Mexico’s coastline is 7.5 times as long as Finland’s

Finland: 1,250 km (2026 edition) · Mexico: 9,330 km (2026 edition)

Mexico’s highest peak towers 4,308 m above Finland’s

Finland: 1,328 m (2026 edition) · Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 51% of Mexico, versus 7.4% of Finland

Finland: 7.4% (2024) · Mexico: 50.6% (2024)

Mexico has 23 times as many people as Finland

Finland: 5.65 million (2025) · Mexico: 132 million (2025)

Mexico is 3.7 times as densely populated as Finland

Finland: 19 per km² (2025) · Mexico: 68 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Finland is 14 years older than in Mexico

Finland: 42.8 years (2023) · Mexico: 28.9 years (2023)

Women in Mexico have 0.6 more children on average than in Finland

Finland: 1.25 children per woman (2024) · Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Finland are 65 or older, versus 8.5% in Mexico

Finland: 24.2% (2025) · Mexico: 8.5% (2025)

Finland hosts 16 times as many refugees per resident as Mexico

Finland: 18.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Finland has produced 8.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Mexico 0.2

Finland: 8.9 (2026) · Mexico: 0.2 (2026)

Finland has 2 official languages, Mexico 1

Finland: 2 (2026) · Mexico: 1 (2026)

Mexico’s economy is 5.8 times the size of Finland’s

Finland: $317 billion (2025) · Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025)

Finland produces 2.5 times as much per person as Mexico

Finland: Int$65,885 (2025) · Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Mexico than in Finland (Gini 15.2 points higher)

Finland: 27.4 (2023) · Mexico: 42.6 (2024)

1.6% of people in Mexico live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.2% in Finland

Finland: 0.2% (2023) · Mexico: 1.6% (2024)

Unemployment is 9.5% in Finland, versus 2.7% in Mexico

Finland: 9.5% (2025) · Mexico: 2.7% (2025)

Finland spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, Mexico 0.7%

Finland: 2.6% (2025) · Mexico: 0.7% (2025)

Finland’s central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, Mexico’s 15%

Finland: 25.3% (2024) · Mexico: 14.8% (2024)

Finland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Mexico’s

Finland: 85% (2025) · Mexico: 54% (2025)

Finland spends 7.2 times as much on health per person as Mexico

Finland: $5,515 (2023) · Mexico: $761 (2023)

A baby in Mexico is 6.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Finland

Finland: 1.9 per 1,000 (2024) · Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Finland has 39% more doctors per person than Mexico

Finland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2021) · Mexico: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Finland has 2.6 times as many hospital beds per person as Mexico

Finland: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Finland is 51% higher than in Mexico

Finland: 13.1 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

37% of adults in Mexico are obese, versus 26% in Finland

Finland: 26.2% (2024) · Mexico: 37.4% (2024)

21% of adults in Finland smoke, versus 16% in Mexico

Finland: 21.4% (2024) · Mexico: 15.7% (2024)

People in Finland rate their lives 0.79 points higher than in Mexico

Finland: 7.76 (2025) · Mexico: 6.97 (2025)

Adults in Finland drink 40% more alcohol than in Mexico

Finland: 9.4 litres (2023) · Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023)

Mexico has 13% more meat per person than Finland

Finland: 69.4 kg (2023) · Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023)

Finland has 41 kcal more food per person per day than Mexico

Finland: 3,346 kcal (2023) · Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023)

Workers in Mexico put in 132 more hours a year than in Finland

Finland: 1,497 hours (2023) · Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023)

Adults in Finland went to school 3.6 years longer than in Mexico

Finland: 13 years (2023) · Mexico: 9.3 years (2023)

Finland welcomed 2.3 times as many tourists per resident as Mexico (2019)

Finland: 0.8 (2024) · Mexico: 0.34 (2024)

Mexico has 28 more World Heritage sites than Finland (36 against 8)

Finland: 8 (2026) · Mexico: 36 (2026)

Finland has won 486 Olympic medals, Mexico 77

Finland: 486 (2026 edition) · Mexico: 77 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Finland are online, versus 83% in Mexico

Finland: 94% (2024) · Mexico: 83% (2024)

Home internet in Finland is 62% faster than in Mexico

Finland: 247 Mbps (2026) · Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026)

Finland and Mexico are practically level

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

80% of people in Mexico live in cities, versus 75% in Finland

Finland: 75% (2025) · Mexico: 80% (2025)

Finland has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Mexico 116

Finland: 126 (2024) · Mexico: 116 (2024)

Mexico’s railway network is 4 times as long as Finland’s

Finland: 5,918 km (2021) · Mexico: 23,389 km (2017)

Airlines from Finland fly 3.2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Mexico

Finland: 1.91 (2023) · Mexico: 0.6 (2023)

Forest covers 74% of Finland, but only 34% of Mexico

Finland: 74.2% (2024) · Mexico: 34.2% (2024)

The average person in Finland emits 50% more CO₂ than someone in Mexico

Finland: 5.3 t (2024) · Mexico: 3.5 t (2024)

56% of Finland’s electricity is renewable, versus 23% in Mexico

Finland: 56.5% (2025) · Mexico: 23.1% (2025)

The air in Mexico carries 3.4 times as much fine dust as in Finland

Finland: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Mexico: 18.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 25 times as likely to be murdered in Mexico as in Finland

Finland: 1 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Mexico are 3.6 times as deadly as in Finland

Finland: 5.3 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

Mexico is on average 17.8 °C warmer than Finland

Finland: 3.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 21.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Mexico gets 4% more rain than Finland

Finland: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 788 mm (2016–2025 avg)