Mexico’s coastline is 3.9 times as long as Germany’s

Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition) · Mexico: 9,330 km (2026 edition)

Mexico’s highest peak towers 2,673 m above Germany’s

Germany: 2,963 m (2026 edition) · Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 51% of Mexico, versus 47% of Germany

Germany: 47.4% (2024) · Mexico: 50.6% (2024)

Mexico has 58% more people than Germany

Germany: 83.5 million (2025) · Mexico: 132 million (2025)

Germany is 3.5 times as densely populated as Mexico

Germany: 239 per km² (2025) · Mexico: 68 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Germany is 16 years older than in Mexico

Germany: 45.1 years (2023) · Mexico: 28.9 years (2023)

Women in Mexico have 0.5 more children on average than in Germany

Germany: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024)

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

Germany: 23.7% (2025) · Mexico: 8.5% (2025)

Germany hosts 28 times as many refugees per resident as Mexico

Germany: 31.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Germany has produced 10.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Mexico 0.2

Germany: 10.3 (2026) · Mexico: 0.2 (2026)

Germany and Mexico are practically level

Germany: 1 (2026) · Mexico: 1 (2026)

Germany’s economy is 2.8 times the size of Mexico’s

Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025) · Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025)

Germany produces 2.9 times as much per person as Mexico

Germany: Int$75,407 (2025) · Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Mexico than in Germany (Gini 8.9 points higher)

Germany: 33.7 (2022) · Mexico: 42.6 (2024)

1.6% of people in Mexico live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.7% in Germany

Germany: 0.7% (2022) · Mexico: 1.6% (2024)

Unemployment is 3.7% in Germany, versus 2.7% in Mexico

Germany: 3.7% (2025) · Mexico: 2.7% (2025)

Germany spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Mexico 0.7%

Germany: 2.3% (2025) · Mexico: 0.7% (2025)

Mexico’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Germany’s 11%

Germany: 10.9% (2024) · Mexico: 14.8% (2024)

Germany’s price level (US = 100) is 1.5× Mexico’s

Germany: 80% (2025) · Mexico: 54% (2025)

Germany spends 9 times as much on health per person as Mexico

Germany: $6,849 (2024) · Mexico: $761 (2023)

A baby in Mexico is 3.9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Germany

Germany: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Germany has 75% more doctors per person than Mexico

Germany: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Mexico: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Germany has 7.5 times as many hospital beds per person as Mexico

Germany: 7.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Germany is 15% higher than in Mexico

Germany: 10 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

37% of adults in Mexico are obese, versus 24% in Germany

Germany: 24.5% (2024) · Mexico: 37.4% (2024)

22% of adults in Germany smoke, versus 16% in Mexico

Germany: 22% (2024) · Mexico: 15.7% (2024)

People in Mexico rate their lives 0.09 points higher than in Germany

Germany: 6.88 (2025) · Mexico: 6.97 (2025)

Adults in Germany drink 63% more alcohol than in Mexico

Germany: 10.9 litres (2023) · Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023)

Mexico has 11% more meat per person than Germany

Germany: 70.7 kg (2023) · Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023)

Germany has 230 kcal more food per person per day than Mexico

Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023) · Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023)

Workers in Mexico put in 294 more hours a year than in Germany

Germany: 1,335 hours (2023) · Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023)

Adults in Germany went to school 4.9 years longer than in Mexico

Germany: 14.3 years (2023) · Mexico: 9.3 years (2023)

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

Germany: 0.45 (2024) · Mexico: 0.34 (2024)

Germany has 19 more World Heritage sites than Mexico (55 against 36)

Germany: 55 (2026) · Mexico: 36 (2026)

Germany has won 980 Olympic medals, Mexico 77

Germany: 980 (2026 edition) · Mexico: 77 (2026 edition)

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

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

Home internet in Germany is 23% faster than in Mexico

Germany: 187 Mbps (2026) · Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026)

Germany and Mexico are practically level

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

82% of people in Germany live in cities, versus 80% in Mexico

Germany: 82% (2025) · Mexico: 80% (2025)

Germany has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Mexico 116

Germany: 129 (2024) · Mexico: 116 (2024)

Germany’s railway network is 43% longer than Mexico’s

Germany: 33,401 km (2021) · Mexico: 23,389 km (2017)

Airlines from Germany fly 61% more passengers per resident than those from Mexico

Germany: 0.96 (2023) · Mexico: 0.6 (2023)

Forest covers 34% of Mexico, but only 33% of Germany

Germany: 32.8% (2024) · Mexico: 34.2% (2024)

The average person in Germany emits 92% more CO₂ than someone in Mexico

Germany: 6.8 t (2024) · Mexico: 3.5 t (2024)

59% of Germany’s electricity is renewable, versus 23% in Mexico

Germany: 59.1% (2025) · Mexico: 23.1% (2025)

The air in Mexico carries 2 times as much fine dust as in Germany

Germany: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Mexico: 18.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 27 times as likely to be murdered in Mexico as in Germany

Germany: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Mexico are 3.5 times as deadly as in Germany

Germany: 5.4 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

Mexico is on average 11.2 °C warmer than Germany

Germany: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 21.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Germany gets 10% more rain than Mexico

Germany: 871 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 788 mm (2016–2025 avg)