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Belize vs Guatemala

105 shared metrics.

BelizeLeads in 50

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GuatemalaLeads in 55

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Belize

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Identity

Name origin: traditionally believed to be derived from the Spanish pronunciation of the last name of Scottish explorer Peter Wallace, who settled in the area in 1638.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Belize guards the largest barrier reef in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Guatemala

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Guatemala.

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Identity

Name origin: the Spanish conquistadors' first capital (established in 1524) was a former Mayan settlement called "Quauhtemallan" by their Nahuatl-speaking Mexican allies…

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Analysis

Guatemala leads in 55 of 105 shared metrics, while Belize leads in 50.

Belize's Merchant Fleet Size is 85.0x that of Guatemala (774 vs 9.0).

Belize's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 25.3x that of Guatemala (0.71 per 100k people vs 0.03 per 100k people).

Belize's Seafood Consumption per Person is 3.4x that of Guatemala (13.35 kg/person/yr vs 3.1 kg/person/yr).

Belize's Mobile Money Accounts is 3.1x that of Guatemala (13.67% of adults vs 3.3% of adults).

Belize's Youth Unemployment Rate is 3.1x that of Guatemala (19.32% of youth labor force vs 4.8% of youth labor force).

Key Comparisons

Merchant Fleet SizeBelize leads

Belize

774

Guatemala

9.0

EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)Belize leads

Belize

0.71 per 100k people

Guatemala

0.03 per 100k people

Seafood Consumption per PersonBelize leads

Belize

13.35 kg/person/yr

Guatemala

3.1 kg/person/yr

Mobile Money AccountsBelize leads

Belize

13.67% of adults

Guatemala

3.3% of adults

Youth Unemployment RateBelize leads

Belize

19.32% of youth labor force

Guatemala

4.8% of youth labor force

Beer ConsumptionBelize leads

Belize

3.1 L/person/yr

Guatemala

0.81 L/person/yr

All Metrics

Merchant Fleet Size

Belize

774

Guatemala

9.0

8500% higher

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Belize

0.71 per 100k people

Guatemala

0.03 per 100k people

2533% higher

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)

Seafood Consumption per Person

Belize

13.35 kg/person/yr

Guatemala

3.1 kg/person/yr

335% higher

Mobile Money Accounts

Belize

13.67% of adults

Guatemala

3.3% of adults

314% higher

Youth Unemployment Rate

Belize

19.32% of youth labor force

Guatemala

4.8% of youth labor force

306% higher

Beer Consumption

Belize

3.1 L/person/yr

Guatemala

0.81 L/person/yr

280% higher

Credit Card Ownership

Belize

14.91% of adults

Guatemala

4.2% of adults

256% higher

Air Passengers

Belize

776.2K

Guatemala

221.5K

250% higher

Exports (% GDP)

Belize

55.22% of GDP

Guatemala

15.89% of GDP

247% higher

Unemployment Rate

Belize

7.0%

Guatemala

2.2%

215% higher

Government Debt (% GDP)

Belize

99% of GDP

Guatemala

31.56% of GDP

214% higher

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Belize

1.0 per 1k

Guatemala

0.40 per 1k

150% higher

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Belize

4.0% of GDP

Guatemala

1.6% of GDP

146% higher

Military Spending

Belize

0.90% of GDP

Guatemala

0.37% of GDP

145% higher

Alcohol Consumption

Belize

3.7 L/adult/yr

Guatemala

1.5 L/adult/yr

138% higher

Digital Payments Used

Belize

51.16% of adults

Guatemala

22.58% of adults

127% higher

Broadband Access (%)

Belize

10 per 100 people

Guatemala

5.0 per 100 people

100% higher

High-Tech Exports (%)

