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

Mexico: 9,330 km (2026 edition) · Peru: 2,414 km (2026 edition)

Peru’s highest peak towers 1,110 m above Mexico’s

Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition) · Peru: 6,746 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 51% of Mexico, versus 19% of Peru

Mexico: 50.6% (2024) · Peru: 19% (2024)

Mexico has 3.8 times as many people as Peru

Mexico: 132 million (2025) · Peru: 34.6 million (2025)

Mexico is 2.5 times as densely populated as Peru

Mexico: 68 per km² (2025) · Peru: 27 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Peru is 0.57 years older than in Mexico

Mexico: 28.9 years (2023) · Peru: 29.5 years (2023)

Women in Peru have 0.1 more children on average than in Mexico

Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024) · Peru: 1.97 children per woman (2024)

9.5% of people in Peru are 65 or older, versus 8.5% in Mexico

Mexico: 8.5% (2025) · Peru: 9.5% (2025)

Mexico hosts 5.9 times as many refugees per resident as Peru

Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Peru: 0.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Peru has produced 0.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Mexico 0.2

Mexico: 0.2 (2026) · Peru: 0.3 (2026)

Peru has 3 official languages, Mexico 1

Mexico: 1 (2026) · Peru: 3 (2026)

Mexico’s economy is 5.5 times the size of Peru’s

Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025) · Peru: $335 billion (2025)

Mexico produces 37% more per person than Peru

Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025) · Peru: Int$18,816 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Mexico than in Peru (Gini 2.5 points higher)

Mexico: 42.6 (2024) · Peru: 40.1 (2024)

5.1% of people in Peru live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.6% in Mexico

Mexico: 1.6% (2024) · Peru: 5.1% (2024)

Unemployment is 5.1% in Peru, versus 2.7% in Mexico

Mexico: 2.7% (2025) · Peru: 5.1% (2025)

Peru and Mexico are practically level

Mexico: 0.7% (2025) · Peru: 0.8% (2025)

Peru’s central government collects 16% of GDP in tax, Mexico’s 15%

Mexico: 14.8% (2024) · Peru: 15.9% (2021)

Mexico’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Peru’s

Mexico: 54% (2025) · Peru: 51% (2025)

Mexico spends 71% more on health per person than Peru

Mexico: $761 (2023) · Peru: $446 (2023)

A baby in Mexico is 10% more likely to die before turning one than in Peru

Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Peru: 11 per 1,000 (2024)

Mexico has 53% more doctors per person than Peru

Mexico: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Peru: 1.7 per 1,000 (2023)

Peru has 54% more hospital beds per person than Mexico

Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022) · Peru: 1.6 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Mexico is 3 times that in Peru

Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 2.9 per 100k (2023)

37% of adults in Mexico are obese, versus 29% in Peru

Mexico: 37.4% (2024) · Peru: 29.1% (2024)

16% of adults in Mexico smoke, versus 12% in Peru

Mexico: 15.7% (2024) · Peru: 12.4% (2024)

People in Mexico rate their lives 1.00 points higher than in Peru

Mexico: 6.97 (2025) · Peru: 5.97 (2025)

Adults in Mexico drink 40% more alcohol than in Peru

Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023) · Peru: 4.8 litres (2023)

Mexico has 41% more meat per person than Peru

Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023) · Peru: 55.4 kg (2023)

Mexico has 494 kcal more food per person per day than Peru

Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023) · Peru: 2,811 kcal (2023)

Workers in Peru put in 514 more hours a year than in Mexico

Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023) · Peru: 2,143 hours (2023)

Adults in Peru went to school 0.81 years longer than in Mexico

Mexico: 9.3 years (2023) · Peru: 10.2 years (2023)

Mexico welcomed 5.7 times as many tourists per resident as Peru (2019)

Mexico: 0.34 (2024) · Peru: 0.06 (2022)

Mexico has 23 more World Heritage sites than Peru (36 against 13)

Mexico: 36 (2026) · Peru: 13 (2026)

Mexico has won 77 Olympic medals, Peru 5

Mexico: 77 (2026 edition) · Peru: 5 (2026 edition)

83% of people in Mexico are online, versus 82% in Peru

Mexico: 83% (2024) · Peru: 82% (2024)

Home internet in Peru is 94% faster than in Mexico

Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026) · Peru: 294 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Mexico have electricity, versus 97% in Peru

Mexico: 99.8% (2024) · Peru: 96.5% (2024)

86% of people in Peru live in cities, versus 80% in Mexico

Mexico: 80% (2025) · Peru: 86% (2025)

Peru has 125 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Mexico 116

Mexico: 116 (2024) · Peru: 125 (2024)

Mexico’s railway network is 13 times as long as Peru’s

Mexico: 23,389 km (2017) · Peru: 1,854 km (2017)

Airlines from Mexico fly 16% more passengers per resident than those from Peru

Mexico: 0.6 (2023) · Peru: 0.51 (2023)

Forest covers 53% of Peru, but only 34% of Mexico

Mexico: 34.2% (2024) · Peru: 52.7% (2024)

The average person in Mexico emits 72% more CO₂ than someone in Peru

Mexico: 3.5 t (2024) · Peru: 2.1 t (2024)

64% of Peru’s electricity is renewable, versus 23% in Mexico

Mexico: 23.1% (2025) · Peru: 63.6% (2025)

The air in Peru carries 51% more fine dust than in Mexico

Mexico: 18.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Peru: 27.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.9 times as likely to be murdered in Mexico as in Peru

Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 8.6 per 100k (2021)

Roads in Mexico are 14% deadlier than in Peru

Mexico: 19.1 per 100k (2023) · Peru: 16.7 per 100k (2023)

Mexico is on average 2.2 °C warmer than Peru

Mexico: 21.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 19.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

Peru gets 2.7 times as much rain as Mexico

Mexico: 788 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Peru: 2,164 mm (2016–2025 avg)