Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 30.3% less likely to be obese

In Iraq, 30.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Guatemala, that number is 21.2% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 85.6% less likely to be unemployed

In Iraq, 16.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2012. In Guatemala, that number is 2.3% as of 2017.

pay a 53.3% lower top tax rate

Iraq has a top tax rate of 15.0% as of 2016. In Guatemala, the top tax rate is 7.0% as of 2016.

be 2.6 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Iraq, 23.0% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Guatemala, however, that number is 59.3% as of 2014.

Life

be 61.3% more likely to be literate

In Iraq, the literacy rate is 50.1% as of 2018. In Guatemala, it is 80.8% as of 2018.

be 20.3% more likely to die during childbirth

In Iraq, approximately 79.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Guatemala, 95.0 women do as of 2017.

be 33.4% more likely to die during infancy

In Iraq, approximately 19.6 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Guatemala, on the other hand, 26.2 children do as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 16.7% less likely to have internet access

In Iraq, approximately 60.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Guatemala, about 50.0% do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 37.8% more on healthcare

Iraq spends 4.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Guatemala, that number is 6.2% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 6.9 times more coastline

Iraq has a total of 58 km of coastline. In Guatemala, that number is 400 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance, Superintendence of the Tax Administration.

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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