Guatemala

Belize

0.00%

Guatemala

5.4%

100% lower

Irrigated Land

Guatemala

Belize

35 km²

Guatemala

3.4K km²

99% lower

Population

Guatemala

Belize

422.0K

Guatemala

18.26M

98% lower

Comparison of Belize and Guatemala across 105 metrics
				Winner
Merchant Fleet Size	774	9.0	8500% higher	Belize
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.71 per 100k people	0.03 per 100k people	2533% higher	Belize
Seafood Consumption per Person	13.35 kg/person/yr	3.1 kg/person/yr	335% higher	Belize
Mobile Money Accounts	13.67% of adults	3.3% of adults	314% higher	Belize
Youth Unemployment Rate	19.32% of youth labor force	4.8% of youth labor force	306% higher	Belize
Beer Consumption	3.1 L/person/yr	0.81 L/person/yr	280% higher	Belize
Credit Card Ownership	14.91% of adults	4.2% of adults	256% higher	Belize
Air Passengers	776.2K	221.5K	250% higher	Belize
Exports (% GDP)	55.22% of GDP	15.89% of GDP	247% higher	Belize
Unemployment Rate	7.0%	2.2%	215% higher	Belize
Government Debt (% GDP)	99% of GDP	31.56% of GDP	214% higher	Belize
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.0 per 1k	0.40 per 1k	150% higher	Belize
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	4.0% of GDP	1.6% of GDP	146% higher	Belize
Military Spending	0.90% of GDP	0.37% of GDP	145% higher	Belize
Alcohol Consumption	3.7 L/adult/yr	1.5 L/adult/yr	138% higher	Belize
Digital Payments Used	51.16% of adults	22.58% of adults	127% higher	Belize
Broadband Access (%)	10 per 100 people	5.0 per 100 people	100% higher	Belize
High-Tech Exports (%)	0.00%	5.4%	100% lower	Guatemala
Irrigated Land	35 km²	3.4K km²	99% lower	Guatemala
Population	422.0K	18.26M	98% lower	Guatemala
Total CO2 Emissions	0.39 Mt CO2e	20.37 Mt CO2e	98% lower	Guatemala
Water Withdrawal	0.10 B m³	3.3 B m³	97% lower	Guatemala
GDP (Nominal)	$3,203,631,800	$113,199,581,158.2	97% lower	Guatemala
Electricity Generation	0.45 TWh	13.46 TWh	97% lower	Guatemala
Electric Generating Capacity	220.0K kW	5.00M kW	96% lower	Guatemala
Armed Forces Personnel	2.0K	43.0K	95% lower	Guatemala
Capital Elevation	76 m	1.5K m	95% lower	Guatemala
Population Density	18.02 /km²	169.14 /km²	89% lower	Guatemala
Foreign Patents	27	249	89% lower	Guatemala
Protected Land (%)	37.3%	20.1%	86% higher	Belize
Scientific Publications	17.74	121.38	85% lower	Guatemala
Agricultural Land (%)	8.0%	43.04%	81% lower	Guatemala
Land Area	22.8K km²	107.2K km²	79% lower	Guatemala
Water Stress (%)	0.66%	3.0%	78% lower	Guatemala
CO2 Per Capita	1.9 t/person/yr	1.1 t/person/yr	77% higher	Belize
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	1.0 sites	4.0 sites	75% lower	Guatemala
Highest Elevation	1.1K m	4.2K m	73% lower	Guatemala
Milk Consumption per Person	80.3 kg/person/yr	46.6 kg/person/yr	72% higher	Belize
Imports (% GDP)	53.75% of GDP	31.45% of GDP	71% higher	Belize
Forest Coverage (%)	54.52%	32.6%	67% higher	Belize
Land Border Length	542 km	1.7K km	67% lower	Guatemala
Obesity Rate	41.91%	25.2%	66% higher	Belize
Forest Area	12.4K km²	34.9K km²	64% lower	Guatemala
Airports	28	58	52% lower	Guatemala
Renewable Energy (%)	30.8%	62.1%	50% lower	Guatemala
Border Neighbors	2.0	4.0	50% lower	Guatemala
Education Spending (% GDP)	4.6% of GDP	3.1% of GDP	49% higher	Belize
Electricity Carbon Intensity	170.21 gCO2/kWh	301.46 gCO2/kWh	44% lower	Guatemala
Health Spending (% GDP)	4.2% of GDP	7.4% of GDP	43% lower	Guatemala
Child Mortality	12.7 per 1k births	21.4 per 1k births	41% lower	Guatemala
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	67 per 100 people	113.71 per 100 people	41% lower	Guatemala
