Mexico’s coastline is 6.6 times as long as Tanzania’s

Mexico: 9,330 km (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition)

Tanzania’s highest peak towers 259 m above Mexico’s

Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 51% of Mexico, versus 45% of Tanzania

Mexico: 50.6% (2024) · Tanzania: 45.1% (2024)

Mexico has 87% more people than Tanzania

Mexico: 132 million (2025) · Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025)

Tanzania is 18% more densely populated than Mexico

Mexico: 68 per km² (2025) · Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Mexico is 12 years older than in Tanzania

Mexico: 28.9 years (2023) · Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023)

Women in Tanzania have 2.6 more children on average than in Mexico

Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024) · Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024)

8.5% of people in Mexico are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Tanzania

Mexico: 8.5% (2025) · Tanzania: 3% (2025)

Tanzania hosts 2.1 times as many refugees per resident as Mexico

Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Tanzania: 2.4 per 1,000 (2025)

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

Mexico: 0.2 (2026) · Tanzania: 0 (2026)

Tanzania has 2 official languages, Mexico 1

Mexico: 1 (2026) · Tanzania: 2 (2026)

Mexico’s economy is 20 times the size of Tanzania’s

Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025) · Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025)

Mexico produces 5.8 times as much per person as Tanzania

Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025) · Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Mexico than in Tanzania (Gini 2.1 points higher)

Mexico: 42.6 (2024) · Tanzania: 40.5 (2018)

51% of people in Tanzania live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.6% in Mexico

Mexico: 1.6% (2024) · Tanzania: 51.3% (2018)

Unemployment is 2.7% in Mexico, versus 1.6% in Tanzania

Mexico: 2.7% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.6% (2025)

Tanzania and Mexico are practically level

Mexico: 0.7% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.2% (2025)

Mexico’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Tanzania’s 12%

Mexico: 14.8% (2024) · Tanzania: 12.3% (2024)

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

Mexico: 54% (2025) · Tanzania: 29% (2025)

Mexico spends 21 times as much on health per person as Tanzania

Mexico: $761 (2023) · Tanzania: $36 (2023)

A baby in Tanzania is 2.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Mexico

Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Mexico has 19 times as many doctors per person as Tanzania

Mexico: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Tanzania: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Mexico has 20% more hospital beds per person than Tanzania

Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022) · Tanzania: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Tanzania is 71% higher than in Mexico

Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 14.9 per 100k (2023)

37% of adults in Mexico are obese, versus 10% in Tanzania

Mexico: 37.4% (2024) · Tanzania: 10.5% (2024)

16% of adults in Mexico smoke, versus 7.7% in Tanzania

Mexico: 15.7% (2024) · Tanzania: 7.7% (2024)

People in Mexico rate their lives 3.07 points higher than in Tanzania

Mexico: 6.97 (2025) · Tanzania: 3.90 (2025)

Adults in Mexico drink 4.5 times as much alcohol as in Tanzania

Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023) · Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023)

Mexico has 6.4 times as much meat per person as Tanzania

Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023) · Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023)

Mexico has 786 kcal more food per person per day than Tanzania

Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023) · Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023)

Workers in Tanzania put in 500 more hours a year than in Mexico

Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023) · Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023)

Adults in Mexico went to school 3.3 years longer than in Tanzania

Mexico: 9.3 years (2023) · Tanzania: 6.1 years (2023)

Mexico welcomed 15 times as many tourists per resident as Tanzania (2019)

Mexico: 0.34 (2024) · Tanzania: 0.02 (2022)

Mexico has 29 more World Heritage sites than Tanzania (36 against 7)

Mexico: 36 (2026) · Tanzania: 7 (2026)

Mexico has won 77 Olympic medals, Tanzania 2

Mexico: 77 (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 2 (2026 edition)

83% of people in Mexico are online, versus 31% in Tanzania

Mexico: 83% (2024) · Tanzania: 31% (2024)

Home internet in Mexico is 2.7 times as fast as in Tanzania

Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026) · Tanzania: 56 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Mexico have electricity, versus 52% in Tanzania

Mexico: 99.8% (2024) · Tanzania: 52.4% (2024)

80% of people in Mexico live in cities, versus 37% in Tanzania

Mexico: 80% (2025) · Tanzania: 37% (2025)

Tanzania has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Mexico 116

Mexico: 116 (2024) · Tanzania: 127 (2024)

Mexico’s railway network is 8.7 times as long as Tanzania’s

Mexico: 23,389 km (2017) · Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017)

Airlines from Mexico fly 22 times as many passengers per resident as those from Tanzania

Mexico: 0.6 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.03 (2023)

Forest covers 50% of Tanzania, but only 34% of Mexico

Mexico: 34.2% (2024) · Tanzania: 49.6% (2024)

The average person in Mexico emits 12 times as much CO₂ as someone in Tanzania

Mexico: 3.5 t (2024) · Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024)

33% of Tanzania’s electricity is renewable, versus 23% in Mexico

Mexico: 23.1% (2025) · Tanzania: 32.9% (2024)

The air in Tanzania carries 34% more fine dust than in Mexico

Mexico: 18.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Tanzania: 24.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 6.6 times as likely to be murdered in Mexico as in Tanzania

Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020)

Roads in Tanzania are 5% deadlier than in Mexico

Mexico: 19.1 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 20.1 per 100k (2023)

Tanzania is on average 1.7 °C warmer than Mexico

Mexico: 21.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Tanzania gets 40% more rain than Mexico

Mexico: 788 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg)