India
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Identity
Formal name: Republic of India.
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Identity
Name origin: the English name derives from the Indus River.
CIA 2026
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India vs Mexico
129 shared metrics.
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Mexico
Quick context before you compare the numbers.
Identity
Formal name: United Mexican States.
CIA 2026
Identity
Name origin: name may derive from one of the Nahuatl (Aztec) names for the capital city, Metztlixihtlico, which probably meant "the center of the moon.
CIA 2026
Analysis
India leads in 66 of 129 shared metrics, while Mexico leads in 63.
India's Domestic Patents is 22.5x that of Mexico (26.3K vs 1.1K).
India's Coal Electricity Share is 22.2x that of Mexico (70.82% vs 3.0%).
India's Irrigated Land is 11.6x that of Mexico (754.6K km² vs 59.9K km²).
India's Population is 9.9x that of Mexico (1.42B vs 130.74M).
India's Firms Making Informal Payments is 9.6x that of Mexico (39.33% of firms vs 3.7% of firms).
Key Comparisons
Domestic PatentsIndia leads
India
26.3K
Mexico
1.1K
Coal Electricity ShareIndia leads
India
70.82%
Mexico
3.0%
Irrigated LandIndia leads
India
754.6K km²
Mexico
59.9K km²
PopulationIndia leads
India
1.42B
Mexico
130.74M
Firms Making Informal PaymentsIndia leads
India
39.33% of firms
Mexico
3.7% of firms
Scientific PublicationsIndia leads
India
207.4K
Mexico
21.0K
All Metrics
Domestic Patents
IndiaIndia
26.3K
Mexico
1.1K
2252% higher
Coal Electricity Share
IndiaIndia
70.82%
Mexico
3.0%
2222% higher
Irrigated Land
IndiaIndia
754.6K km²
Mexico
59.9K km²
1159% higher
Population
IndiaIndia
1.42B
Mexico
130.74M
986% higher
Firms Making Informal Payments
IndiaIndia
39.33% of firms
Mexico
3.7% of firms
962% higher
Scientific Publications
IndiaIndia
207.4K
Mexico
21.0K
886% higher
Armed Forces Personnel
IndiaIndia
3.07M
Mexico
341.0K
800% higher
Population Density
IndiaIndia
483.68 /km²
Mexico
66.74 /km²
625% higher
Water Withdrawal
IndiaIndia
647.5 B m³
Mexico
89.8 B m³
621% higher
Total CO2 Emissions
IndiaIndia
3.2K Mt CO2e
Mexico
475.99 Mt CO2e
563% higher
Electricity Generation
IndiaIndia
2.1K TWh
Mexico
361.28 TWh
470% higher
Electric Generating Capacity
IndiaIndia
499.14M kW
Mexico
105.59M kW
373% higher
GDP Growth Rate
IndiaIndia
6.5%
Mexico
1.4%
355% higher
Spirits Consumption
IndiaIndia
2.3 L/person/yr
Mexico
0.50 L/person/yr
350% higher
Air Pollution (PM2.5)
IndiaIndia
48.39 µg/m³
Mexico
14.99 µg/m³
223% higher
Land Border Length
IndiaIndia
13.9K km
Mexico
4.4K km
216% higher
Time Zones Count
IndiaIndia
3.0 time zones
Mexico
1.0 time zones
200% higher
Railway Length
IndiaIndia
65.6K km
Mexico
23.4K km
180% higher
Youth Unemployment Rate
IndiaIndia
16.02% of youth labor force
Mexico
5.7% of youth labor force
180% higher
Merchant Fleet Size
IndiaIndia
1.9K
Mexico
674
176% higher
Renewable Energy (%)
IndiaIndia
34.9%
Mexico
13%
168% higher
Military Spending
IndiaIndia
2.3% of GDP
Mexico
0.89% of GDP
154% higher
R&D Spending (% GDP)
IndiaIndia
0.65% of GDP
Mexico
0.27% of GDP
141% higher
Shipping Traffic
IndiaIndia
19.72M
Mexico
8.31M
137% higher
Foreign Patents
IndiaIndia
35.3K
Mexico
15.0K
135% higher
Air Passengers
IndiaIndia
180.42M
Mexico
78.76M
129% higher
Infant Mortality
IndiaIndia
24.5 per 1k births
Mexico
10.8 per 1k births
127% higher
Child Mortality
IndiaIndia
27.7 per 1k births
Mexico
12.5 per 1k births
122% higher
Mobile Money Accounts
IndiaIndia
23.1% of adults
Mexico
10.44% of adults
121% higher
GDP (Nominal)
IndiaIndia
$3,909,891,533,858.08
Mexico
$1,856,365,616,165.94
111% higher
Minimum Paid Vacation Days
IndiaIndia
25 days/yr
Mexico
12 days/yr
108% higher
Water Stress (%)
IndiaIndia
44.78%
Mexico
21.96%
104% higher
Border Neighbors
IndiaIndia
6.0
Mexico
3.0
100% higher
Beer Consumption
MexicoIndia
0.13 L/person/yr
Mexico
3.8 L/person/yr
97% lower
Insufficient Physical Activity
IndiaIndia
49.42% of adults
Mexico
25.57% of adults
93% higher
Meat Consumption per Person
MexicoIndia
6.1 kg/person/yr
Mexico
64.88 kg/person/yr
91% lower
Capital Elevation
MexicoIndia
216 m
Mexico
2.2K m
90% lower
Homicide Rate
MexicoIndia
2.8 per 100k
Mexico
24.86 per 100k
89% lower
McDonald's Outlets per Million People
MexicoIndia
0.22 per 1M people
Mexico
2.1 per 1M people
89% lower
Health Spending Per Capita
MexicoIndia
$79.52
Mexico
$650.97
88% lower
Broadband Access (%)
MexicoIndia
2.7 per 100 people
Mexico
21 per 100 people
87% lower
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People
MexicoIndia
0.00 per 1M people
Mexico
0.02 per 1M people
83% lower
Suicide Rate
IndiaIndia
12.56 per 100k
Mexico
7.0 per 100k
81% higher
Obesity Rate
MexicoIndia
7.2%
Mexico
36.09%
80% lower
Airports
MexicoIndia
318
Mexico
1.6K
80% lower
GNI Per Capita
MexicoIndia
$2,650
Mexico
$12,850
79% lower
Safe Drinking Water (%)
IndiaIndia
76.44%
Mexico
42.97%
78% higher
Teen Birth Rate
MexicoIndia
14.06 per 1k
Mexico
60.1 per 1k
77% lower
Women in Parliament (%)
MexicoIndia
13.65%
Mexico
50.2%
73% lower
Doctors (per 1,000)
MexicoIndia
0.72 per 1k
Mexico
2.6 per 1k
72% lower
Firms Asked for Bribes
IndiaIndia
27.23% of firms
Mexico
15.82% of firms
72% higher
FDI Inflows (% GDP)
MexicoIndia
0.69% of GDP
Mexico
2.4% of GDP
72% lower
Women in Senior Management
MexicoIndia
11.92% of managers
Mexico
39.32% of managers
70% lower
Credit Card Ownership
MexicoIndia
4.6% of adults
Mexico
14.16% of adults
67% lower
ATMs per 100,000 Adults
MexicoIndia
24.96 per 100k
Mexico
68.68 per 100k
64% lower
Smoking Rate
IndiaIndia
24.3%
Mexico
14.9%
63% higher
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)
IndiaIndia
1.6 per 1k
Mexico
1.0 per 1k
60% higher
Big Mac Price
MexicoIndia
$2.51
Mexico
$6.17
59% lower
GDP Per Capita (PPP)
MexicoIndia
$11,159.99
Mexico
$25,738.6
57% lower
EV Chargers per 100,000 People
MexicoIndia
0.03 per 100k people
Mexico
0.08 per 100k people
57% lower
Urban Population (%)
MexicoIndia
35.38%
Mexico
79.75%
56% lower
Firms with Female Top Manager
MexicoIndia
6.8% of firms
Mexico
15.65% of firms
56% lower
Unemployment Rate
IndiaIndia
4.2%
Mexico
2.7%
55% higher
Electricity Use (Per Capita)
MexicoIndia
1.2K kWh/person
Mexico
2.6K kWh/person
55% lower
Food Waste per Person
MexicoIndia
97.34 kg/person/yr
Mexico
214.72 kg/person/yr
55% lower
Land Area
IndiaIndia
2.97M km²
Mexico
1.94M km²
53% higher
Tax Revenue (% GDP)
MexicoIndia
6.7% of GDP
Mexico
14.19% of GDP
53% lower
Informal Employment Share
IndiaIndia
87.2% of employed people
Mexico
56.88% of employed people
53% higher
Tobacco Use Prevalence
IndiaIndia
24.4% of adults
Mexico
16% of adults
52% higher
Energy Use (Per Capita)
MexicoIndia
754.18 kg oil eq/person
Mexico
1.6K kg oil eq/person
52% lower
Vehicles per 1,000 People
MexicoIndia
158.15 per 1k people
Mexico
332.08 per 1k people
52% lower
Highest Elevation
IndiaIndia
8.6K m
Mexico
5.6K m
52% higher
Protected Land (%)
MexicoIndia
7.7%
Mexico
15.3%
50% lower
Corruption Perceptions Index
IndiaIndia
39 pts
Mexico
27 pts
44% higher
Death Rate
IndiaIndia
8.7 per 1k
Mexico
6.0 per 1k
44% higher
Seafood Consumption per Person
MexicoIndia
7.9 kg/person/yr
Mexico
13.95 kg/person/yr
43% lower
Exports (% GDP)
MexicoIndia
21.16% of GDP
Mexico
36.7% of GDP
42% lower
Nurses & Midwives
MexicoIndia
1.7 per 1k
Mexico
3.0 per 1k
42% lower
Health Spending (% GDP)
MexicoIndia
3.3% of GDP
Mexico
5.7% of GDP
42% lower
Inequality (Gini)
MexicoIndia
25.5
Mexico
43.5
41% lower
Electricity Carbon Intensity
IndiaIndia
670.13 gCO2/kWh
Mexico
474.02 gCO2/kWh
41% higher
Imports (% GDP)
MexicoIndia
23.49% of GDP
Mexico
37.89% of GDP
38% lower
CO2 Per Capita
MexicoIndia
2.2 t/person/yr
Mexico
3.5 t/person/yr
38% lower
Nuclear Electricity Share
MexicoIndia
3.1%
Mexico
4.9%
37% lower
Life Evaluation Score
MexicoIndia
4.5 pts
Mexico
7.0 pts
35% lower
Official Languages Count
MexicoIndia
2.0
Mexico
3.0
33% lower
Internet Users (%)
MexicoIndia
56%
Mexico
81%
31% lower
Firms Hit by Power Outages
MexicoIndia
19.91% of firms
Mexico
28.44% of firms
30% lower
Mobile Subscriptions (%)
MexicoIndia
79 per 100 people
Mexico
111.56 per 100 people
29% lower
University Enrollment Rate
MexicoIndia
34.42%
Mexico
47.47%
28% lower
Solar Electricity Share
IndiaIndia
9.4%
Mexico
7.4%
28% higher
Forest Coverage (%)
MexicoIndia
24.54%
Mexico
33.6%
27% lower
Freedom of Expression Index
MexicoIndia
0.46
Mexico
0.62
26% lower
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
IndiaIndia
44 sites
Mexico
35 sites
26% higher
Coastline Length
MexicoIndia
7.0K km
Mexico
9.3K km
25% lower
Milk Consumption per Person
MexicoIndia
84.5 kg/person/yr
Mexico
111.87 kg/person/yr
24% lower
Road Traffic Death Rate
IndiaIndia
14.6 per 100k
Mexico
12 per 100k
22% higher
Electoral Democracy Index
MexicoIndia
0.38
Mexico
0.47
20% lower
Political Corruption Index
IndiaIndia
0.68
Mexico
0.57
19% higher
Women's Political Empowerment
MexicoIndia
0.66
Mexico
0.80
18% lower
Liberal Democracy Index
IndiaIndia
0.26
Mexico
0.22
18% higher
Agricultural Land (%)
IndiaIndia
60.06%
Mexico
50.69%
18% higher
Wind Electricity Share
MexicoIndia
5.0%
Mexico
6.0%
17% lower
Tourism Revenue
IndiaIndia
$13,413,000,000
Mexico
$11,449,000,000
17% higher
Digital Payments Used
IndiaIndia
48.46% of adults
Mexico
41.39% of adults
17% higher
Adult Literacy Rate
MexicoIndia
81.7%
Mexico
95.77%
15% lower
Alcohol Consumption
MexicoIndia
4.1 L/adult/yr
Mexico
4.8 L/adult/yr
14% lower
Human Development Index
MexicoIndia
0.69
Mexico
0.79
13% lower
Elderly Population (%)
MexicoIndia
7.1%
Mexico
8.2%
13% lower
Forest Area
IndiaIndia
729.6K km²
Mexico
653.1K km²
12% higher
Renewable Energy (%)
IndiaIndia
9.1%
Mexico
8.3%
11% higher
Sanitation Access (%)
MexicoIndia
83.38%
Mexico
92.99%
10% lower
Average Weekly Work Hours
IndiaIndia
45.45 hrs/week
Mexico
42.09 hrs/week
8% higher
Birth Rate
IndiaIndia
15.91 per 1k
Mexico
14.73 per 1k
8% higher
Fertility Rate
IndiaIndia
2.0 children/woman
Mexico
1.9 children/woman
8% higher
Inflation Rate
IndiaIndia
5.0%
Mexico
4.7%
6% higher
Hypertension Prevalence
MexicoIndia
31.3% of adults
Mexico
32.8% of adults
5% lower
Researchers
MexicoIndia
259.26 per 1M
Mexico
272.32 per 1M
5% lower
Dependency Ratio
MexicoIndia
46.56% of working-age pop.
Mexico
48.72% of working-age pop.
4% lower
Life Expectancy
MexicoIndia
72.0 years
Mexico
75.1 years
4% lower
High-Tech Exports (%)
MexicoIndia
18.57%
Mexico
19.3%
4% lower
Median Age
MexicoIndia
28.1 years
Mexico
28.9 years
3% lower
Government Debt (% GDP)
IndiaIndia
46.5% of GDP
Mexico
45.1% of GDP
3% higher
Can Raise Emergency Money
IndiaIndia
95.18% of adults
Mexico
92.51% of adults
3% higher
Education Spending (% GDP)
IndiaIndia
4.1% of GDP
Mexico
4.1% of GDP
1% higher
Electricity Access (%)
MexicoIndia
99.5%
Mexico
99.7%
equal
Youth Population (%)
IndiaIndia
24.62%
Mexico
24.51%
equal
Lowest Elevation
IndiaIndia
0 m
Mexico
-10 m
ranked higher
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)
MexicoIndia
-0.9% of GDP
Mexico
-0.4% of GDP
ranked lower
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