Indonesia’s coastline is 5.9 times as long as Mexico’s

Indonesia: 54,716 km (2026 edition) · Mexico: 9,330 km (2026 edition)

Mexico’s highest peak towers 752 m above Indonesia’s

Indonesia: 4,884 m (2026 edition) · Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 51% of Mexico, versus 29% of Indonesia

Indonesia: 28.9% (2024) · Mexico: 50.6% (2024)

Indonesia has 2.2 times as many people as Mexico

Indonesia: 286 million (2025) · Mexico: 132 million (2025)

Indonesia is 2.2 times as densely populated as Mexico

Indonesia: 151 per km² (2025) · Mexico: 68 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Indonesia is 0.95 years older than in Mexico

Indonesia: 29.8 years (2023) · Mexico: 28.9 years (2023)

Women in Indonesia have 0.2 more children on average than in Mexico

Indonesia: 2.12 children per woman (2024) · Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024)

8.5% of people in Mexico are 65 or older, versus 7.5% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 7.5% (2025) · Mexico: 8.5% (2025)

Mexico hosts 45 times as many refugees per resident as Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.026 per 1,000 (2025) · Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Mexico has produced 0.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Indonesia 0.0

Indonesia: 0.035 (2026) · Mexico: 0.2 (2026)

Indonesia and Mexico are practically level

Indonesia: 1 (2026) · Mexico: 1 (2026)

Mexico’s economy is 27% larger than Indonesia’s

Indonesia: $1.45 trillion (2025) · Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025)

Mexico produces 46% more per person than Indonesia

Indonesia: Int$17,660 (2025) · Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Mexico than in Indonesia (Gini 8.2 points higher)

Indonesia: 34.4 (2025) · Mexico: 42.6 (2024)

3.7% of people in Indonesia live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.6% in Mexico

Indonesia: 3.7% (2025) · Mexico: 1.6% (2024)

Unemployment is 3.2% in Indonesia, versus 2.7% in Mexico

Indonesia: 3.2% (2025) · Mexico: 2.7% (2025)

Indonesia and Mexico are practically level

Indonesia: 1% (2025) · Mexico: 0.7% (2025)

Indonesia: no data · Mexico: 14.8% (2024)

Mexico’s price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Indonesia’s

Indonesia: 29% (2025) · Mexico: 54% (2025)

Mexico spends 5.8 times as much on health per person as Indonesia

Indonesia: $132 (2023) · Mexico: $761 (2023)

A baby in Indonesia is 26% more likely to die before turning one than in Mexico

Indonesia: 15.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Mexico has 4.9 times as many doctors per person as Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Mexico: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Indonesia has 36% more hospital beds per person than Mexico

Indonesia: 1.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Mexico is 4 times that in Indonesia

Indonesia: 2.2 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

37% of adults in Mexico are obese, versus 12% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 12% (2024) · Mexico: 37.4% (2024)

31% of adults in Indonesia smoke, versus 16% in Mexico

Indonesia: 31% (2024) · Mexico: 15.7% (2024)

People in Mexico rate their lives 1.36 points higher than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 5.62 (2025) · Mexico: 6.97 (2025)

Adults in Mexico drink 66 times as much alcohol as in Indonesia

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

Mexico has 3.9 times as much meat per person as Indonesia

Indonesia: 20 kg (2023) · Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023)

Mexico has 404 kcal more food per person per day than Indonesia

Indonesia: 2,900 kcal (2023) · Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023)

Workers in Indonesia put in 330 more hours a year than in Mexico

Indonesia: 1,958 hours (2023) · Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023)

Adults in Mexico went to school 0.65 years longer than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 8.7 years (2023) · Mexico: 9.3 years (2023)

Mexico welcomed 7.2 times as many tourists per resident as Indonesia (2019)

Indonesia: 0.05 (2024) · Mexico: 0.34 (2024)

Mexico has 26 more World Heritage sites than Indonesia (36 against 10)

Indonesia: 10 (2026) · Mexico: 36 (2026)

Mexico has won 77 Olympic medals, Indonesia 40

Indonesia: 40 (2026 edition) · Mexico: 77 (2026 edition)

83% of people in Mexico are online, versus 73% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 73% (2024) · Mexico: 83% (2024)

Home internet in Mexico is 86% faster than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 82 Mbps (2026) · Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026)

Indonesia and Mexico are practically level

Indonesia: 99.9% (2024) · Mexico: 99.8% (2024)

80% of people in Mexico live in cities, versus 59% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 59% (2025) · Mexico: 80% (2025)

Indonesia has 123 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Mexico 116

Indonesia: 123 (2024) · Mexico: 116 (2024)

Mexico’s railway network is 4.3 times as long as Indonesia’s

Indonesia: 5,483 km (2019) · Mexico: 23,389 km (2017)

Airlines from Mexico fly 76% more passengers per resident than those from Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.34 (2023) · Mexico: 0.6 (2023)

Forest covers 51% of Indonesia, but only 34% of Mexico

Indonesia: 50.7% (2024) · Mexico: 34.2% (2024)

The average person in Mexico emits 23% more CO₂ than someone in Indonesia

Indonesia: 2.9 t (2024) · Mexico: 3.5 t (2024)

23% of Mexico’s electricity is renewable, versus 18% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 18.1% (2024) · Mexico: 23.1% (2025)

The air in Indonesia carries 1% more fine dust than in Mexico

Indonesia: 18.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Mexico: 18.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 82 times as likely to be murdered in Mexico as in Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.3 per 100k (2022) · Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Mexico are 10% deadlier than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 17.4 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

Indonesia is on average 4.2 °C warmer than Mexico

Indonesia: 25.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 21.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Indonesia gets 4.4 times as much rain as Mexico

Indonesia: 3,437 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 788 mm (2016–2025 avg)