Colombia vs Guatemala
Colombia vs Guatemala: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 53.7% in Colombia and 33.1% in Guatemala, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Colombia, by 20.6 percentage points, or 1.62 times that in Guatemala.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Colombia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Colombia ranked 45 and Guatemala ranked 104 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Colombia | Guatemala | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 53.7 | 33.1 | – |
| 2023 | 53.8 | 33.2 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 54 | 33.4 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 54.1 | 33.5 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 54.2 | 33.6 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 54.3 | 33.7 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 54.5 | 33.9 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 54.6 | 34 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 54.8 | 34.1 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 55 | 34.3 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 55 | 34.4 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 55.1 | 34.6 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 55.2 | 34.7 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 55.3 | 34.9 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 55.4 | 35.1 | 32 |
| 2009 | 55.5 | 35.5 | 32 |
| 2008 | 55.6 | 35.9 | 32 |
| 2007 | 55.7 | 36.4 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 55.8 | 36.8 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 55.9 | 37.3 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 56 | 37.7 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 56.1 | 38.1 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 56.2 | 38.6 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 56.3 | 39 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 56.4 | 39.4 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 56.6 | 40 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 56.9 | 40.6 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 57.1 | 41.2 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 57.3 | 41.8 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 57.5 | 42.4 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 57.8 | 43 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 58 | 43.5 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 58.2 | 44.1 | 33 |
| 1991 | 58.5 | 44.7 | – |
| 1990 | 58.7 | 45.3 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Colombia vs Guatemala
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023Guatemala: 72.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Guatemala: 2.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Guatemala: 17.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterColombia: 73.9% in 2022Guatemala: 56.3% in 2022
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017Guatemala: 3.22% in 2017
- Suicide rateColombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Guatemala: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023Guatemala: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023Guatemala: 1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023Guatemala: 2.31 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025Guatemala: 56.3% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023Guatemala: 22.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023Guatemala: 4.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023Guatemala: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025Guatemala: 0.52% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsColombia: $13.7B in 2025Guatemala: $617M in 2025
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025Guatemala: $34 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingColombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025Guatemala: 3.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelColombia: 428,000 people in 2020Guatemala: 43,000 people in 2020
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022Guatemala: 0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020Guatemala: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsColombia: 22 million TIV in 2025Guatemala: 6 million TIV in 2023