Mexico’s coastline is 17 times as long as Kenya’s

Kenya: 536 km (2026 edition) · Mexico: 9,330 km (2026 edition)

Mexico’s highest peak towers 437 m above Kenya’s

Kenya: 5,199 m (2026 edition) · Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 51% of Mexico, versus 50% of Kenya

Kenya: 50% (2024) · Mexico: 50.6% (2024)

Mexico has 2.3 times as many people as Kenya

Kenya: 57.5 million (2025) · Mexico: 132 million (2025)

Kenya is 46% more densely populated than Mexico

Kenya: 99 per km² (2025) · Mexico: 68 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Mexico is 9.4 years older than in Kenya

Kenya: 19.5 years (2023) · Mexico: 28.9 years (2023)

Women in Kenya have 1.3 more children on average than in Mexico

Kenya: 3.17 children per woman (2024) · Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024)

8.5% of people in Mexico are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Kenya

Kenya: 3% (2025) · Mexico: 8.5% (2025)

Kenya hosts 9.3 times as many refugees per resident as Mexico

Kenya: 10.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Mexico has produced 0.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Kenya 0.2

Kenya: 0.2 (2026) · Mexico: 0.2 (2026)

Kenya has 2 official languages, Mexico 1

Kenya: 2 (2026) · Mexico: 1 (2026)

Mexico’s economy is 13 times the size of Kenya’s

Kenya: $136 billion (2025) · Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025)

Mexico produces 3.7 times as much per person as Kenya

Kenya: Int$7,016 (2025) · Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Mexico than in Kenya (Gini 4.1 points higher)

Kenya: 38.5 (2022) · Mexico: 42.6 (2024)

46% of people in Kenya live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.6% in Mexico

Kenya: 45.5% (2022) · Mexico: 1.6% (2024)

Unemployment is 5.4% in Kenya, versus 2.7% in Mexico

Kenya: 5.4% (2025) · Mexico: 2.7% (2025)

Kenya and Mexico are practically level

Kenya: 1.1% (2025) · Mexico: 0.7% (2025)

Mexico’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Kenya’s 14%

Kenya: 14.1% (2023) · Mexico: 14.8% (2024)

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

Kenya: 34% (2025) · Mexico: 54% (2025)

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

Kenya: $85 (2023) · Mexico: $761 (2023)

A baby in Kenya is 2.8 times as likely to die before turning one as in Mexico

Kenya: 34.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Mexico has 9 times as many doctors per person as Kenya

Kenya: 0.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Mexico: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Kenya has 32% more hospital beds per person than Mexico

Kenya: 1.3 per 1,000 (2019) · Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Kenya is 2.2 times that in Mexico

Kenya: 19.1 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

37% of adults in Mexico are obese, versus 10% in Kenya

Kenya: 10.4% (2024) · Mexico: 37.4% (2024)

16% of adults in Mexico smoke, versus 9.6% in Kenya

Kenya: 9.6% (2024) · Mexico: 15.7% (2024)

People in Mexico rate their lives 2.30 points higher than in Kenya

Kenya: 4.67 (2025) · Mexico: 6.97 (2025)

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

Kenya: 2.2 litres (2023) · Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023)

Mexico has 7.7 times as much meat per person as Kenya

Kenya: 10.2 kg (2023) · Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023)

Mexico has 1,159 kcal more food per person per day than Kenya

Kenya: 2,146 kcal (2023) · Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023)

Workers in Kenya put in 406 more hours a year than in Mexico

Kenya: 2,035 hours (2023) · Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023)

Adults in Mexico went to school 0.72 years longer than in Kenya

Kenya: 8.6 years (2023) · Mexico: 9.3 years (2023)

Mexico welcomed 12 times as many tourists per resident as Kenya (2019)

Kenya: 0.03 (2017) · Mexico: 0.34 (2024)

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

Kenya: 8 (2026) · Mexico: 36 (2026)

Kenya has won 124 Olympic medals, Mexico 77

Kenya: 124 (2026 edition) · Mexico: 77 (2026 edition)

83% of people in Mexico are online, versus 35% in Kenya

Kenya: 35% (2024) · Mexico: 83% (2024)

Home internet in Mexico is 3.7 times as fast as in Kenya

Kenya: 41 Mbps (2026) · Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Mexico have electricity, versus 77% in Kenya

Kenya: 77% (2024) · Mexico: 99.8% (2024)

80% of people in Mexico live in cities, versus 32% in Kenya

Kenya: 32% (2025) · Mexico: 80% (2025)

Kenya has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Mexico 116

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

Mexico’s railway network is 6.1 times as long as Kenya’s

Kenya: 3,819 km (2018) · Mexico: 23,389 km (2017)

Airlines from Mexico fly 6.7 times as many passengers per resident as those from Kenya

Kenya: 0.09 (2023) · Mexico: 0.6 (2023)

Forest covers 34% of Mexico, but only 6.6% of Kenya

Kenya: 6.6% (2024) · Mexico: 34.2% (2024)

The average person in Mexico emits 9.4 times as much CO₂ as someone in Kenya

Kenya: 0.4 t (2024) · Mexico: 3.5 t (2024)

90% of Kenya’s electricity is renewable, versus 23% in Mexico

Kenya: 90% (2025) · Mexico: 23.1% (2025)

The air in Kenya carries 20% more fine dust than in Mexico

Kenya: 22 µg/m³ (2024) · Mexico: 18.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 5.1 times as likely to be murdered in Mexico as in Kenya

Kenya: 4.9 per 100k (2022) · Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Kenya are 2.9 times as deadly as in Mexico

Kenya: 55.3 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

Kenya is on average 4.3 °C warmer than Mexico

Kenya: 25.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 21.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Mexico gets 13% more rain than Kenya

Kenya: 696 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 788 mm (2016–2025 avg)