Mexico’s coastline is 3.9 times as long as South Korea’s

Mexico: 9,330 km (2026 edition) · South Korea: 2,413 km (2026 edition)

Mexico’s highest peak towers 3,686 m above South Korea’s

Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition) · South Korea: 1,950 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 51% of Mexico, versus 16% of South Korea

Mexico: 50.6% (2024) · South Korea: 16% (2024)

Mexico has 2.6 times as many people as South Korea

Mexico: 132 million (2025) · South Korea: 51.7 million (2025)

South Korea is 7.8 times as densely populated as Mexico

Mexico: 68 per km² (2025) · South Korea: 530 per km² (2025)

The typical person in South Korea is 16 years older than in Mexico

Mexico: 28.9 years (2023) · South Korea: 44.5 years (2023)

Women in Mexico have 1.1 more children on average than in South Korea

Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024) · South Korea: 0.75 children per woman (2024)

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

Mexico: 8.5% (2025) · South Korea: 20.3% (2025)

Mexico hosts 14 times as many refugees per resident as South Korea

Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025) · South Korea: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

South Korea has produced 0.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Mexico 0.2

Mexico: 0.2 (2026) · South Korea: 0.6 (2026)

Mexico and South Korea are practically level

Mexico: 1 (2026) · South Korea: 1 (2026)

South Korea’s economy is 2% larger than Mexico’s

Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025) · South Korea: $1.87 trillion (2025)

South Korea produces 2.4 times as much per person as Mexico

Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025) · South Korea: Int$63,125 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Mexico than in South Korea (Gini 9.7 points higher)

Mexico: 42.6 (2024) · South Korea: 32.9 (2021)

1.6% of people in Mexico live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in South Korea

Mexico: 1.6% (2024) · South Korea: 0.1% (2021)

South Korea and Mexico are practically level

Mexico: 2.7% (2025) · South Korea: 2.7% (2025)

South Korea spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, Mexico 0.7%

Mexico: 0.7% (2025) · South Korea: 2.6% (2025)

Mexico’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, South Korea’s 13%

Mexico: 14.8% (2024) · South Korea: 13.3% (2024)

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

Mexico: 54% (2025) · South Korea: 57% (2025)

South Korea spends 4.1 times as much on health per person as Mexico

Mexico: $761 (2023) · South Korea: $3,137 (2024)

A baby in Mexico is 5.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in South Korea

Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024) · South Korea: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024)

South Korea and Mexico are nearly identical here

Mexico: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · South Korea: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

South Korea has 13 times as many hospital beds per person as Mexico

Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022) · South Korea: 12.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in South Korea is 2.7 times that in Mexico

Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 23.4 per 100k (2023)

37% of adults in Mexico are obese, versus 7.5% in South Korea

Mexico: 37.4% (2024) · South Korea: 7.5% (2024)

19% of adults in South Korea smoke, versus 16% in Mexico

Mexico: 15.7% (2024) · South Korea: 18.6% (2024)

People in Mexico rate their lives 0.93 points higher than in South Korea

Mexico: 6.97 (2025) · South Korea: 6.04 (2025)

Adults in South Korea drink 24% more alcohol than in Mexico

Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023) · South Korea: 8.3 litres (2023)

South Korea has 7% more meat per person than Mexico

Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023) · South Korea: 84 kg (2023)

South Korea has 126 kcal more food per person per day than Mexico

Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023) · South Korea: 3,430 kcal (2023)

Workers in South Korea put in 281 more hours a year than in Mexico

Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023) · South Korea: 1,910 hours (2023)

Adults in South Korea went to school 3.4 years longer than in Mexico

Mexico: 9.3 years (2023) · South Korea: 12.7 years (2023)

Mexico welcomed 9% more tourists per resident than South Korea (2019)

Mexico: 0.34 (2024) · South Korea: 0.32 (2024)

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

Mexico: 36 (2026) · South Korea: 17 (2026)

South Korea has won 409 Olympic medals, Mexico 77

Mexico: 77 (2026 edition) · South Korea: 409 (2026 edition)

98% of people in South Korea are online, versus 83% in Mexico

Mexico: 83% (2024) · South Korea: 98% (2024)

Home internet in South Korea is 2 times as fast as in Mexico

Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026) · South Korea: 298 Mbps (2026)

South Korea and Mexico are practically level

Mexico: 99.8% (2024) · South Korea: 100% (2024)

81% of people in South Korea live in cities, versus 80% in Mexico

Mexico: 80% (2025) · South Korea: 81% (2025)

South Korea has 173 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Mexico 116

Mexico: 116 (2024) · South Korea: 173 (2024)

Mexico’s railway network is 5.4 times as long as South Korea’s

Mexico: 23,389 km (2017) · South Korea: 4,309 km (2021)

Airlines from South Korea fly 2.5 times as many passengers per resident as those from Mexico

Mexico: 0.6 (2023) · South Korea: 1.48 (2023)

Forest covers 64% of South Korea, but only 34% of Mexico

Mexico: 34.2% (2024) · South Korea: 64.4% (2024)

The average person in South Korea emits 3.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Mexico

Mexico: 3.5 t (2024) · South Korea: 11.3 t (2024)

23% of Mexico’s electricity is renewable, versus 10% in South Korea

Mexico: 23.1% (2025) · South Korea: 10.4% (2025)

The air in South Korea carries 15% more fine dust than in Mexico

Mexico: 18.3 µg/m³ (2024) · South Korea: 21 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 52 times as likely to be murdered in Mexico as in South Korea

Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 0.5 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Mexico are 2.2 times as deadly as in South Korea

Mexico: 19.1 per 100k (2023) · South Korea: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

Mexico is on average 8.3 °C warmer than South Korea

Mexico: 21.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 13.2°C (2016–2025 avg)

South Korea gets 60% more rain than Mexico

Mexico: 788 mm (2016–2025 avg) · South Korea: 1,265 mm (2016–2025 avg)