Mexico’s coastline is 16 times as long as Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Mexico: 9,330 km (2026 edition)

Mexico’s highest peak towers 4,576 m above Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 72% of Bangladesh, versus 51% of Mexico

Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024) · Mexico: 50.6% (2024)

Bangladesh has 33% more people than Mexico

Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Mexico: 132 million (2025)

Bangladesh is 20 times as densely populated as Mexico

Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025) · Mexico: 68 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Mexico is 3.6 years older than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Mexico: 28.9 years (2023)

Women in Bangladesh have 0.2 more children on average than in Mexico

Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024)

8.5% of people in Mexico are 65 or older, versus 6.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Mexico: 8.5% (2025)

Bangladesh hosts 5.8 times as many refugees per resident as Mexico

Bangladesh: 6.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Mexico has produced 0.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Bangladesh 0.1

Bangladesh: 0.1 (2026) · Mexico: 0.2 (2026)

Bangladesh and Mexico are practically level

Bangladesh: 1 (2026) · Mexico: 1 (2026)

Mexico’s economy is 4 times the size of Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025)

Mexico produces 2.5 times as much per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Mexico than in Bangladesh (Gini 11.7 points higher)

Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Mexico: 42.6 (2024)

5.9% of people in Bangladesh live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.6% in Mexico

Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022) · Mexico: 1.6% (2024)

Unemployment is 3.8% in Bangladesh, versus 2.7% in Mexico

Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Mexico: 2.7% (2025)

Bangladesh and Mexico are practically level

Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025) · Mexico: 0.7% (2025)

Mexico’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Bangladesh’s 7.6%

Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021) · Mexico: 14.8% (2024)

Mexico’s price level (US = 100) is 2.1× Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Mexico: 54% (2025)

Mexico spends 14 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Mexico: $761 (2023)

A baby in Bangladesh is 2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Mexico

Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Mexico has 3.6 times as many doctors per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Mexico: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Mexico has 10% more hospital beds per person than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Mexico is 93% higher than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

37% of adults in Mexico are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Mexico: 37.4% (2024)

32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 16% in Mexico

Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Mexico: 15.7% (2024)

People in Mexico rate their lives 2.65 points higher than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Mexico: 6.97 (2025)

Adults in Mexico drink 2,296 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023)

Mexico has 17 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023)

Mexico has 717 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023)

Workers in Bangladesh put in 754 more hours a year than in Mexico

Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023)

Adults in Mexico went to school 2.6 years longer than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Mexico: 9.3 years (2023)

Mexico welcomed 176 times as many tourists per resident as Bangladesh (2019)

Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019) · Mexico: 0.34 (2024)

Mexico has 33 more World Heritage sites than Bangladesh (36 against 3)

Bangladesh: 3 (2026) · Mexico: 36 (2026)

Mexico has won 77 Olympic medals, Bangladesh none

Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition) · Mexico: 77 (2026 edition)

83% of people in Mexico are online, versus 53% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · Mexico: 83% (2024)

Home internet in Mexico is 77% faster than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026) · Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026)

Mexico and Bangladesh are practically level

Bangladesh: 99.5% (2024) · Mexico: 99.8% (2024)

80% of people in Mexico live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Mexico: 80% (2025)

Mexico has 116 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bangladesh 108

Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Mexico: 116 (2024)

Mexico’s railway network is 8.1 times as long as Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Mexico: 23,389 km (2017)

Airlines from Mexico fly 16 times as many passengers per resident as those from Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Mexico: 0.6 (2023)

Forest covers 34% of Mexico, but only 14% of Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024) · Mexico: 34.2% (2024)

The average person in Mexico emits 5.6 times as much CO₂ as someone in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · Mexico: 3.5 t (2024)

23% of Mexico’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Mexico: 23.1% (2025)

The air in Bangladesh carries 3.6 times as much fine dust as in Mexico

Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · Mexico: 18.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 11 times as likely to be murdered in Mexico as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Bangladesh are 81% deadlier than in Mexico

Bangladesh: 34.5 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

Bangladesh is on average 4.4 °C warmer than Mexico

Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 21.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Bangladesh gets 2.7 times as much rain as Mexico

Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 788 mm (2016–2025 avg)