Infant Mortality	10.8 per 1k births	17.9 per 1k births	40% lower	Guatemala
Insufficient Physical Activity	40.68% of adults	29.3% of adults	39% higher	Belize
Road Traffic Death Rate	17.5 per 100k	12.6 per 100k	39% higher	Belize
Corruption Perceptions Index	36 pts	26 pts	38% higher	Belize
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	28.65 µg/m³	21.64 µg/m³	32% higher	Belize
Internet Users (%)	72%	56%	29% higher	Belize
Smoking Rate	8.8%	11.9%	26% lower	Guatemala
Tobacco Use Prevalence	8.4% of adults	11.2% of adults	25% lower	Guatemala
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	45.51 per 100k	36.3 per 100k	25% higher	Belize
Health Spending Per Capita	$297.42	$396.08	25% lower	Guatemala
Urban Population (%)	41.75%	55.95%	25% lower	Guatemala
GNI Per Capita	$7,150	$5,780	24% higher	Belize
Food Waste per Person	120.62 kg/person/yr	157.86 kg/person/yr	24% lower	Guatemala
Women in Parliament (%)	15.63%	20%	22% lower	Guatemala
Solar Electricity Share	2.1%	1.8%	20% higher	Belize
Homicide Rate	28.06 per 100k	23.37 per 100k	20% higher	Belize
Teen Birth Rate	55.23 per 1k	68.27 per 1k	19% lower	Guatemala
Dependency Ratio	46.2% of working-age pop.	57.3% of working-age pop.	19% lower	Guatemala
Hypertension Prevalence	37.7% of adults	31.7% of adults	19% higher	Belize
Tourist Arrivals	487.0K	594.0K	18% lower	Guatemala
Sanitation Access (%)	84.3%	71.17%	18% higher	Belize
Youth Population (%)	26.58%	31.58%	16% lower	Guatemala
Median Age	25.9 years	22.6 years	15% higher	Belize
Doctors (per 1,000)	1.1 per 1k	1.3 per 1k	15% lower	Guatemala
Suicide Rate	4.2 per 100k	4.9 per 100k	15% lower	Guatemala
Inflation Rate	3.3%	2.9%	14% higher	Belize
Can Raise Emergency Money	96.72% of adults	84.65% of adults	14% higher	Belize
Spirits Consumption	0.58 L/person/yr	0.67 L/person/yr	13% lower	Guatemala
Meat Consumption per Person	41.09 kg/person/yr	36.39 kg/person/yr	13% higher	Belize
Human Development Index	0.72	0.66	9% higher	Belize
University Enrollment Rate	24.81%	27.29%	9% lower	Guatemala
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	14 days/yr	15 days/yr	7% lower	Guatemala
Average Weekly Work Hours	39 hrs/week	42 hrs/week	7% lower	Guatemala
Adult Literacy Rate	87.88%	82.11%	7% higher	Belize
Women in Senior Management	41.71% of managers	39.81% of managers	5% higher	Belize
Vehicles per 1,000 People	189.44 per 1k people	199.78 per 1k people	5% lower	Guatemala
Coastline Length	386 km	400 km	4% lower	Guatemala
GDP Growth Rate	3.5%	3.7%	4% lower	Guatemala
Elderly Population (%)	5.0%	4.8%	4% higher	Belize
Fertility Rate	2.0 children/woman	2.0 children/woman	3% higher	Belize
Life Evaluation Score	6.7 pts	6.5 pts	3% higher	Belize
Birth Rate	17.44 per 1k	17.12 per 1k	2% higher	Belize
Death Rate	4.9 per 1k	5.0 per 1k	2% lower	Guatemala
Life Expectancy	73.6 years	72.6 years	1% higher	Belize
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Belize
Coal Electricity Share	0%	15.83%	ranked lower	Guatemala
Wind Electricity Share	0%	2.3%	ranked lower	Guatemala
Electricity Access (%)	99.6%	100%	equal	Guatemala
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$14,346.52	$14,368.66	equal	Guatemala
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0.11 per 1M people	ranked lower	Guatemala
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Belize
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Belize
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-3.5% of GDP	4.8% of GDP	ranked lower	Guatemala
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	7.5 per 1M people	ranked lower	Guatemala

