Mexico’s coastline is 6.4 times as long as Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition) · Mexico: 9,330 km (2026 edition)

Mexico’s highest peak towers 4,595 m above Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition) · Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Ireland, versus 51% of Mexico

Ireland: 65.1% (2024) · Mexico: 50.6% (2024)

Mexico has 24 times as many people as Ireland

Ireland: 5.48 million (2025) · Mexico: 132 million (2025)

Ireland is 17% more densely populated than Mexico

Ireland: 80 per km² (2025) · Mexico: 68 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ireland is 9.5 years older than in Mexico

Ireland: 38.4 years (2023) · Mexico: 28.9 years (2023)

Women in Mexico have 0.4 more children on average than in Ireland

Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024)

16% of people in Ireland are 65 or older, versus 8.5% in Mexico

Ireland: 16.2% (2025) · Mexico: 8.5% (2025)

Ireland hosts 22 times as many refugees per resident as Mexico

Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Ireland has produced 9.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Mexico 0.2

Ireland: 9.1 (2026) · Mexico: 0.2 (2026)

Ireland has 2 official languages, Mexico 1

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Mexico: 1 (2026)

Mexico’s economy is 2.5 times the size of Ireland’s

Ireland: $722 billion (2025) · Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025)

Ireland produces 6 times as much per person as Mexico

Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025) · Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Mexico than in Ireland (Gini 13.6 points higher)

Ireland: 29 (2023) · Mexico: 42.6 (2024)

1.6% of people in Mexico live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Ireland

Ireland: 0.1% (2023) · Mexico: 1.6% (2024)

Unemployment is 4.6% in Ireland, versus 2.7% in Mexico

Ireland: 4.6% (2025) · Mexico: 2.7% (2025)

Mexico spends 0.7% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Ireland: 0.2% (2025) · Mexico: 0.7% (2025)

Ireland’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Mexico’s 15%

Ireland: 17.9% (2024) · Mexico: 14.8% (2024)

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

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

Ireland spends 9.7 times as much on health per person as Mexico

Ireland: $7,395 (2024) · Mexico: $761 (2023)

A baby in Mexico is 3.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Ireland

Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Ireland has 50% more doctors per person than Mexico

Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Mexico: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Ireland has 2.9 times as many hospital beds per person as Mexico

Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023) · Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Mexico is 21% higher than in Ireland

Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

37% of adults in Mexico are obese, versus 31% in Ireland

Ireland: 30.6% (2024) · Mexico: 37.4% (2024)

18% of adults in Ireland smoke, versus 16% in Mexico

Ireland: 18.2% (2024) · Mexico: 15.7% (2024)

People in Mexico rate their lives 0.04 points higher than in Ireland

Ireland: 6.93 (2025) · Mexico: 6.97 (2025)

Adults in Ireland drink 54% more alcohol than in Mexico

Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023) · Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023)

Ireland has 26% more meat per person than Mexico

Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023) · Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023)

Ireland has 616 kcal more food per person per day than Mexico

Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023)

Workers in Ireland put in 25 more hours a year than in Mexico

Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023) · Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023)

Adults in Ireland went to school 2.4 years longer than in Mexico

Ireland: 11.7 years (2023) · Mexico: 9.3 years (2023)

Ireland welcomed 6.4 times as many tourists per resident as Mexico (2019)

Ireland: 2.2 (2019) · Mexico: 0.34 (2024)

Mexico has 34 more World Heritage sites than Ireland (36 against 2)

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Mexico: 36 (2026)

Mexico has won 77 Olympic medals, Ireland 42

Ireland: 42 (2026 edition) · Mexico: 77 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 83% in Mexico

Ireland: 97% (2024) · Mexico: 83% (2024)

Home internet in Ireland is 2 times as fast as in Mexico

Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026) · Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026)

Ireland and Mexico are practically level

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

80% of people in Mexico live in cities, versus 65% in Ireland

Ireland: 65% (2025) · Mexico: 80% (2025)

Mexico has 116 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113

Ireland: 113 (2024) · Mexico: 116 (2024)

Mexico’s railway network is 14 times as long as Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,650 km (2021) · Mexico: 23,389 km (2017)

Airlines from Ireland fly 59 times as many passengers per resident as those from Mexico

Ireland: 35.11 (2023) · Mexico: 0.6 (2023)

Forest covers 34% of Mexico, but only 12% of Ireland

Ireland: 12% (2024) · Mexico: 34.2% (2024)

The average person in Ireland emits 80% more CO₂ than someone in Mexico

Ireland: 6.3 t (2024) · Mexico: 3.5 t (2024)

48% of Ireland’s electricity is renewable, versus 23% in Mexico

Ireland: 48.1% (2025) · Mexico: 23.1% (2025)

The air in Mexico carries 2.5 times as much fine dust as in Ireland

Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Mexico: 18.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 38 times as likely to be murdered in Mexico as in Ireland

Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Mexico are 3.7 times as deadly as in Ireland

Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

Mexico is on average 11.1 °C warmer than Ireland

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

Ireland gets 45% more rain than Mexico

Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 788 mm (2016–2025 avg)