a 36-year guerrilla war. In 1996, the government signed a peace agreement formally ending the internal conflict, which had left more than 200,000 people dead and had created, by some estimates, about 1 million refugees.
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