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Mexico vs United States

172 shared metrics.

MexicoLeads in 55

vs172 shared

United StatesLeads in 117

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Mexico

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: United Mexican States.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Mexicans work more annual hours than workers in any other OECD country.

OECD

United States

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: United States of America.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

The U.S. grew by 3.3 million people in 2024; net international migration drove 84% of that jump.

Census 2024

Analysis

United States leads in 117 of 172 shared metrics, while Mexico leads in 55.

Mexico's Capital Elevation is 30.1x that of United States (2.2K m vs 72 m).

Mexico's Political Corruption Index is 8.6x that of United States (0.57 vs 0.06).

Mexico's Overcrowded Housing is 5.7x that of United States (29.97% of households vs 4.4% of households).

Mexico's Firms Making Informal Payments is 5.6x that of United States (3.7% of firms vs 0.56% of firms).

Mexico's Firms Asked for Bribes is 5.2x that of United States (15.82% of firms vs 2.5% of firms).

Key Comparisons

Capital ElevationMexico leads

Mexico

2.2K m

United States

72 m

Political Corruption IndexMexico leads

Mexico

0.57

United States

0.06

Overcrowded HousingMexico leads

Mexico

29.97% of households

United States

4.4% of households

Firms Making Informal PaymentsMexico leads

Mexico

3.7% of firms

United States

0.56% of firms

Firms Asked for BribesMexico leads

Mexico

15.82% of firms

United States

2.5% of firms

Teen Birth RateMexico leads

United States

Mexico

1.1K

United States

262.2K

100% lower

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

United States

Mexico

13 gold medals

United States

1.2K gold medals

99% lower

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

United States

Mexico

0.08 per 100k people

United States

3.8 per 100k people

98% lower

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)

