Mexico’s coastline is 87% longer than Argentina’s

Argentina: 4,989 km (2026 edition) · Mexico: 9,330 km (2026 edition)

Argentina’s highest peak towers 1,326 m above Mexico’s

Argentina: 6,962 m (2026 edition) · Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 51% of Mexico, versus 30% of Argentina

Argentina: 29.5% (2024) · Mexico: 50.6% (2024)

Mexico has 2.9 times as many people as Argentina

Argentina: 45.9 million (2025) · Mexico: 132 million (2025)

Mexico is 4.1 times as densely populated as Argentina

Argentina: 17 per km² (2025) · Mexico: 68 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Argentina is 3.2 years older than in Mexico

Argentina: 32.1 years (2023) · Mexico: 28.9 years (2023)

Women in Mexico have 0.4 more children on average than in Argentina

Argentina: 1.5 children per woman (2024) · Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024)

13% of people in Argentina are 65 or older, versus 8.5% in Mexico

Argentina: 12.6% (2025) · Mexico: 8.5% (2025)

Mexico hosts 11 times as many refugees per resident as Argentina

Argentina: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Argentina has produced 0.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Mexico 0.2

Argentina: 0.9 (2026) · Mexico: 0.2 (2026)

Argentina has 2 official languages, Mexico 1

Argentina: 2 (2026) · Mexico: 1 (2026)

Mexico’s economy is 2.7 times the size of Argentina’s

Argentina: $683 billion (2025) · Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025)

Argentina produces 26% more per person than Mexico

Argentina: Int$32,587 (2025) · Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025)

Mexico and Argentina are practically level

Argentina: 42.4 (2024) · Mexico: 42.6 (2024)

1.6% of people in Mexico live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.0% in Argentina

Argentina: 1% (2024) · Mexico: 1.6% (2024)

Unemployment is 7.1% in Argentina, versus 2.7% in Mexico

Argentina: 7.1% (2025) · Mexico: 2.7% (2025)

Mexico and Argentina are practically level

Argentina: 0.6% (2025) · Mexico: 0.7% (2025)

Mexico’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Argentina’s 10%

Argentina: 10.4% (2024) · Mexico: 14.8% (2024)

Mexico’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Argentina’s

Argentina: 46% (2025) · Mexico: 54% (2025)

Argentina spends 91% more on health per person than Mexico

Argentina: $1,457 (2023) · Mexico: $761 (2023)

A baby in Mexico is 51% more likely to die before turning one than in Argentina

Argentina: 8 per 1,000 (2024) · Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Argentina has 2 times as many doctors per person as Mexico

Argentina: 5.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Mexico: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Argentina has 3.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Mexico

Argentina: 3.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Argentina is 29% higher than in Mexico

Argentina: 11.2 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

38% of adults in Argentina are obese, versus 37% in Mexico

Argentina: 38.1% (2024) · Mexico: 37.4% (2024)

24% of adults in Argentina smoke, versus 16% in Mexico

Argentina: 23.5% (2024) · Mexico: 15.7% (2024)

People in Mexico rate their lives 0.54 points higher than in Argentina

Argentina: 6.43 (2025) · Mexico: 6.97 (2025)

Adults in Argentina drink 6% more alcohol than in Mexico

Argentina: 7.1 litres (2023) · Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023)

Argentina has 47% more meat per person than Mexico

Argentina: 115 kg (2023) · Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023)

Argentina has 56 kcal more food per person per day than Mexico

Argentina: 3,360 kcal (2023) · Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023)

Workers in Mexico put in 17 more hours a year than in Argentina

Argentina: 1,612 hours (2023) · Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023)

Adults in Argentina went to school 1.8 years longer than in Mexico

Argentina: 11.2 years (2023) · Mexico: 9.3 years (2023)

Mexico welcomed 2.4 times as many tourists per resident as Argentina (2019)

Argentina: 0.14 (2024) · Mexico: 0.34 (2024)

Mexico has 24 more World Heritage sites than Argentina (36 against 12)

Argentina: 12 (2026) · Mexico: 36 (2026)

Argentina has won 80 Olympic medals, Mexico 77

Argentina: 80 (2026 edition) · Mexico: 77 (2026 edition)

90% of people in Argentina are online, versus 83% in Mexico

Argentina: 90% (2024) · Mexico: 83% (2024)

Home internet in Argentina is 27% faster than in Mexico

Argentina: 192 Mbps (2026) · Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Mexico have electricity, versus 98% in Argentina

Argentina: 98.4% (2024) · Mexico: 99.8% (2024)

92% of people in Argentina live in cities, versus 80% in Mexico

Argentina: 92% (2025) · Mexico: 80% (2025)

Argentina has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Mexico 116

Argentina: 140 (2024) · Mexico: 116 (2024)

Mexico’s railway network is 31% longer than Argentina’s

Argentina: 17,866 km (2019) · Mexico: 23,389 km (2017)

Airlines from Mexico fly 30% more passengers per resident than those from Argentina

Argentina: 0.46 (2023) · Mexico: 0.6 (2023)

Forest covers 34% of Mexico, but only 17% of Argentina

Argentina: 17.1% (2024) · Mexico: 34.2% (2024)

The average person in Argentina emits 6% more CO₂ than someone in Mexico

Argentina: 3.7 t (2024) · Mexico: 3.5 t (2024)

35% of Argentina’s electricity is renewable, versus 23% in Mexico

Argentina: 34.6% (2025) · Mexico: 23.1% (2025)

The air in Mexico carries 26% more fine dust than in Argentina

Argentina: 14.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Mexico: 18.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 5.5 times as likely to be murdered in Mexico as in Argentina

Argentina: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Mexico are 17% deadlier than in Argentina

Argentina: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

Mexico is on average 6.3 °C warmer than Argentina

Argentina: 15.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 21.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Mexico gets 18% more rain than Argentina

Argentina: 670 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 788 mm (2016–2025 avg)