Mexico’s coastline is 2 times as long as Malaysia’s

Malaysia: 4,675 km (2026 edition) · Mexico: 9,330 km (2026 edition)

Mexico’s highest peak towers 1,541 m above Malaysia’s

Malaysia: 4,095 m (2026 edition) · Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 51% of Mexico, versus 25% of Malaysia

Malaysia: 24.8% (2024) · Mexico: 50.6% (2024)

Mexico has 3.7 times as many people as Malaysia

Malaysia: 36 million (2025) · Mexico: 132 million (2025)

Malaysia is 61% more densely populated than Mexico

Malaysia: 110 per km² (2025) · Mexico: 68 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Malaysia is 1.2 years older than in Mexico

Malaysia: 30.1 years (2023) · Mexico: 28.9 years (2023)

Women in Mexico have 0.3 more children on average than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 1.54 children per woman (2024) · Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024)

Mexico and Malaysia are practically level

Malaysia: 8% (2025) · Mexico: 8.5% (2025)

Malaysia hosts 3.6 times as many refugees per resident as Mexico

Malaysia: 4.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Mexico has produced 0.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Malaysia none

Malaysia: 0 (2026) · Mexico: 0.2 (2026)

Malaysia has 2 official languages, Mexico 1

Malaysia: 2 (2026) · Mexico: 1 (2026)

Mexico’s economy is 3.9 times the size of Malaysia’s

Malaysia: $472 billion (2025) · Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025)

Malaysia produces 60% more per person than Mexico

Malaysia: Int$41,498 (2025) · Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Mexico than in Malaysia (Gini 1.9 points higher)

Malaysia: 40.7 (2021) · Mexico: 42.6 (2024)

1.6% of people in Mexico live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 0% (2021) · Mexico: 1.6% (2024)

Unemployment is 3.8% in Malaysia, versus 2.7% in Mexico

Malaysia: 3.8% (2025) · Mexico: 2.7% (2025)

Malaysia and Mexico are practically level

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

Mexico’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Malaysia’s 12%

Malaysia: 12.4% (2024) · Mexico: 14.8% (2024)

Mexico’s price level (US = 100) is 1.7× Malaysia’s

Malaysia: 32% (2025) · Mexico: 54% (2025)

Mexico spends 69% more on health per person than Malaysia

Malaysia: $450 (2023) · Mexico: $761 (2023)

A baby in Mexico is 73% more likely to die before turning one than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 7 per 1,000 (2024) · Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Mexico has 11% more doctors per person than Malaysia

Malaysia: 2.3 per 1,000 (2023) · Mexico: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Malaysia has 94% more hospital beds per person than Mexico

Malaysia: 2 per 1,000 (2023) · Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Mexico is 74% higher than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 5 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

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

Malaysia: 23.6% (2024) · Mexico: 37.4% (2024)

17% of adults in Malaysia smoke, versus 16% in Mexico

Malaysia: 16.9% (2024) · Mexico: 15.7% (2024)

People in Mexico rate their lives 0.97 points higher than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 6.01 (2025) · Mexico: 6.97 (2025)

Adults in Mexico drink 8.3 times as much alcohol as in Malaysia

Malaysia: 0.8 litres (2023) · Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023)

Mexico has 13% more meat per person than Malaysia

Malaysia: 69.1 kg (2023) · Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023)

Mexico has 378 kcal more food per person per day than Malaysia

Malaysia: 2,927 kcal (2023) · Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023)

Workers in Malaysia put in 679 more hours a year than in Mexico

Malaysia: 2,308 hours (2023) · Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023)

Adults in Malaysia went to school 1.7 years longer than in Mexico

Malaysia: 11.1 years (2023) · Mexico: 9.3 years (2023)

Mexico welcomed 19% more tourists per resident than Malaysia (2019)

Malaysia: 0.29 (2022) · Mexico: 0.34 (2024)

Mexico has 30 more World Heritage sites than Malaysia (36 against 6)

Malaysia: 6 (2026) · Mexico: 36 (2026)

Mexico has won 77 Olympic medals, Malaysia 15

Malaysia: 15 (2026 edition) · Mexico: 77 (2026 edition)

98% of people in Malaysia are online, versus 83% in Mexico

Malaysia: 98% (2024) · Mexico: 83% (2024)

Home internet in Malaysia is 77% faster than in Mexico

Malaysia: 269 Mbps (2026) · Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026)

Malaysia and Mexico are practically level

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

80% of people in Mexico live in cities, versus 77% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 77% (2025) · Mexico: 80% (2025)

Malaysia has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Mexico 116

Malaysia: 140 (2024) · Mexico: 116 (2024)

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

Malaysia: 1,655 km (2021) · Mexico: 23,389 km (2017)

Airlines from Malaysia fly 2.2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Mexico

Malaysia: 1.3 (2023) · Mexico: 0.6 (2023)

Forest covers 58% of Malaysia, but only 34% of Mexico

Malaysia: 57.7% (2024) · Mexico: 34.2% (2024)

The average person in Malaysia emits 2.3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Mexico

Malaysia: 8.2 t (2024) · Mexico: 3.5 t (2024)

23% of Mexico’s electricity is renewable, versus 21% in Malaysia

Malaysia: 20.7% (2025) · Mexico: 23.1% (2025)

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

Malaysia: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Mexico: 18.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 34 times as likely to be murdered in Mexico as in Malaysia

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

Roads in Mexico are 18% deadlier than in Malaysia

Malaysia: 16.2 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

Malaysia is on average 4.6 °C warmer than Mexico

Malaysia: 26°C (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 21.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Malaysia gets 3.9 times as much rain as Mexico

Malaysia: 3,081 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 788 mm (2016–2025 avg)