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

Health

be 27.7% more likely to be obese

In Kyrgyzstan, 16.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Guatemala, that number is 21.2% of people as of 2016.

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Economy

make 98.4% more money

Kyrgyzstan has a GDP per capita of $6,400 as of 2023, while in Guatemala, the GDP per capita is $12,700 as of 2023.

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be 32.9% less likely to be unemployed

In Kyrgyzstan, 4.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Guatemala, that number is 2.7% as of 2023.

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be 78.1% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Kyrgyzstan, 33.3% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Guatemala, however, that number is 59.3% as of 2014.

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Life

have 14.4% more children

In Kyrgyzstan, there are approximately 18.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Guatemala, there are 21.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 92.0% more likely to die during childbirth

In Kyrgyzstan, approximately 50.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Guatemala, 96.0 women do as of 2020.

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be 16.4% less likely to be literate

In Kyrgyzstan, the literacy rate is 99.6% as of 2018. In Guatemala, it is 83.3% as of 2021.

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Expenditures

spend 50.0% less on education

Kyrgyzstan spends 6.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Guatemala spends 3.1% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

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spend 22.6% more on healthcare

Kyrgyzstan spends 5.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Guatemala, that number is 6.5% of GDP as of 2020.

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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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