Mexico’s coastline is 4.2 times as long as Ecuador’s

Ecuador: 2,237 km (2026 edition) · Mexico: 9,330 km (2026 edition)

Ecuador’s highest peak towers 631 m above Mexico’s

Ecuador: 6,267 m (2026 edition) · Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 51% of Mexico, versus 20% of Ecuador

Ecuador: 20.3% (2024) · Mexico: 50.6% (2024)

Mexico has 7.2 times as many people as Ecuador

Ecuador: 18.3 million (2025) · Mexico: 132 million (2025)

Ecuador is 8% more densely populated than Mexico

Ecuador: 74 per km² (2025) · Mexico: 68 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Mexico is 0.48 years older than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 28.4 years (2023) · Mexico: 28.9 years (2023)

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

Ecuador: 1.81 children per woman (2024) · Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024)

Ecuador and Mexico are practically level

Ecuador: 8.6% (2025) · Mexico: 8.5% (2025)

Ecuador hosts 25% more refugees per resident than Mexico

Ecuador: 1.4 per 1,000 (2025) · Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Mexico has produced 0.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ecuador none

Ecuador: 0 (2026) · Mexico: 0.2 (2026)

Ecuador and Mexico are practically level

Ecuador: 1 (2026) · Mexico: 1 (2026)

Mexico’s economy is 14 times the size of Ecuador’s

Ecuador: $130 billion (2025) · Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025)

Mexico produces 54% more per person than Ecuador

Ecuador: Int$16,757 (2025) · Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ecuador than in Mexico (Gini 3.3 points higher)

Ecuador: 45.9 (2025) · Mexico: 42.6 (2024)

3.4% of people in Ecuador live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.6% in Mexico

Ecuador: 3.4% (2025) · Mexico: 1.6% (2024)

Unemployment is 3.3% in Ecuador, versus 2.7% in Mexico

Ecuador: 3.3% (2025) · Mexico: 2.7% (2025)

Ecuador spends 2.1% of its GDP on the military, Mexico 0.7%

Ecuador: 2.1% (2025) · Mexico: 0.7% (2025)

Mexico’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Ecuador’s 13%

Ecuador: 13.1% (2022) · Mexico: 14.8% (2024)

Mexico’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Ecuador’s

Ecuador: 43% (2025) · Mexico: 54% (2025)

Mexico spends 49% more on health per person than Ecuador

Ecuador: $509 (2023) · Mexico: $761 (2023)

A baby in Mexico is 11% more likely to die before turning one than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 10.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Mexico has 12% more doctors per person than Ecuador

Ecuador: 2.3 per 1,000 (2020) · Mexico: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Ecuador has 31% more hospital beds per person than Mexico

Ecuador: 1.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Mexico is 58% higher than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 5.5 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

37% of adults in Mexico are obese, versus 29% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 28.7% (2024) · Mexico: 37.4% (2024)

16% of adults in Mexico smoke, versus 10% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 10.1% (2024) · Mexico: 15.7% (2024)

People in Mexico rate their lives 0.83 points higher than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 6.14 (2025) · Mexico: 6.97 (2025)

Adults in Mexico drink 2.1 times as much alcohol as in Ecuador

Ecuador: 3.2 litres (2023) · Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023)

Mexico has 39% more meat per person than Ecuador

Ecuador: 56.2 kg (2023) · Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023)

Mexico has 684 kcal more food per person per day than Ecuador

Ecuador: 2,621 kcal (2023) · Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023)

Workers in Mexico put in 35 more hours a year than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 1,594 hours (2023) · Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023)

Adults in Mexico went to school 0.38 years longer than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 9 years (2023) · Mexico: 9.3 years (2023)

Ecuador: no data · Mexico: 0.34 (2024)

Mexico has 31 more World Heritage sites than Ecuador (36 against 5)

Ecuador: 5 (2026) · Mexico: 36 (2026)

Mexico has won 77 Olympic medals, Ecuador 10

Ecuador: 10 (2026 edition) · Mexico: 77 (2026 edition)

83% of people in Mexico are online, versus 77% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 77% (2024) · Mexico: 83% (2024)

Home internet in Ecuador is 91% faster than in Mexico

Ecuador: 290 Mbps (2026) · Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026)

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

Ecuador: 98.5% (2024) · Mexico: 99.8% (2024)

80% of people in Mexico live in cities, versus 63% in Ecuador

Ecuador: 63% (2025) · Mexico: 80% (2025)

Mexico has 116 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ecuador 102

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

Mexico’s railway network is 24 times as long as Ecuador’s

Ecuador: 965 km (2022) · Mexico: 23,389 km (2017)

Airlines from Mexico fly 2.4 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ecuador

Ecuador: 0.25 (2023) · Mexico: 0.6 (2023)

Forest covers 50% of Ecuador, but only 34% of Mexico

Ecuador: 49.7% (2024) · Mexico: 34.2% (2024)

The average person in Mexico emits 39% more CO₂ than someone in Ecuador

Ecuador: 2.5 t (2024) · Mexico: 3.5 t (2024)

79% of Ecuador’s electricity is renewable, versus 23% in Mexico

Ecuador: 79.4% (2025) · Mexico: 23.1% (2025)

The air in Mexico carries 3% more fine dust than in Ecuador

Ecuador: 17.7 µg/m³ (2024) · Mexico: 18.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 84% more likely to be murdered in Ecuador than in Mexico

Ecuador: 45.7 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Ecuador are 61% deadlier than in Mexico

Ecuador: 30.8 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

Mexico is on average 0.2 °C warmer than Ecuador

Ecuador: 21.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 21.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ecuador gets 4.1 times as much rain as Mexico

Ecuador: 3,204 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 788 mm (2016–2025 avg)