Mexico’s coastline is 7 times as long as Sri Lanka’s

Mexico: 9,330 km (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 1,340 km (2026 edition)

Mexico’s highest peak towers 3,112 m above Sri Lanka’s

Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2,524 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 51% of Mexico, versus 49% of Sri Lanka

Mexico: 50.6% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 48.8% (2024)

Mexico has 6.1 times as many people as Sri Lanka

Mexico: 132 million (2025) · Sri Lanka: 21.8 million (2025)

Sri Lanka is 5.2 times as densely populated as Mexico

Mexico: 68 per km² (2025) · Sri Lanka: 352 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Sri Lanka is 3.9 years older than in Mexico

Mexico: 28.9 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 32.8 years (2023)

Women in Sri Lanka have 0.1 more children on average than in Mexico

Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024) · Sri Lanka: 1.95 children per woman (2024)

12% of people in Sri Lanka are 65 or older, versus 8.5% in Mexico

Mexico: 8.5% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 12.5% (2025)

Mexico hosts 118 times as many refugees per resident as Sri Lanka

Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 0.0098 per 1,000 (2025)

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

Mexico: 0.2 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 0 (2026)

Sri Lanka has 2 official languages, Mexico 1

Mexico: 1 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026)

Mexico’s economy is 17 times the size of Sri Lanka’s

Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025) · Sri Lanka: $109 billion (2025)

Mexico produces 52% more per person than Sri Lanka

Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025) · Sri Lanka: Int$17,065 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Mexico than in Sri Lanka (Gini 4.9 points higher)

Mexico: 42.6 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 37.7 (2019)

2.7% of people in Sri Lanka live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.6% in Mexico

Mexico: 1.6% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 2.7% (2019)

Unemployment is 4.0% in Sri Lanka, versus 2.7% in Mexico

Mexico: 2.7% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4% (2025)

Sri Lanka spends 1.3% of its GDP on the military, Mexico 0.7%

Mexico: 0.7% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 1.3% (2025)

Mexico’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Sri Lanka’s 9.9%

Mexico: 14.8% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 9.9% (2023)

Mexico’s price level (US = 100) is 1.8× Sri Lanka’s

Mexico: 54% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 29% (2025)

Mexico spends 5.7 times as much on health per person as Sri Lanka

Mexico: $761 (2023) · Sri Lanka: $134 (2023)

A baby in Mexico is 2.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Sri Lanka

Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 5.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Mexico has 2.3 times as many doctors per person as Sri Lanka

Mexico: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Sri Lanka: 1.1 per 1,000 (2023)

Sri Lanka has 3.9 times as many hospital beds per person as Mexico

Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022) · Sri Lanka: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Sri Lanka is 61% higher than in Mexico

Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 14 per 100k (2023)

37% of adults in Mexico are obese, versus 11% in Sri Lanka

Mexico: 37.4% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 11.2% (2024)

21% of adults in Sri Lanka smoke, versus 16% in Mexico

Mexico: 15.7% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7% (2024)

People in Mexico rate their lives 2.96 points higher than in Sri Lanka

Mexico: 6.97 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4.01 (2025)

Adults in Mexico drink 2.7 times as much alcohol as in Sri Lanka

Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2.5 litres (2023)

Mexico has 6.8 times as much meat per person as Sri Lanka

Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023) · Sri Lanka: 11.6 kg (2023)

Mexico has 629 kcal more food per person per day than Sri Lanka

Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,675 kcal (2023)

Workers in Sri Lanka put in 424 more hours a year than in Mexico

Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,053 hours (2023)

Adults in Sri Lanka went to school 1.4 years longer than in Mexico

Mexico: 9.3 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 10.8 years (2023)

Mexico welcomed 11 times as many tourists per resident as Sri Lanka (2019)

Mexico: 0.34 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 0.03 (2022)

Mexico has 28 more World Heritage sites than Sri Lanka (36 against 8)

Mexico: 36 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 8 (2026)

Mexico has won 77 Olympic medals, Sri Lanka 2

Mexico: 77 (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026 edition)

83% of people in Mexico are online, versus 55% in Sri Lanka

Mexico: 83% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 55% (2024)

Home internet in Mexico is 2.4 times as fast as in Sri Lanka

Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026) · Sri Lanka: 63 Mbps (2026)

Sri Lanka and Mexico are practically level

Mexico: 99.8% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 100% (2024)

80% of people in Mexico live in cities, versus 20% in Sri Lanka

Mexico: 80% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 20% (2025)

Sri Lanka has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Mexico 116

Mexico: 116 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 133 (2024)

Mexico’s railway network is 15 times as long as Sri Lanka’s

Mexico: 23,389 km (2017) · Sri Lanka: 1,562 km (2019)

Airlines from Mexico fly 3.4 times as many passengers per resident as those from Sri Lanka

Mexico: 0.6 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 0.18 (2023)

Sri Lanka and Mexico are practically level

Mexico: 34.2% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 34.4% (2024)

The average person in Mexico emits 3.9 times as much CO₂ as someone in Sri Lanka

Mexico: 3.5 t (2024) · Sri Lanka: 0.9 t (2024)

62% of Sri Lanka’s electricity is renewable, versus 23% in Mexico

Mexico: 23.1% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 61.6% (2025)

The air in Sri Lanka carries 13% more fine dust than in Mexico

Mexico: 18.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 7.5 times as likely to be murdered in Mexico as in Sri Lanka

Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 3.3 per 100k (2019)

Roads in Sri Lanka are 10% deadlier than in Mexico

Mexico: 19.1 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 21.1 per 100k (2023)

Sri Lanka is on average 5.4 °C warmer than Mexico

Mexico: 21.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Sri Lanka gets 2.3 times as much rain as Mexico

Mexico: 788 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 1,839 mm (2016–2025 avg)