Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Guatemala instead of Iraq, you would:

Health

be 30.3% less likely to be obese

In Iraq, 30.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Guatemala, that number is 21.2% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 82.5% less likely to be unemployed

In Iraq, 15.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Guatemala, that number is 2.7% as of 2023.

pay a 53.3% lower top tax rate

Iraq has a top tax rate of 15.0% as of 2016. In Guatemala, the top tax rate is 7.0% as of 2016.

be 2.6 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Iraq, 23.0% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Guatemala, however, that number is 59.3% as of 2014.

Life

be 66.3% more likely to be literate

In Iraq, the literacy rate is 50.1% as of 2018. In Guatemala, it is 83.3% as of 2021.

be 26.3% more likely to die during childbirth

In Iraq, approximately 76.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Guatemala, 96.0 women do as of 2020.

be 33.4% more likely to die during infancy

In Iraq, approximately 19.6 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Guatemala, on the other hand, 26.2 children do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 34.0% less on education

Iraq spends 4.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2016. Guatemala spends 3.1% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

spend 27.5% more on healthcare

Iraq spends 5.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Guatemala, that number is 6.5% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 6.9 times more coastline

Iraq has a total of 58 km of coastline. In Guatemala, that number is 400 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance, Superintendence of the Tax Administration.

Guatemala: At a glance

Guatemala is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 107,159 sq km. The Maya civilization flourished in Guatemala and surrounding regions during the first millennium A.D. After almost three centuries as a Spanish colony, Guatemala won its independence in 1821. During the second half of the 20th century, it experienced a variety of military and civilian governments, as well as a 36-year guerrilla war. In 1996, the government signed a peace agreement formally ending the internal conflict, which had left more than 200,000 people dead and had created, by some estimates, about 1 million refugees.
Read more

How big is Guatemala compared to Iraq? See an in-depth size comparison.

Share this

ASK THE ELSEWHERE COMMUNITY

Join the Elsewhere community and ask a question about Guatemala.or Iraq It's a free, question-and-answer based forum to discuss what life is like in countries and cities around the world.