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Belize vs Guatemala
How Belize and Guatemala compare on 34 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Belize was higher: 73.6 years against 72.6 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Belize was higher: $6,374 against $4,688
- Population · In 2023, Guatemala was higher: 18.1 million people against 411,100 people
- Military spending · In 2025, Belize was higher: 1% of GDP against 0.52% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Guatemala was higher: 1.11 tonnes against 0.93 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyBelize: 73.6 years in 2023Guatemala: 72.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBelize: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Guatemala: 2.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBelize: 8.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Guatemala: 17.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBelize: 2.84% in 2017Guatemala: 3.22% in 2017
- Suicide rateBelize: 7.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Guatemala: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBelize: 411,100 people in 2023Guatemala: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthBelize: 1.46% a year in 2023Guatemala: 1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBelize: 2.01 births per woman in 2023Guatemala: 2.31 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBelize: 41.6% in 2025Guatemala: 56.3% in 2025
- Median ageBelize: 26 years in 2023Guatemala: 22.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBelize: 4.8% in 2023Guatemala: 4.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateBelize: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Guatemala: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBelize: 1% of GDP in 2025Guatemala: 0.52% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBelize: $32.9M in 2025Guatemala: $617M in 2025
- Military spending per personBelize: $79 in 2025Guatemala: $34 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBelize: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Guatemala: 3.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBelize: 2,000 people in 2020Guatemala: 43,000 people in 2020
- National powerBelize: 0% of world capability in 2022Guatemala: 0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBelize: 1.32% of the labour force in 2020Guatemala: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBelize: 1 million TIV in 2023Guatemala: 6 million TIV in 2023
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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