Comparison of Mexico and United States across 172 metrics
				Winner
Capital Elevation	2.2K m	72 m	3011% higher	Mexico
Political Corruption Index	0.57	0.06	857% higher	Mexico
Overcrowded Housing	29.97% of households	4.4% of households	574% higher	Mexico
Firms Making Informal Payments	3.7% of firms	0.56% of firms	561% higher	Mexico
Firms Asked for Bribes	15.82% of firms	2.5% of firms	523% higher	Mexico
Teen Birth Rate	60.1 per 1k	13.14 per 1k	357% higher	Mexico
Homicide Rate	24.86 per 100k	5.8 per 100k	331% higher	Mexico
Homicide Rate	27.4 per 100k	7.2 per 100k	281% higher	Mexico
Exports (% GDP)	36.7% of GDP	11.11% of GDP	230% higher	Mexico
Low Adult Literacy	4.5% of adults	1.5% of adults	203% higher	Mexico
Long Work Hours	25.91% of employees	9.2% of employees	183% higher	Mexico
Imports (% GDP)	37.89% of GDP	14.27% of GDP	165% higher	Mexico
Low Reading Skills	38.44% of students	14.76% of students	160% higher	Mexico
Low Math Skills	38.44% of students	14.76% of students	160% higher	Mexico
Low Science Skills	38.44% of students	14.76% of students	160% higher	Mexico
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	2.4% of GDP	1.0% of GDP	136% higher	Mexico
Unpaid Work Hours	30.57% of adults 15-64	13.25% of adults 15-64	131% higher	Mexico
Domestic Patents	1.1K	262.2K	100% lower	United States
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	13 gold medals	1.2K gold medals	99% lower	United States
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.08 per 100k people	3.8 per 100k people	98% lower	United States
All-Time Olympic Medals	77 medals	3.1K medals	98% lower	United States
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.02 per 1M people	0.72 per 1M people	97% lower	United States
Infant Mortality	10.8 per 1k births	5.5 per 1k births	96% higher	Mexico
Foreign Patents	15.0K	329.2K	95% lower	United States
Scientific Publications	21.0K	457.3K	95% lower	United States
Health Spending Per Capita	$650.97	$12,434.43	95% lower	United States
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	2.1 per 1M people	40.59 per 1M people	95% lower	United States
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	16 time zones	94% lower	United States
GDP (Nominal)	$1,856,365,616,165.94	$28,750,956,130,731.2	94% lower	United States
Researchers	272.32 per 1M	4.8K per 1M	94% lower	United States
R&D Spending (% GDP)	0.27% of GDP	3.6% of GDP	93% lower	United States
Railway Length	23.4K km	293.6K km	92% lower	United States
Air Passengers	78.76M	941.56M	92% lower	United States
Child Mortality	12.5 per 1k births	6.5 per 1k births	92% higher	Mexico
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	14.99 µg/m³	7.8 µg/m³	92% higher	Mexico
Electricity Generation	361.28 TWh	4.4K TWh	92% lower	United States
Electric Generating Capacity	105.59M kW	1.24B kW	91% lower	United States
Airports	1.6K	16.2K	90% lower	United States
Total CO2 Emissions	475.99 Mt CO2e	4.6K Mt CO2e	90% lower	United States
Long-Term Unemployment	0.06% of workforce	0.50% of workforce	88% lower	United States
Road Deaths	1.5 per 100k	12.24 per 100k	88% lower	United States
Shipping Traffic	8.31M	62.21M	87% lower	United States
Spirits Consumption	0.50 L/person/yr	3.6 L/person/yr	86% lower	United States
Tourism Revenue	$11,449,000,000	$84,205,000,000	86% lower	United States
GNI Per Capita	$12,850	$83,490	85% lower	United States
Low Adult Numeracy	46.1% of adults	25.02% of adults	84% higher	Mexico
Population Density	66.74 /km²	36.82 /km²	81% higher	Mexico
Coal Electricity Share	3.0%	16.31%	81% lower	United States
Merchant Fleet Size	674	3.5K	81% lower	United States
Water Withdrawal	89.8 B m³	444.29 B m³	80% lower	United States
Forest Area	653.1K km²	3.10M km²	79% lower	United States
Land Area	1.94M km²	9.15M km²	79% lower	United States
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	2.6K kWh/person	12.6K kWh/person	79% lower	United States
Credit Card Ownership	14.16% of adults	66.7% of adults	79% lower	United States
Armed Forces Personnel	341.0K	1.40M	76% lower	United States
Average Earnings	$20,422.85	$82,932.94	75% lower	United States
Women in Parliament (%)	50.2%	28.74%	75% higher	Mexico
Nurses & Midwives	3.0 per 1k	11.88 per 1k	75% lower	United States
CO2 Per Capita	3.5 t/person/yr	14.2 t/person/yr	75% lower	United States
Energy Use (Per Capita)	1.6K kg oil eq/person	6.4K kg oil eq/person	75% lower	United States
Nuclear Electricity Share	4.9%	18.5%	74% lower	United States
Military Spending	0.89% of GDP	3.4% of GDP	74% lower	United States
Irrigated Land	59.9K km²	234.8K km²	74% lower	United States
Housing Cost Burden	8.3% of households	28.98% of households	72% lower	United States
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$25,738.6	$85,809.9	70% lower	United States
Disposable Income (Per Capita)	$20,013	$61,353	67% lower	United States
Health Spending (% GDP)	5.7% of GDP	16.5% of GDP	65% lower	United States
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.0 per 1k	2.7 per 1k	63% lower	United States
Land Border Length	4.4K km	12.0K km	63% lower	United States
Inflation Rate	4.7%	2.9%	62% higher	Mexico
Government Debt (% GDP)	45.1% of GDP	118.11% of GDP	62% lower	United States
Vehicles per 1,000 People	332.08 per 1k people	874.14 per 1k people	62% lower	United States
Population	130.74M	338.02M	61% lower	United States
Liberal Democracy Index	0.22	0.57	61% lower	United States
Corruption Perceptions Index	27 pts	64 pts	58% lower	United States
Milk Consumption per Person	111.87 kg/person/yr	254.69 kg/person/yr	56% lower	United States
Safe Drinking Water (%)	42.97%	97.57%	56% lower	United States
Suicide Rate	7.0 per 100k	15.63 per 100k	56% lower	United States
Digital Payments Used	41.39% of adults	92.97% of adults	55% lower	United States
