Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Mexico: 9,330 km (2026 edition)

Mexico’s highest peak towers 1,086 m above Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition) · Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 51% of Mexico, versus 34% of Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024) · Mexico: 50.6% (2024)

Ethiopia has 3% more people than Mexico

Ethiopia: 135 million (2025) · Mexico: 132 million (2025)

Ethiopia is 78% more densely populated than Mexico

Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025) · Mexico: 68 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Mexico is 10 years older than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023) · Mexico: 28.9 years (2023)

Women in Ethiopia have 2.0 more children on average than in Mexico

Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024) · Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024)

8.5% of people in Mexico are 65 or older, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025) · Mexico: 8.5% (2025)

Ethiopia hosts 6.5 times as many refugees per resident as Mexico

Ethiopia: 7.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Mexico has produced 0.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ethiopia 0.1

Ethiopia: 0.1 (2026) · Mexico: 0.2 (2026)

Ethiopia and Mexico are practically level

Ethiopia: 1 (2026) · Mexico: 1 (2026)

Mexico’s economy is 15 times the size of Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025) · Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025)

Mexico produces 7.1 times as much per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025) · Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Mexico than in Ethiopia (Gini 11.5 points higher)

Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021) · Mexico: 42.6 (2024)

39% of people in Ethiopia live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.6% in Mexico

Ethiopia: 38.6% (2021) · Mexico: 1.6% (2024)

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

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

Mexico and Ethiopia are practically level

Ethiopia: 0.5% (2025) · Mexico: 0.7% (2025)

Mexico’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Ethiopia’s 3.4%

Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024) · Mexico: 14.8% (2024)

Mexico’s price level (US = 100) is 2.1× Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 26% (2025) · Mexico: 54% (2025)

Mexico spends 22 times as much on health per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: $35 (2023) · Mexico: $761 (2023)

A baby in Ethiopia is 2.9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Mexico

Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Mexico has 18 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Mexico: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Mexico has 3.1 times as many hospital beds per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016) · Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Ethiopia is 66% higher than in Mexico

Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

37% of adults in Mexico are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024) · Mexico: 37.4% (2024)

16% of adults in Mexico smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024) · Mexico: 15.7% (2024)

People in Mexico rate their lives 2.99 points higher than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025) · Mexico: 6.97 (2025)

Adults in Mexico drink 3 times as much alcohol as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023) · Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023)

Mexico has 11 times as much meat per person as Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023) · Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023)

Mexico has 746 kcal more food per person per day than Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023) · Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023)

Workers in Mexico put in 29 more hours a year than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023) · Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023)

Adults in Mexico went to school 6.9 years longer than in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023) · Mexico: 9.3 years (2023)

Mexico welcomed 85 times as many tourists per resident as Ethiopia (2019)

Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024) · Mexico: 0.34 (2024)

Mexico has 24 more World Heritage sites than Ethiopia (36 against 12)

Ethiopia: 12 (2026) · Mexico: 36 (2026)

Mexico has won 77 Olympic medals, Ethiopia 62

Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition) · Mexico: 77 (2026 edition)

83% of people in Mexico are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22% (2024) · Mexico: 83% (2024)

Home internet in Mexico is 7 times as fast as in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026) · Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Mexico have electricity, versus 57% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 56.6% (2024) · Mexico: 99.8% (2024)

80% of people in Mexico live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 24% (2025) · Mexico: 80% (2025)

Mexico has 116 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

Ethiopia: 65 (2024) · Mexico: 116 (2024)

Mexico’s railway network is 31 times as long as Ethiopia’s

Ethiopia: 754 km (2018) · Mexico: 23,389 km (2017)

Airlines from Mexico fly 5.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023) · Mexico: 0.6 (2023)

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

Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024) · Mexico: 34.2% (2024)

The average person in Mexico emits 26 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024) · Mexico: 3.5 t (2024)

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 23% in Mexico

Ethiopia: 100% (2025) · Mexico: 23.1% (2025)

The air in Ethiopia carries 10% more fine dust than in Mexico

Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024) · Mexico: 18.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Ethiopia: no data · Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Ethiopia are 25% deadlier than in Mexico

Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

Ethiopia is on average 2.5 °C warmer than Mexico

Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 21.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ethiopia gets 22% more rain than Mexico

Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 788 mm (2016–2025 avg)