Mexico’s coastline is 25% longer than Brazil’s

Brazil: 7,491 km (2026 edition) · Mexico: 9,330 km (2026 edition)

Mexico’s highest peak towers 2,642 m above Brazil’s

Brazil: 2,994 m (2026 edition) · Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 51% of Mexico, versus 28% of Brazil

Brazil: 28.4% (2024) · Mexico: 50.6% (2024)

Brazil has 61% more people than Mexico

Brazil: 213 million (2025) · Mexico: 132 million (2025)

Mexico is 2.7 times as densely populated as Brazil

Brazil: 25 per km² (2025) · Mexico: 68 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Brazil is 5.1 years older than in Mexico

Brazil: 33.9 years (2023) · Mexico: 28.9 years (2023)

Women in Mexico have 0.3 more children on average than in Brazil

Brazil: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024)

11% of people in Brazil are 65 or older, versus 8.5% in Mexico

Brazil: 11.5% (2025) · Mexico: 8.5% (2025)

Brazil hosts 14% more refugees per resident than Mexico

Brazil: 1.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Mexico has produced 0.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Brazil 0.0

Brazil: 0.047 (2026) · Mexico: 0.2 (2026)

Brazil and Mexico are practically level

Brazil: 1 (2026) · Mexico: 1 (2026)

Brazil’s economy is 24% larger than Mexico’s

Brazil: $2.28 trillion (2025) · Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025)

Mexico produces 10% more per person than Brazil

Brazil: Int$23,433 (2025) · Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Brazil than in Mexico (Gini 7.7 points higher)

Brazil: 50.3 (2024) · Mexico: 42.6 (2024)

3.0% of people in Brazil live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.6% in Mexico

Brazil: 3% (2024) · Mexico: 1.6% (2024)

Unemployment is 6.0% in Brazil, versus 2.7% in Mexico

Brazil: 6% (2025) · Mexico: 2.7% (2025)

Brazil and Mexico are practically level

Brazil: 1.1% (2025) · Mexico: 0.7% (2025)

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

Brazil: 15.4% (2024) · Mexico: 14.8% (2024)

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

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

Brazil spends 33% more on health per person than Mexico

Brazil: $1,010 (2023) · Mexico: $761 (2023)

A baby in Brazil is 2% more likely to die before turning one than in Mexico

Brazil: 12.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Mexico has 10% more doctors per person than Brazil

Brazil: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Mexico: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Brazil has 2.5 times as many hospital beds per person as Mexico

Brazil: 2.5 per 1,000 (2021) · Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Brazil is 1% higher than in Mexico

Brazil: 8.8 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

37% of adults in Mexico are obese, versus 31% in Brazil

Brazil: 30.9% (2024) · Mexico: 37.4% (2024)

16% of adults in Mexico smoke, versus 12% in Brazil

Brazil: 11.9% (2024) · Mexico: 15.7% (2024)

People in Mexico rate their lives 0.34 points higher than in Brazil

Brazil: 6.63 (2025) · Mexico: 6.97 (2025)

Adults in Brazil drink 55% more alcohol than in Mexico

Brazil: 10.4 litres (2023) · Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023)

Brazil has 34% more meat per person than Mexico

Brazil: 104.6 kg (2023) · Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023)

Brazil has 119 kcal more food per person per day than Mexico

Brazil: 3,423 kcal (2023) · Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023)

Workers in Brazil put in 365 more hours a year than in Mexico

Brazil: 1,994 hours (2023) · Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023)

Adults in Mexico went to school 0.92 years longer than in Brazil

Brazil: 8.4 years (2023) · Mexico: 9.3 years (2023)

Mexico welcomed 11 times as many tourists per resident as Brazil (2019)

Brazil: 0.03 (2024) · Mexico: 0.34 (2024)

Mexico has 10 more World Heritage sites than Brazil (36 against 26)

Brazil: 26 (2026) · Mexico: 36 (2026)

Brazil has won 171 Olympic medals, Mexico 77

Brazil: 171 (2026 edition) · Mexico: 77 (2026 edition)

84% of people in Brazil are online, versus 83% in Mexico

Brazil: 84% (2024) · Mexico: 83% (2024)

Home internet in Brazil is 93% faster than in Mexico

Brazil: 293 Mbps (2026) · Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026)

Brazil and Mexico are practically level

Brazil: 99.8% (2024) · Mexico: 99.8% (2024)

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

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

Mexico has 116 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Brazil 102

Brazil: 102 (2024) · Mexico: 116 (2024)

Brazil’s railway network is 28% longer than Mexico’s

Brazil: 29,850 km (2014) · Mexico: 23,389 km (2017)

Airlines from Mexico fly 33% more passengers per resident than those from Brazil

Brazil: 0.45 (2023) · Mexico: 0.6 (2023)

Forest covers 59% of Brazil, but only 34% of Mexico

Brazil: 58.5% (2024) · Mexico: 34.2% (2024)

The average person in Mexico emits 55% more CO₂ than someone in Brazil

Brazil: 2.3 t (2024) · Mexico: 3.5 t (2024)

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

Brazil: 86.6% (2025) · Mexico: 23.1% (2025)

The air in Mexico carries 20% more fine dust than in Brazil

Brazil: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Mexico: 18.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 29% more likely to be murdered in Mexico than in Brazil

Brazil: 19.3 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Brazil are 36% deadlier than in Mexico

Brazil: 25.9 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

Brazil is on average 3.9 °C warmer than Mexico

Brazil: 25.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 21.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Brazil gets 2.1 times as much rain as Mexico

Brazil: 1,661 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 788 mm (2016–2025 avg)