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Mexico

At a glance

  • Mexico has a population of about 131.9M; its total GDP of $1.8T ranks #14 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 1,973,829 km² is about 10× the world median of 190,157 km².
  • International tourist arrivals stands out most against the median: 51.1M — rank #3 of 162 countries with data.

Mexico: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 131.9M (2025) #11 / 169 median 11.5M · 11×
Population growth 0.8% (2025) #101 / 169 median 1.1% · 75%
Urban population share 80.0% (2025) #38 / 169 median 63.8% · 1.3×
Population aged 65+ 8.5% (2025) #77 / 169 median 7.4% · 1.2×
Fertility rate 1.9 (2024) #95 / 169 median 2.1 · 90%
Birth rate 15.5‰ (2024) #92 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 97%
Death rate 6.2‰ (2024) #116 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 87%
Net migration -108K (2025) #154 / 169 N/A
Surface area 1,973,829 km² #14 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 10×
Population density derived 66.8/km² (2025) #93 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 91%
Economy
GDP (total) $1.8T (2025) #14 / 168 median $80.7B · 23×
GDP per capita $13,889 (2025) #60 / 168 median $6,834 · 2.0×
GNI per capita $13,730 (2025) #60 / 168 median $6,350 · 2.2×
GDP growth (annual) 0.6% (2025) #147 / 168 median 3.1% · 18%
Inflation rate 3.8% (2025) #67 / 162 median 3.3% · 1.2×
Unemployment rate 2.7% (2025) #145 / 168 median 5.1% · 52%
Gini index 42.6 (2024) #29 / 153 median 35.3 · 1.2×
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 1.6% (2024) #86 / 153 median 2.5% · 64%
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 39.6% (2025) #71 / 163 median 35.0% · 1.1×
Imports share of GDP 40.3% (2025) #81 / 163 median 40.2% · 1.0×
Agriculture share of GDP 3.9% (2025) #107 / 168 median 7.2% · 54%
Manufacturing share of GDP 20.0% (2025) #18 / 165 median 11.2% · 1.8×
International tourist arrivals 51.1M (2020) #3 / 162 median 1.1M · 45×
Tourism receipts $11.4B (2020) #17 / 165 median $705M · 16×
Health & education
Life expectancy 75.3 years (2024) #73 / 169 median 73.8 years · 1.0×
Infant mortality 12.1‰ (2024) #88 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 93%
Under-five mortality 13.1‰ (2024) #91 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 83%
DPT immunization 78.0% (2024) #127 / 166 median 90.5% · 86%
Hospital beds 1.0 per 1,000 (2022) #124 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 50%
Health spending share of GDP 5.5% (2023) #100 / 165 median 6.5% · 84%
Secondary school enrollment 103.1% (2024) #39 / 167 median 90.5% · 1.1×
Education spending share of GDP 4.1% (2022) #89 / 165 median 4.1% · 98%
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.789 (2023) #68 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.0×
Internet users 83.1% (2024) #76 / 169 median 81.5% · 1.0×
Mobile subscriptions 116.5 per 100 (2024) #84 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 1.0×
Fixed broadband 21.7 per 100 (2024) #63 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 1.8×
Electricity access 99.8% (2024) #89 / 169 median 99.9% · 100%
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 3.6 t (2024) #69 / 165 median 2.6 t · 1.4×
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 476 Mt (2024) #13 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 22×
Renewable electricity share 23.4% (2021) #101 / 169 median 34.1% · 69%
Renewable energy consumption 13.0% (2021) #120 / 169 median 26.9% · 48%
Forest area 33.6% (2023) #78 / 169 median 32.4% · 1.0×
Agricultural land 50.7% (2023) #55 / 169 median 41.7% · 1.2×
Arable land 10.3% (2023) #88 / 168 median 11.0% · 93%
PM2.5 exposure 16.6 µg/m³ (2023) #103 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 84%
Military spending 0.9% (2024) #129 / 157 median 1.8% · 49%

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Mexico's true-shape outline

Mexico's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 1,973,829 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).