Mexico’s coastline is 24 times as long as Belize’s

Belize: 386 km (2026 edition) · Mexico: 9,330 km (2026 edition)

Mexico’s highest peak towers 4,512 m above Belize’s

Belize: 1,124 m (2026 edition) · Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 51% of Mexico, versus 8.2% of Belize

Belize: 8.2% (2024) · Mexico: 50.6% (2024)

Mexico has 312 times as many people as Belize

Belize: 422,924 (2025) · Mexico: 132 million (2025)

Mexico is 3.7 times as densely populated as Belize

Belize: 19 per km² (2025) · Mexico: 68 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Mexico is 2.9 years older than in Belize

Belize: 25.9 years (2023) · Mexico: 28.9 years (2023)

Women in Belize have 0.1 more children on average than in Mexico

Belize: 2.02 children per woman (2024) · Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024)

8.5% of people in Mexico are 65 or older, versus 5.2% in Belize

Belize: 5.2% (2025) · Mexico: 8.5% (2025)

Mexico hosts 40% more refugees per resident than Belize

Belize: 0.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Belize: no data · Mexico: 0.2 (2026)

Belize has 3 official languages, Mexico 1

Belize: 3 (2026) · Mexico: 1 (2026)

Mexico’s economy is 551 times the size of Belize’s

Belize: $3.33 billion (2025) · Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025)

Mexico produces 73% more per person than Belize

Belize: Int$14,966 (2025) · Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Mexico than in Belize (Gini 2.7 points higher)

Belize: 39.9 (2018) · Mexico: 42.6 (2024)

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

Belize: 1% (2018) · Mexico: 1.6% (2024)

Unemployment is 8.9% in Belize, versus 2.7% in Mexico

Belize: 8.9% (2025) · Mexico: 2.7% (2025)

Belize and Mexico are practically level

Belize: 1% (2025) · Mexico: 0.7% (2025)

Belize’s central government collects 21% of GDP in tax, Mexico’s 15%

Belize: 21.3% (2017) · Mexico: 14.8% (2024)

Mexico’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Belize’s

Belize: 53% (2025) · Mexico: 54% (2025)

Mexico spends 2.5 times as much on health per person as Belize

Belize: $309 (2023) · Mexico: $761 (2023)

A baby in Mexico is 12% more likely to die before turning one than in Belize

Belize: 10.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Mexico has 2.4 times as many doctors per person as Belize

Belize: 1.1 per 1,000 (2018) · Mexico: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Mexico has 1% more hospital beds per person than Belize

Belize: 1 per 1,000 (2023) · Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Belize is 9% higher than in Mexico

Belize: 9.5 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

43% of adults in Belize are obese, versus 37% in Mexico

Belize: 43.2% (2024) · Mexico: 37.4% (2024)

16% of adults in Mexico smoke, versus 8.5% in Belize

Belize: 8.5% (2024) · Mexico: 15.7% (2024)

People in Mexico rate their lives 0.26 points higher than in Belize

Belize: 6.71 (2025) · Mexico: 6.97 (2025)

Adults in Mexico drink 34% more alcohol than in Belize

Belize: 5 litres (2023) · Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023)

Mexico has 15% more meat per person than Belize

Belize: 68.2 kg (2023) · Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023)

Mexico has 473 kcal more food per person per day than Belize

Belize: 2,832 kcal (2023) · Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023)

Belize: no data · Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023)

Adults in Mexico went to school 0.59 years longer than in Belize

Belize: 8.8 years (2023) · Mexico: 9.3 years (2023)

Belize welcomed 2.7 times as many tourists per resident as Mexico (2019)

Belize: 0.93 (2022) · Mexico: 0.34 (2024)

Mexico has 35 more World Heritage sites than Belize (36 against 1)

Belize: 1 (2026) · Mexico: 36 (2026)

Mexico has won 77 Olympic medals, Belize none

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

83% of people in Mexico are online, versus 80% in Belize

Belize: 80% (2024) · Mexico: 83% (2024)

Home internet in Mexico is 2.1 times as fast as in Belize

Belize: 72 Mbps (2026) · Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026)

Mexico and Belize are practically level

Belize: 99.6% (2024) · Mexico: 99.8% (2024)

80% of people in Mexico live in cities, versus 42% in Belize

Belize: 42% (2025) · Mexico: 80% (2025)

Mexico has 116 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Belize 67

Belize: 67 (2022) · Mexico: 116 (2024)

Belize: no data · Mexico: 23,389 km (2017)

Airlines from Belize fly 3.1 times as many passengers per resident as those from Mexico

Belize: 1.84 (2023) · Mexico: 0.6 (2023)

Forest covers 58% of Belize, but only 34% of Mexico

Belize: 58% (2024) · Mexico: 34.2% (2024)

The average person in Mexico emits 85% more CO₂ than someone in Belize

Belize: 1.9 t (2024) · Mexico: 3.5 t (2024)

87% of Belize’s electricity is renewable, versus 23% in Mexico

Belize: 87.2% (2024) · Mexico: 23.1% (2025)

The air in Mexico carries 27% more fine dust than in Belize

Belize: 14.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Mexico: 18.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 13% more likely to be murdered in Belize than in Mexico

Belize: 28.1 per 100k (2022) · Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Belize are 25% deadlier than in Mexico

Belize: 23.8 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

Belize is on average 4.8 °C warmer than Mexico

Belize: 26.2°C (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 21.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Belize gets 2 times as much rain as Mexico

Belize: 1,553 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 788 mm (2016–2025 avg)