Mexico’s coastline is 140 times as long as Belgium’s

Belgium: 67 km (2026 edition) · Mexico: 9,330 km (2026 edition)

Mexico’s highest peak towers 4,942 m above Belgium’s

Belgium: 694 m (2026 edition) · Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 51% of Mexico, versus 44% of Belgium

Belgium: 44.4% (2024) · Mexico: 50.6% (2024)

Mexico has 11 times as many people as Belgium

Belgium: 11.9 million (2025) · Mexico: 132 million (2025)

Belgium is 5.8 times as densely populated as Mexico

Belgium: 392 per km² (2025) · Mexico: 68 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Belgium is 13 years older than in Mexico

Belgium: 41.4 years (2023) · Mexico: 28.9 years (2023)

Women in Mexico have 0.5 more children on average than in Belgium

Belgium: 1.44 children per woman (2024) · Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Belgium are 65 or older, versus 8.5% in Mexico

Belgium: 21% (2025) · Mexico: 8.5% (2025)

Belgium hosts 14 times as many refugees per resident as Mexico

Belgium: 15.6 per 1,000 (2025) · Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Belgium has produced 8.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Mexico 0.2

Belgium: 8.4 (2026) · Mexico: 0.2 (2026)

Belgium has 3 official languages, Mexico 1

Belgium: 3 (2026) · Mexico: 1 (2026)

Mexico’s economy is 2.5 times the size of Belgium’s

Belgium: $725 billion (2025) · Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025)

Belgium produces 2.9 times as much per person as Mexico

Belgium: Int$74,676 (2025) · Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Mexico than in Belgium (Gini 15.8 points higher)

Belgium: 26.8 (2023) · Mexico: 42.6 (2024)

1.6% of people in Mexico live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Belgium

Belgium: 0.1% (2023) · Mexico: 1.6% (2024)

Unemployment is 5.9% in Belgium, versus 2.7% in Mexico

Belgium: 5.9% (2025) · Mexico: 2.7% (2025)

Belgium spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Mexico 0.7%

Belgium: 2% (2025) · Mexico: 0.7% (2025)

Belgium’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Mexico’s 15%

Belgium: 23% (2024) · Mexico: 14.8% (2024)

Belgium’s price level (US = 100) is 1.5× Mexico’s

Belgium: 81% (2025) · Mexico: 54% (2025)

Belgium spends 7.8 times as much on health per person as Mexico

Belgium: $5,931 (2023) · Mexico: $761 (2023)

A baby in Mexico is 3.9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Belgium

Belgium: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Belgium has 38% more doctors per person than Mexico

Belgium: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Mexico: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Belgium has 5.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Mexico

Belgium: 5.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Belgium is 74% higher than in Mexico

Belgium: 15.1 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

37% of adults in Mexico are obese, versus 23% in Belgium

Belgium: 22.9% (2024) · Mexico: 37.4% (2024)

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

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

People in Mexico rate their lives 0.05 points higher than in Belgium

Belgium: 6.93 (2025) · Mexico: 6.97 (2025)

Adults in Belgium drink 43% more alcohol than in Mexico

Belgium: 9.5 litres (2023) · Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023)

Mexico has 30% more meat per person than Belgium

Belgium: 60 kg (2023) · Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023)

Belgium has 617 kcal more food per person per day than Mexico

Belgium: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023)

Workers in Mexico put in 36 more hours a year than in Belgium

Belgium: 1,593 hours (2023) · Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023)

Adults in Belgium went to school 3.3 years longer than in Mexico

Belgium: 12.7 years (2023) · Mexico: 9.3 years (2023)

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

Belgium: 0.81 (2024) · Mexico: 0.34 (2024)

Mexico has 20 more World Heritage sites than Belgium (36 against 16)

Belgium: 16 (2026) · Mexico: 36 (2026)

Belgium has won 177 Olympic medals, Mexico 77

Belgium: 177 (2026 edition) · Mexico: 77 (2026 edition)

96% of people in Belgium are online, versus 83% in Mexico

Belgium: 96% (2024) · Mexico: 83% (2024)

Home internet in Belgium is 67% faster than in Mexico

Belgium: 254 Mbps (2026) · Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026)

Belgium and Mexico are practically level

Belgium: 100% (2024) · Mexico: 99.8% (2024)

88% of people in Belgium live in cities, versus 80% in Mexico

Belgium: 88% (2025) · Mexico: 80% (2025)

Mexico has 116 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Belgium 104

Belgium: 104 (2024) · Mexico: 116 (2024)

Mexico’s railway network is 6.5 times as long as Belgium’s

Belgium: 3,612 km (2021) · Mexico: 23,389 km (2017)

Airlines from Belgium fly 60% more passengers per resident than those from Mexico

Belgium: 0.95 (2023) · Mexico: 0.6 (2023)

Forest covers 34% of Mexico, but only 22% of Belgium

Belgium: 22% (2024) · Mexico: 34.2% (2024)

The average person in Belgium emits 2.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Mexico

Belgium: 7.3 t (2024) · Mexico: 3.5 t (2024)

39% of Belgium’s electricity is renewable, versus 23% in Mexico

Belgium: 38.9% (2025) · Mexico: 23.1% (2025)

The air in Mexico carries 2 times as much fine dust as in Belgium

Belgium: 9.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Mexico: 18.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 23 times as likely to be murdered in Mexico as in Belgium

Belgium: 1.1 per 100k (2021) · Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Mexico are 2.8 times as deadly as in Belgium

Belgium: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

Mexico is on average 10.4 °C warmer than Belgium

Belgium: 11°C (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 21.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Belgium gets 18% more rain than Mexico

Belgium: 928 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 788 mm (2016–2025 avg)