Cuba vs Guatemala

Cuba and Guatemala compared on 9 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Guatemala has about 1.7 times as many people as Cuba: 18.7 million against 10.9 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Cuba ($9,605 in 2020) is 46% higher than in Guatemala ($6,598 in 2025).
• The economy grew faster in Guatemala (4.3% in 2025) than in Cuba (-1.1% in 2024), a difference of 5.4 percentage points.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Guatemala (2.6%) than in Cuba (1.7%), a difference of 0.9 percentage points in 2025.
• A baby born in Cuba can expect to live 5.6 years longer than one born in Guatemala: 78.3 years against 72.7 years in 2024.
• The population of Cuba is older: half of its people are over 41.7 years, against 22.6 years in Guatemala in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Cuba (70.5%) than in Guatemala (60.2%), a difference of 10.3 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Cuba (1.9 tonnes) are 73% higher than in Guatemala (1.1 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Cuba (34.9%) than in Guatemala (33.1%), a difference of 1.8 percentage points in 2024.