Mexico’s coastline is 3.8 times as long as Egypt’s

Egypt: 2,450 km (2026 edition) · Mexico: 9,330 km (2026 edition)

Mexico’s highest peak towers 3,007 m above Egypt’s

Egypt: 2,629 m (2026 edition) · Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 51% of Mexico, versus 4.2% of Egypt

Egypt: 4.2% (2024) · Mexico: 50.6% (2024)

Mexico has 11% more people than Egypt

Egypt: 118 million (2025) · Mexico: 132 million (2025)

Egypt is 75% more densely populated than Mexico

Egypt: 119 per km² (2025) · Mexico: 68 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Mexico is 4.9 years older than in Egypt

Egypt: 24 years (2023) · Mexico: 28.9 years (2023)

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

Egypt: 2.74 children per woman (2024) · Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024)

8.5% of people in Mexico are 65 or older, versus 5.3% in Egypt

Egypt: 5.3% (2025) · Mexico: 8.5% (2025)

Egypt hosts 61% more refugees per resident than Mexico

Egypt: 1.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Egypt has produced 0.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Mexico 0.2

Egypt: 0.5 (2026) · Mexico: 0.2 (2026)

Egypt and Mexico are practically level

Egypt: 1 (2026) · Mexico: 1 (2026)

Mexico’s economy is 5 times the size of Egypt’s

Egypt: $365 billion (2025) · Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025)

Mexico produces 28% more per person than Egypt

Egypt: Int$20,204 (2025) · Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Mexico than in Egypt (Gini 14.1 points higher)

Egypt: 28.5 (2021) · Mexico: 42.6 (2024)

Mexico and Egypt are practically level

Egypt: 1.4% (2021) · Mexico: 1.6% (2024)

Unemployment is 6.8% in Egypt, versus 2.7% in Mexico

Egypt: 6.8% (2025) · Mexico: 2.7% (2025)

Mexico and Egypt are practically level

Egypt: 0.6% (2025) · Mexico: 0.7% (2025)

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

Egypt: 12.5% (2015) · Mexico: 14.8% (2024)

Mexico’s price level (US = 100) is 3.5× Egypt’s

Egypt: 15% (2025) · Mexico: 54% (2025)

Mexico spends 5.4 times as much on health per person as Egypt

Egypt: $141 (2023) · Mexico: $761 (2023)

A baby in Egypt is 72% more likely to die before turning one than in Mexico

Egypt: 20.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Mexico has 3.9 times as many doctors per person as Egypt

Egypt: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Mexico: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Egypt has 5% more hospital beds per person than Mexico

Egypt: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021) · Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Mexico is 11 times that in Egypt

Egypt: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

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

Egypt: 42.8% (2024) · Mexico: 37.4% (2024)

25% of adults in Egypt smoke, versus 16% in Mexico

Egypt: 25% (2024) · Mexico: 15.7% (2024)

People in Mexico rate their lives 3.11 points higher than in Egypt

Egypt: 3.86 (2025) · Mexico: 6.97 (2025)

Adults in Mexico drink 65 times as much alcohol as in Egypt

Egypt: 0.1 litres (2023) · Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023)

Mexico has 2.8 times as much meat per person as Egypt

Egypt: 27.6 kg (2023) · Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023)

Mexico has 211 kcal more food per person per day than Egypt

Egypt: 3,094 kcal (2023) · Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023)

Workers in Egypt put in 740 more hours a year than in Mexico

Egypt: 2,369 hours (2023) · Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023)

Adults in Egypt went to school 0.79 years longer than in Mexico

Egypt: 10.1 years (2023) · Mexico: 9.3 years (2023)

Mexico welcomed 3.3 times as many tourists per resident as Egypt (2019)

Egypt: 0.1 (2022) · Mexico: 0.34 (2024)

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

Egypt: 7 (2026) · Mexico: 36 (2026)

Mexico has won 77 Olympic medals, Egypt 41

Egypt: 41 (2026 edition) · Mexico: 77 (2026 edition)

83% of people in Mexico are online, versus 75% in Egypt

Egypt: 75% (2024) · Mexico: 83% (2024)

Home internet in Mexico is 89% faster than in Egypt

Egypt: 80 Mbps (2026) · Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026)

Egypt and Mexico are practically level

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

80% of people in Mexico live in cities, versus 43% in Egypt

Egypt: 43% (2025) · Mexico: 80% (2025)

Mexico has 116 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Egypt 97

Egypt: 97 (2024) · Mexico: 116 (2024)

Mexico’s railway network is 4.5 times as long as Egypt’s

Egypt: 5,153 km (2016) · Mexico: 23,389 km (2017)

Airlines from Mexico fly 4.2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Egypt

Egypt: 0.14 (2023) · Mexico: 0.6 (2023)

Forest covers 34% of Mexico, but only 0.0% of Egypt

Egypt: 0% (2024) · Mexico: 34.2% (2024)

The average person in Mexico emits 59% more CO₂ than someone in Egypt

Egypt: 2.2 t (2024) · Mexico: 3.5 t (2024)

23% of Mexico’s electricity is renewable, versus 13% in Egypt

Egypt: 13% (2025) · Mexico: 23.1% (2025)

The air in Egypt carries 2.3 times as much fine dust as in Mexico

Egypt: 41.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Mexico: 18.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 19 times as likely to be murdered in Mexico as in Egypt

Egypt: 1.3 per 100k (2017) · Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Mexico are 54% deadlier than in Egypt

Egypt: 12.4 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

Egypt is on average 2.1 °C warmer than Mexico

Egypt: 23.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 21.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Mexico gets 65 times as much rain as Egypt

Egypt: 12 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 788 mm (2016–2025 avg)