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Guatemala vs Haiti
How Guatemala and Haiti compare on 37 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Guatemala was higher: 72.6 years against 64.9 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Guatemala was higher: $4,688 against $1,111
- Population · In 2023, Guatemala was higher: 18.1 million people against 11.6 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Guatemala was higher: 0.52% of GDP against 0.12% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Guatemala was higher: 1.11 tonnes against 0.3 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyGuatemala: 72.6 years in 2023Haiti: 64.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGuatemala: 2.1 per 100 live births in 2024Haiti: 5.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGuatemala: 17.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Haiti: 43.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionGuatemala: 3.22% in 2017Haiti: 2.96% in 2017
- Suicide rateGuatemala: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Haiti: 8.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGuatemala: 18.1 million people in 2023Haiti: 11.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthGuatemala: 1.55% a year in 2023Haiti: 1.17% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGuatemala: 2.31 births per woman in 2023Haiti: 2.66 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGuatemala: 56.3% in 2025Haiti: 55.6% in 2025
- Median ageGuatemala: 22.6 years in 2023Haiti: 23.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGuatemala: 4.7% in 2023Haiti: 4.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateGuatemala: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Haiti: -2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGuatemala: 0.52% of GDP in 2025Haiti: 0.12% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGuatemala: $617M in 2025Haiti: $30.4M in 2025
- Military spending per personGuatemala: $34 in 2025Haiti: $3 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGuatemala: 3.5% of government spending in 2025Haiti: 2.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGuatemala: 43,000 people in 2020Haiti: 1,000 people in 2020
- National powerGuatemala: 0.09% of world capability in 2022Haiti: 0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGuatemala: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020Haiti: 0.02% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGuatemala: 6 million TIV in 2023Haiti: 1 million TIV in 2025
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, V-Dem, 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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