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Analysis

Guatemala leads in 55 of 105 shared metrics, while Belize leads in 50.

Belize's Merchant Fleet Size is 85.0x that of Guatemala (774 vs 9.0).

Belize's EV Chargers per 100,000 People is 25.3x that of Guatemala (0.71 per 100k people vs 0.03 per 100k people).

Belize's Seafood Consumption per Person is 3.4x that of Guatemala (13.35 kg/person/yr vs 3.1 kg/person/yr).

Belize's Mobile Money Accounts is 3.1x that of Guatemala (13.67% of adults vs 3.3% of adults).

Belize's Youth Unemployment Rate is 3.1x that of Guatemala (19.32% of youth labor force vs 4.8% of youth labor force).

Key Comparisons

Merchant Fleet SizeBelize leads

Belize

774

Guatemala

9.0

Belize

0.71 per 100k people

Guatemala

0.03 per 100k people

Seafood Consumption per PersonBelize leads

Belize

13.35 kg/person/yr

Guatemala

3.1 kg/person/yr

Mobile Money AccountsBelize leads

Belize

13.67% of adults

Guatemala

3.3% of adults

Youth Unemployment RateBelize leads

Belize

19.32% of youth labor force

Guatemala

4.8% of youth labor force

Beer ConsumptionBelize leads

Belize

3.1 L/person/yr

Guatemala

0.81 L/person/yr

Merchant Fleet Size

774

9.0

0.71 per 100k people

0.03 per 100k people

Seafood Consumption per Person

13.35 kg/person/yr

3.1 kg/person/yr

Mobile Money Accounts

13.67% of adults

3.3% of adults

Youth Unemployment Rate

19.32% of youth labor force

4.8% of youth labor force

Beer Consumption

3.1 L/person/yr

0.81 L/person/yr

Credit Card Ownership

14.91% of adults

4.2% of adults

Air Passengers

776.2K

221.5K

Exports (% GDP)

55.22% of GDP

15.89% of GDP

Unemployment Rate

7.0%

2.2%

Government Debt (% GDP)

99% of GDP

31.56% of GDP

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

1.0 per 1k

0.40 per 1k

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

4.0% of GDP

1.6% of GDP

Military Spending

0.90% of GDP

0.37% of GDP

Alcohol Consumption

3.7 L/adult/yr

1.5 L/adult/yr

Digital Payments Used

51.16% of adults

22.58% of adults

Broadband Access (%)

10 per 100 people

5.0 per 100 people

High-Tech Exports (%)

0.00%

5.4%

Irrigated Land

35 km²

3.4K km²

Population

422.0K

18.26M

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Merchant Fleet Size

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Seafood Consumption per Person

Mobile Money Accounts

Youth Unemployment Rate

Beer Consumption

Credit Card Ownership

Air Passengers

Exports (% GDP)

Unemployment Rate

Government Debt (% GDP)

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Military Spending

Alcohol Consumption

Digital Payments Used

Broadband Access (%)

High-Tech Exports (%)

Irrigated Land

Population

Total CO2 Emissions

Water Withdrawal

GDP (Nominal)

Electricity Generation

Electric Generating Capacity

Armed Forces Personnel

Capital Elevation

Population Density

Foreign Patents

Protected Land (%)

Scientific Publications

Agricultural Land (%)

Land Area

Water Stress (%)

CO2 Per Capita

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Highest Elevation

Milk Consumption per Person

Imports (% GDP)

Forest Coverage (%)

Land Border Length

Obesity Rate

Forest Area

Airports

Renewable Energy (%)

Border Neighbors

Education Spending (% GDP)

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Health Spending (% GDP)

Child Mortality

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Infant Mortality

Insufficient Physical Activity

Road Traffic Death Rate

Corruption Perceptions Index

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Internet Users (%)

Smoking Rate

Tobacco Use Prevalence

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Health Spending Per Capita

Urban Population (%)

GNI Per Capita

Food Waste per Person

Women in Parliament (%)

Solar Electricity Share

Homicide Rate

Teen Birth Rate

Dependency Ratio

Hypertension Prevalence

Tourist Arrivals

Sanitation Access (%)