If you lived in Guatemala instead of Saudi Arabia, you would:

Health

be 40.1% less likely to be obese

In Saudi Arabia, 35.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Guatemala, that number is 21.2% of people as of 2016.

live 3.7 years less

In Saudi Arabia, the average life expectancy is 77 years (75 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022. In Guatemala, that number is 73 years (71 years for men, 75 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 61.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Saudi Arabia, 6.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Guatemala, that number is 2.3% as of 2017.

make 81.0% less money

Saudi Arabia has a GDP per capita of $44,300 as of 2020, while in Guatemala, the GDP per capita is $8,400 as of 2020.

Life

have 57.1% more children

In Saudi Arabia, there are approximately 14.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Guatemala, there are 22.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 5.6 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Saudi Arabia, approximately 17.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Guatemala, 95.0 women do as of 2017.

be 17.2% less likely to be literate

In Saudi Arabia, the literacy rate is 97.6% as of 2020. In Guatemala, it is 80.8% as of 2018.

be 2.1 times more likely to die during infancy

In Saudi Arabia, approximately 12.3 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 49.0% less likely to have internet access

In Saudi Arabia, approximately 98.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Guatemala, about 50.0% do as of 2020.

Geography

see 84.8% less coastline

Saudi Arabia has a total of 2,640 km of coastline. In Guatemala, that number is 400 km.


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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