Mexico’s coastline is 2.9 times as long as Thailand’s

Mexico: 9,330 km (2026 edition) · Thailand: 3,219 km (2026 edition)

Mexico’s highest peak towers 3,071 m above Thailand’s

Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition) · Thailand: 2,565 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 51% of Mexico, versus 43% of Thailand

Mexico: 50.6% (2024) · Thailand: 43.3% (2024)

Mexico has 84% more people than Thailand

Mexico: 132 million (2025) · Thailand: 71.6 million (2025)

Thailand is 2.1 times as densely populated as Mexico

Mexico: 68 per km² (2025) · Thailand: 140 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Thailand is 11 years older than in Mexico

Mexico: 28.9 years (2023) · Thailand: 39.7 years (2023)

Women in Mexico have 0.7 more children on average than in Thailand

Mexico: 1.89 children per woman (2024) · Thailand: 1.2 children per woman (2024)

16% of people in Thailand are 65 or older, versus 8.5% in Mexico

Mexico: 8.5% (2025) · Thailand: 16% (2025)

Thailand hosts 2% more refugees per resident than Mexico

Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Thailand: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025)

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

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

Mexico and Thailand are practically level

Mexico: 1 (2026) · Thailand: 1 (2026)

Mexico’s economy is 3.2 times the size of Thailand’s

Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025) · Thailand: $577 billion (2025)

Thailand produces 1% more per person than Mexico

Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025) · Thailand: Int$26,250 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Mexico than in Thailand (Gini 9.3 points higher)

Mexico: 42.6 (2024) · Thailand: 33.3 (2024)

1.6% of people in Mexico live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Thailand

Mexico: 1.6% (2024) · Thailand: 0% (2024)

Unemployment is 2.7% in Mexico, versus 0.8% in Thailand

Mexico: 2.7% (2025) · Thailand: 0.8% (2025)

Thailand and Mexico are practically level

Mexico: 0.7% (2025) · Thailand: 1% (2025)

Thailand and Mexico are practically level

Mexico: 14.8% (2024) · Thailand: 15.2% (2024)

Mexico’s price level (US = 100) is 1.7× Thailand’s

Mexico: 54% (2025) · Thailand: 31% (2025)

Mexico spends 2.3 times as much on health per person as Thailand

Mexico: $761 (2023) · Thailand: $327 (2023)

A baby in Mexico is 57% more likely to die before turning one than in Thailand

Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Thailand: 7.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Mexico has 4.8 times as many doctors per person as Thailand

Mexico: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022) · Thailand: 0.5 per 1,000 (2021)

Thailand has 2.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Mexico

Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022) · Thailand: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Thailand is 10% higher than in Mexico

Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

37% of adults in Mexico are obese, versus 16% in Thailand

Mexico: 37.4% (2024) · Thailand: 15.5% (2024)

18% of adults in Thailand smoke, versus 16% in Mexico

Mexico: 15.7% (2024) · Thailand: 17.8% (2024)

People in Mexico rate their lives 0.68 points higher than in Thailand

Mexico: 6.97 (2025) · Thailand: 6.30 (2025)

Adults in Thailand drink 18% more alcohol than in Mexico

Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023) · Thailand: 7.9 litres (2023)

Mexico has 3.2 times as much meat per person as Thailand

Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023) · Thailand: 24.5 kg (2023)

Mexico has 449 kcal more food per person per day than Thailand

Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023) · Thailand: 2,855 kcal (2023)

Workers in Thailand put in 548 more hours a year than in Mexico

Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023) · Thailand: 2,177 hours (2023)

Adults in Mexico went to school 0.31 years longer than in Thailand

Mexico: 9.3 years (2023) · Thailand: 9 years (2023)

Thailand welcomed 62% more tourists per resident than Mexico (2019)

Mexico: 0.34 (2024) · Thailand: 0.56 (2019)

Mexico has 27 more World Heritage sites than Thailand (36 against 9)

Mexico: 36 (2026) · Thailand: 9 (2026)

Mexico has won 77 Olympic medals, Thailand 41

Mexico: 77 (2026 edition) · Thailand: 41 (2026 edition)

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

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

Home internet in Thailand is 2.4 times as fast as in Mexico

Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026) · Thailand: 360 Mbps (2026)

Thailand and Mexico are practically level

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

80% of people in Mexico live in cities, versus 63% in Thailand

Mexico: 80% (2025) · Thailand: 63% (2025)

Thailand has 161 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Mexico 116

Mexico: 116 (2024) · Thailand: 161 (2024)

Mexico’s railway network is 5.7 times as long as Thailand’s

Mexico: 23,389 km (2017) · Thailand: 4,092 km (2017)

Airlines from Thailand fly 21% more passengers per resident than those from Mexico

Mexico: 0.6 (2023) · Thailand: 0.72 (2023)

Forest covers 39% of Thailand, but only 34% of Mexico

Mexico: 34.2% (2024) · Thailand: 38.7% (2024)

The average person in Thailand emits 6% more CO₂ than someone in Mexico

Mexico: 3.5 t (2024) · Thailand: 3.7 t (2024)

23% of Mexico’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Thailand

Mexico: 23.1% (2025) · Thailand: 16.6% (2025)

The air in Thailand carries 27% more fine dust than in Mexico

Mexico: 18.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Thailand: 23.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: no data

Roads in Thailand are 86% deadlier than in Mexico

Mexico: 19.1 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 35.6 per 100k (2023)

Thailand is on average 5.3 °C warmer than Mexico

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

Thailand gets 2.1 times as much rain as Mexico

Mexico: 788 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 1,657 mm (2016–2025 avg)