Mexico’s coastline is 5.2 times as long as Portugal’s

Mexico: 9,330 km (2026 edition) · Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition)

Mexico’s highest peak towers 3,285 m above Portugal’s

Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition) · Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 51% of Mexico, versus 41% of Portugal

Mexico: 50.6% (2024) · Portugal: 41.3% (2024)

Mexico has 12 times as many people as Portugal

Mexico: 132 million (2025) · Portugal: 10.8 million (2025)

Portugal is 74% more densely populated than Mexico

Mexico: 68 per km² (2025) · Portugal: 118 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Portugal is 17 years older than in Mexico

Mexico: 28.9 years (2023) · Portugal: 46.2 years (2023)

Women in Mexico have 0.5 more children on average than in Portugal

Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024) · Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Portugal are 65 or older, versus 8.5% in Mexico

Mexico: 8.5% (2025) · Portugal: 24.9% (2025)

Portugal hosts 5.7 times as many refugees per resident as Mexico

Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Portugal has produced 1.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Mexico 0.2

Mexico: 0.2 (2026) · Portugal: 1.9 (2026)

Mexico and Portugal are practically level

Mexico: 1 (2026) · Portugal: 1 (2026)

Mexico’s economy is 5.3 times the size of Portugal’s

Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025) · Portugal: $347 billion (2025)

Portugal produces 2.1 times as much per person as Mexico

Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025) · Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Mexico than in Portugal (Gini 8.7 points higher)

Mexico: 42.6 (2024) · Portugal: 33.9 (2023)

1.6% of people in Mexico live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Portugal

Mexico: 1.6% (2024) · Portugal: 0.4% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.2% in Portugal, versus 2.7% in Mexico

Mexico: 2.7% (2025) · Portugal: 6.2% (2025)

Portugal spends 1.7% of its GDP on the military, Mexico 0.7%

Mexico: 0.7% (2025) · Portugal: 1.7% (2025)

Portugal’s central government collects 22% of GDP in tax, Mexico’s 15%

Mexico: 14.8% (2024) · Portugal: 22.3% (2024)

Portugal’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Mexico’s

Mexico: 54% (2025) · Portugal: 60% (2025)

Portugal spends 3.9 times as much on health per person as Mexico

Mexico: $761 (2023) · Portugal: $2,971 (2024)

A baby in Mexico is 4.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Portugal

Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Portugal: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Portugal has 2.3 times as many doctors per person as Mexico

Mexico: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022)

Portugal has 3.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Mexico

Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022) · Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Mexico is 1% higher than in Portugal

Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 8.6 per 100k (2023)

37% of adults in Mexico are obese, versus 23% in Portugal

Mexico: 37.4% (2024) · Portugal: 23% (2024)

29% of adults in Portugal smoke, versus 16% in Mexico

Mexico: 15.7% (2024) · Portugal: 28.6% (2024)

People in Mexico rate their lives 0.94 points higher than in Portugal

Mexico: 6.97 (2025) · Portugal: 6.03 (2025)

Adults in Portugal drink 2.1 times as much alcohol as in Mexico

Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023) · Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023)

Portugal has 27% more meat per person than Mexico

Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023) · Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023)

Portugal has 248 kcal more food per person per day than Mexico

Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023) · Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023)

Workers in Portugal put in 106 more hours a year than in Mexico

Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023) · Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023)

Adults in Portugal went to school 0.35 years longer than in Mexico

Mexico: 9.3 years (2023) · Portugal: 9.7 years (2023)

Portugal welcomed 7.9 times as many tourists per resident as Mexico (2019)

Mexico: 0.34 (2024) · Portugal: 2.71 (2024)

Mexico has 19 more World Heritage sites than Portugal (36 against 17)

Mexico: 36 (2026) · Portugal: 17 (2026)

Mexico has won 77 Olympic medals, Portugal 32

Mexico: 77 (2026 edition) · Portugal: 32 (2026 edition)

88% of people in Portugal are online, versus 83% in Mexico

Mexico: 83% (2024) · Portugal: 88% (2024)

Home internet in Portugal is 2.2 times as fast as in Mexico

Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026) · Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026)

Portugal and Mexico are practically level

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

80% of people in Mexico live in cities, versus 61% in Portugal

Mexico: 80% (2025) · Portugal: 61% (2025)

Portugal has 124 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Mexico 116

Mexico: 116 (2024) · Portugal: 124 (2024)

Mexico’s railway network is 9.3 times as long as Portugal’s

Mexico: 23,389 km (2017) · Portugal: 2,527 km (2021)

Airlines from Portugal fly 2.8 times as many passengers per resident as those from Mexico

Mexico: 0.6 (2023) · Portugal: 1.69 (2023)

Forest covers 37% of Portugal, but only 34% of Mexico

Mexico: 34.2% (2024) · Portugal: 36.6% (2024)

The average person in Mexico emits 3% more CO₂ than someone in Portugal

Mexico: 3.5 t (2024) · Portugal: 3.4 t (2024)

81% of Portugal’s electricity is renewable, versus 23% in Mexico

Mexico: 23.1% (2025) · Portugal: 81% (2025)

The air in Mexico carries 74% more fine dust than in Portugal

Mexico: 18.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 35 times as likely to be murdered in Mexico as in Portugal

Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Mexico are 74% deadlier than in Portugal

Mexico: 19.1 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023)

Mexico is on average 5.5 °C warmer than Portugal

Mexico: 21.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Mexico gets 1% more rain than Portugal

Mexico: 788 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg)