Mexico’s coastline is 45% longer than Chile’s

Chile: 6,435 km (2026 edition) · Mexico: 9,330 km (2026 edition)

Chile’s highest peak towers 1,257 m above Mexico’s

Chile: 6,893 m (2026 edition) · Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 51% of Mexico, versus 14% of Chile

Chile: 14.4% (2024) · Mexico: 50.6% (2024)

Mexico has 6.6 times as many people as Chile

Chile: 19.9 million (2025) · Mexico: 132 million (2025)

Mexico is 2.5 times as densely populated as Chile

Chile: 27 per km² (2025) · Mexico: 68 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Chile is 7.1 years older than in Mexico

Chile: 36 years (2023) · Mexico: 28.9 years (2023)

Women in Mexico have 0.8 more children on average than in Chile

Chile: 1.14 children per woman (2024) · Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024)

15% of people in Chile are 65 or older, versus 8.5% in Mexico

Chile: 14.6% (2025) · Mexico: 8.5% (2025)

Mexico hosts 8.7 times as many refugees per resident as Chile

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

Chile has produced 1.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Mexico 0.2

Chile: 1 (2026) · Mexico: 0.2 (2026)

Chile and Mexico are practically level

Chile: 1 (2026) · Mexico: 1 (2026)

Mexico’s economy is 5.1 times the size of Chile’s

Chile: $357 billion (2025) · Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025)

Chile produces 46% more per person than Mexico

Chile: Int$37,774 (2025) · Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Chile than in Mexico (Gini 0.4 points higher)

Chile: 43 (2024) · Mexico: 42.6 (2024)

1.6% of people in Mexico live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Chile

Chile: 0.4% (2024) · Mexico: 1.6% (2024)

Unemployment is 9.0% in Chile, versus 2.7% in Mexico

Chile: 9% (2025) · Mexico: 2.7% (2025)

Chile spends 1.5% of its GDP on the military, Mexico 0.7%

Chile: 1.5% (2025) · Mexico: 0.7% (2025)

Chile’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Mexico’s 15%

Chile: 18.3% (2024) · Mexico: 14.8% (2024)

Mexico’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Chile’s

Chile: 48% (2025) · Mexico: 54% (2025)

Chile spends 2.3 times as much on health per person as Mexico

Chile: $1,760 (2024) · Mexico: $761 (2023)

A baby in Mexico is 2.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Chile

Chile: 5.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Chile has 29% more doctors per person than Mexico

Chile: 3.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Mexico: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Chile has 92% more hospital beds per person than Mexico

Chile: 1.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Chile is 5% higher than in Mexico

Chile: 9.1 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

41% of adults in Chile are obese, versus 37% in Mexico

Chile: 41.1% (2024) · Mexico: 37.4% (2024)

27% of adults in Chile smoke, versus 16% in Mexico

Chile: 26.7% (2024) · Mexico: 15.7% (2024)

People in Mexico rate their lives 0.67 points higher than in Chile

Chile: 6.30 (2025) · Mexico: 6.97 (2025)

Adults in Mexico drink 2% more alcohol than in Chile

Chile: 6.6 litres (2023) · Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023)

Chile has 26% more meat per person than Mexico

Chile: 98.5 kg (2023) · Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023)

Mexico has 247 kcal more food per person per day than Chile

Chile: 3,057 kcal (2023) · Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023)

Workers in Chile put in 321 more hours a year than in Mexico

Chile: 1,950 hours (2023) · Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023)

Adults in Chile went to school 1.9 years longer than in Mexico

Chile: 11.3 years (2023) · Mexico: 9.3 years (2023)

Mexico welcomed 30% more tourists per resident than Chile (2019)

Chile: 0.27 (2024) · Mexico: 0.34 (2024)

Mexico has 29 more World Heritage sites than Chile (36 against 7)

Chile: 7 (2026) · Mexico: 36 (2026)

Mexico has won 77 Olympic medals, Chile 15

Chile: 15 (2026 edition) · Mexico: 77 (2026 edition)

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

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

Home internet in Chile is 2.8 times as fast as in Mexico

Chile: 422 Mbps (2026) · Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Mexico have electricity, versus 99% in Chile

Chile: 99% (2024) · Mexico: 99.8% (2024)

89% of people in Chile live in cities, versus 80% in Mexico

Chile: 89% (2025) · Mexico: 80% (2025)

Chile has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Mexico 116

Chile: 133 (2024) · Mexico: 116 (2024)

Mexico’s railway network is 9.8 times as long as Chile’s

Chile: 2,396 km (2021) · Mexico: 23,389 km (2017)

Airlines from Chile fly 80% more passengers per resident than those from Mexico

Chile: 1.07 (2023) · Mexico: 0.6 (2023)

Forest covers 34% of Mexico, but only 24% of Chile

Chile: 24.5% (2024) · Mexico: 34.2% (2024)

The average person in Chile emits 13% more CO₂ than someone in Mexico

Chile: 4 t (2024) · Mexico: 3.5 t (2024)

66% of Chile’s electricity is renewable, versus 23% in Mexico

Chile: 66.4% (2025) · Mexico: 23.1% (2025)

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

Chile: 23.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Mexico: 18.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3.9 times as likely to be murdered in Mexico as in Chile

Chile: 6.3 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Mexico are 17% deadlier than in Chile

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

Mexico is on average 12.0 °C warmer than Chile

Chile: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 21.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Chile gets 81% more rain than Mexico

Chile: 1,425 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 788 mm (2016–2025 avg)