Mexico’s coastline is 41 times as long as Romania’s

Mexico: 9,330 km (2026 edition) · Romania: 225 km (2026 edition)

Mexico’s highest peak towers 3,092 m above Romania’s

Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition) · Romania: 2,544 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 55% of Romania, versus 51% of Mexico

Mexico: 50.6% (2024) · Romania: 55.2% (2024)

Mexico has 6.9 times as many people as Romania

Mexico: 132 million (2025) · Romania: 19 million (2025)

Romania is 22% more densely populated than Mexico

Mexico: 68 per km² (2025) · Romania: 83 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Romania is 14 years older than in Mexico

Mexico: 28.9 years (2023) · Romania: 42.6 years (2023)

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

Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024) · Romania: 1.39 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in Romania are 65 or older, versus 8.5% in Mexico

Mexico: 8.5% (2025) · Romania: 20.1% (2025)

Romania hosts 9.4 times as many refugees per resident as Mexico

Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Romania: 10.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Romania has produced 2.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Mexico 0.2

Mexico: 0.2 (2026) · Romania: 2.1 (2026)

Mexico and Romania are practically level

Mexico: 1 (2026) · Romania: 1 (2026)

Mexico’s economy is 4.3 times the size of Romania’s

Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025) · Romania: $429 billion (2025)

Romania produces 2 times as much per person as Mexico

Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025) · Romania: Int$50,895 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Mexico than in Romania (Gini 12.8 points higher)

Mexico: 42.6 (2024) · Romania: 29.8 (2023)

1.6% of people in Mexico live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.7% in Romania

Mexico: 1.6% (2024) · Romania: 0.7% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.0% in Romania, versus 2.7% in Mexico

Mexico: 2.7% (2025) · Romania: 6% (2025)

Romania spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Mexico 0.7%

Mexico: 0.7% (2025) · Romania: 2.3% (2025)

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

Mexico: 14.8% (2024) · Romania: 16.2% (2024)

Mexico’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Romania’s

Mexico: 54% (2025) · Romania: 44% (2025)

Romania spends 38% more on health per person than Mexico

Mexico: $761 (2023) · Romania: $1,051 (2023)

A baby in Mexico is 2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Romania

Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Romania: 6 per 1,000 (2024)

Romania has 40% more doctors per person than Mexico

Mexico: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Romania: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Romania has 7.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Mexico

Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022) · Romania: 7.2 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Mexico is 6% higher than in Romania

Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 8.2 per 100k (2023)

Romania and Mexico are practically level

Mexico: 37.4% (2024) · Romania: 37.7% (2024)

30% of adults in Romania smoke, versus 16% in Mexico

Mexico: 15.7% (2024) · Romania: 29.7% (2024)

People in Mexico rate their lives 0.34 points higher than in Romania

Mexico: 6.97 (2025) · Romania: 6.63 (2025)

Adults in Romania drink 2.6 times as much alcohol as in Mexico

Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023) · Romania: 17.1 litres (2023)

Mexico has 8% more meat per person than Romania

Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023) · Romania: 72.5 kg (2023)

Romania has 344 kcal more food per person per day than Mexico

Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023) · Romania: 3,649 kcal (2023)

Workers in Romania put in 197 more hours a year than in Mexico

Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023) · Romania: 1,826 hours (2023)

Adults in Romania went to school 2.2 years longer than in Mexico

Mexico: 9.3 years (2023) · Romania: 11.6 years (2023)

Romania welcomed 2 times as many tourists per resident as Mexico (2019)

Mexico: 0.34 (2024) · Romania: 0.7 (2024)

Mexico has 25 more World Heritage sites than Romania (36 against 11)

Mexico: 36 (2026) · Romania: 11 (2026)

Romania has won 318 Olympic medals, Mexico 77

Mexico: 77 (2026 edition) · Romania: 318 (2026 edition)

91% of people in Romania are online, versus 83% in Mexico

Mexico: 83% (2024) · Romania: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Romania is 2.1 times as fast as in Mexico

Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026) · Romania: 316 Mbps (2026)

Romania and Mexico are practically level

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

80% of people in Mexico live in cities, versus 52% in Romania

Mexico: 80% (2025) · Romania: 52% (2025)

Romania has 120 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Mexico 116

Mexico: 116 (2024) · Romania: 120 (2024)

Mexico’s railway network is 2.2 times as long as Romania’s

Mexico: 23,389 km (2017) · Romania: 10,769 km (2021)

Airlines from Mexico fly 4 times as many passengers per resident as those from Romania

Mexico: 0.6 (2023) · Romania: 0.15 (2023)

Forest covers 34% of Mexico, but only 30% of Romania

Mexico: 34.2% (2024) · Romania: 30.2% (2024)

The average person in Romania emits 2% more CO₂ than someone in Mexico

Mexico: 3.5 t (2024) · Romania: 3.6 t (2024)

47% of Romania’s electricity is renewable, versus 23% in Mexico

Mexico: 23.1% (2025) · Romania: 47% (2025)

The air in Mexico carries 28% more fine dust than in Romania

Mexico: 18.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Romania: 14.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 22 times as likely to be murdered in Mexico as in Romania

Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 1.1 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Mexico are 40% deadlier than in Romania

Mexico: 19.1 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 13.6 per 100k (2023)

Mexico is on average 10.4 °C warmer than Romania

Mexico: 21.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 11°C (2016–2025 avg)

Mexico gets 4% more rain than Romania

Mexico: 788 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg)