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Guatemala vs Venezuela
How Guatemala and Venezuela compare on 33 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Guatemala was higher: 72.6 years against 72.5 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Guatemala was higher: $4,688 against $1,519
- Population · In 2023, Venezuela was higher: 28.3 million people against 18.1 million people
- Military spending · In 2017, Venezuela was higher: 2.23% of GDP against 0.38% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Venezuela was higher: 3.39 tonnes against 1.11 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyGuatemala: 72.6 years in 2023Venezuela: 72.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGuatemala: 2.1 per 100 live births in 2024Venezuela: 2.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGuatemala: 17.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Venezuela: 15.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionGuatemala: 3.22% in 2017Venezuela: 2.82% in 2017
- Suicide rateGuatemala: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Venezuela: 8.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGuatemala: 18.1 million people in 2023Venezuela: 28.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthGuatemala: 1.55% a year in 2023Venezuela: 0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGuatemala: 2.31 births per woman in 2023Venezuela: 2.08 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGuatemala: 56.3% in 2025Venezuela: 89.3% in 2025
- Median ageGuatemala: 22.6 years in 2023Venezuela: 29 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGuatemala: 4.7% in 2023Venezuela: 9.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateGuatemala: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Venezuela: -4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGuatemala: 0.52% of GDP in 2025Venezuela: 2.23% of GDP in 2017
- Military spending per personGuatemala: $34 in 2025Venezuela: $69 in 2017
- Armed forces personnelGuatemala: 43,000 people in 2020Venezuela: 343,000 people in 2020
- National powerGuatemala: 0.09% of world capability in 2022Venezuela: 0.34% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGuatemala: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020Venezuela: 3.47% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGuatemala: 6 million TIV in 2023Venezuela: 98 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, 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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