Elderly Population (%)	8.2%	17.93%	54% lower	United States
Coastline Length	9.3K km	19.9K km	53% lower	United States
Alcohol Consumption	4.8 L/adult/yr	9.9 L/adult/yr	52% lower	United States
Official Languages Count	3.0	2.0	50% higher	Mexico
Border Neighbors	3.0	2.0	50% higher	Mexico
GDP Growth Rate	1.4%	2.8%	49% lower	United States
Meat Consumption per Person	64.88 kg/person/yr	124.11 kg/person/yr	48% lower	United States
Broadband Access (%)	21 per 100 people	38 per 100 people	45% lower	United States
Wind Electricity Share	6.0%	10.27%	42% lower	United States
Youth Population (%)	24.51%	17.32%	41% higher	Mexico
Lack of Support	14.04% of adults 15+	10.02% of adults 15+	40% higher	Mexico
University Enrollment Rate	47.47%	79.36%	40% lower	United States
Smoking Rate	14.9%	24.3%	39% lower	United States
Water Stress (%)	21.96%	15.77%	39% higher	Mexico
Youth Unemployment Rate	5.7% of youth labor force	9.3% of youth labor force	39% lower	United States
Seafood Consumption per Person	13.95 kg/person/yr	22.45 kg/person/yr	38% lower	United States
Birth Rate	14.73 per 1k	10.75 per 1k	37% higher	Mexico
Extreme Temperature Exposure	34.09% of population	25.03% of population	36% higher	Mexico
Low-Wage Workers	14.53% of workers	22.7% of workers	36% lower	United States
Electoral Democracy Index	0.47	0.73	36% lower	United States
Food Waste per Person	214.72 kg/person/yr	158.64 kg/person/yr	35% higher	Mexico
Gender Pay Gap (%)	11.41% of male wages	17.29% of male wages	34% lower	United States
Youth NEET Rate	15.88% of youth 15-24	11.82% of youth 15-24	34% higher	Mexico
Unemployment Rate	2.7%	4.1%	34% lower	United States
Safety at Night	48% feeling safe at night	71.5% feeling safe at night	33% lower	United States
Renewable Energy (%)	8.3%	12.05%	32% lower	United States
Death Rate	6.0 per 1k	8.8 per 1k	31% lower	United States
Earnings Inequality	3.3 vs bottom 10%	4.8 vs bottom 10%	30% lower	United States
Doctors (per 1,000)	2.6 per 1k	3.7 per 1k	30% lower	United States
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	14.19% of GDP	10.89% of GDP	30% higher	Mexico
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	35 sites	27 sites	30% higher	Mexico
Firms with Female Top Manager	15.65% of firms	22.23% of firms	30% lower	United States
Deaths (Suicide/Alcohol/Drugs)	28.12 per 100k	39.45 per 100k	29% lower	United States
Education Spending (% GDP)	4.1% of GDP	5.4% of GDP	25% lower	United States
Median Age	28.9 years	38.0 years	24% lower	United States
Insufficient Physical Activity	25.57% of adults	33.74% of adults	24% lower	United States
Self-Rated Health	65.5% reporting good health	84.9% reporting good health	23% lower	United States
Electricity Carbon Intensity	474.02 gCO2/kWh	384.4 gCO2/kWh	23% higher	Mexico
High-Tech Exports (%)	19.3%	24.32%	21% lower	United States
Renewable Energy (%)	13%	10.9%	19% higher	Mexico
Protected Land (%)	15.3%	12.9%	19% higher	Mexico
Reading Skills	415.36 pts	503.94 pts	18% lower	United States
Science Skills	409.89 pts	499.41 pts	18% lower	United States
Poverty Rate	15% of population	18.09% of population	17% lower	United States
Adult Numeracy	210.14 pts	249.94 pts	16% lower	United States
Human Development Index	0.79	0.94	16% lower	United States
Obesity Rate	36.09%	42.87%	16% lower	United States
Home Internet Access	71.51% of households	84.39% of households	15% lower	United States
Math Skills	395.03 pts	464.89 pts	15% lower	United States
Adult Literacy	221.58 pts	259.29 pts	15% lower	United States
Chronic Pain	28.5% of adults 15+	33.5% of adults 15+	15% lower	United States
Freedom of Expression Index	0.62	0.73	15% lower	United States
Road Traffic Death Rate	12 per 100k	14.2 per 100k	15% lower	United States
Tourist Arrivals	51.13M	45.04M	14% higher	Mexico
Solar Electricity Share	7.4%	8.6%	14% lower	United States
Internet Users (%)	81%	93%	13% lower	United States
Fertility Rate	1.9 children/woman	1.6 children/woman	13% higher	Mexico
Firms Hit by Power Outages	28.44% of firms	25.17% of firms	13% higher	Mexico
Job Strain	28.89% of employees	25.82% of employees	12% higher	Mexico
Average Weekly Work Hours	42.09 hrs/week	37.54 hrs/week	12% higher	Mexico
Dependency Ratio	48.72% of working-age pop.	54.45% of working-age pop.	11% lower	United States
Women in Senior Management	39.32% of managers	44.06% of managers	11% lower	United States
Science Score Gap	1.6 vs bottom 10%	1.8 vs bottom 10%	10% lower	United States
Agricultural Land (%)	50.69%	46.08%	10% higher	Mexico
Literacy Gap	1.8 vs bottom 10%	1.6 vs bottom 10%	9% higher	Mexico
Highest Elevation	5.6K m	6.2K m	9% lower	United States
Income Gap (Rich vs Poor)	7.8 vs bottom 20%	8.5 vs bottom 20%	8% lower	United States
Math Score Gap	1.6 vs bottom 10%	1.7 vs bottom 10%	8% lower	United States
Employment Rate (%)	70.94% of adults 25-64	76.67% of adults 25-64	7% lower	United States
Numeracy Gap	1.9 vs bottom 10%	1.8 vs bottom 10%	7% higher	Mexico
Sanitation Access (%)	92.99%	99.62%	7% lower	United States
Reading Score Gap	1.7 vs bottom 10%	1.8 vs bottom 10%	6% lower	United States
Job Insecurity	4.0% of earnings at risk	4.2% of earnings at risk	5% lower	United States
Social Support	85.65% of adults 15+	89.91% of adults 15+	5% lower	United States
Voter Turnout	61.04% of votes	64.07% of votes	5% lower	United States
Tobacco Use Prevalence	16% of adults	15.2% of adults	5% higher	Mexico
Air Pollution Exposure	99.98% of population	95.76% of population	4% higher	Mexico
Inequality (Gini)	43.5	41.8	4% higher	Mexico
Life Expectancy	75.1 years	78.4 years	4% lower	United States
Beer Consumption	3.8 L/person/yr	4.0 L/person/yr	3% lower	United States
Women's Political Empowerment	0.80	0.83	3% lower	United States
Hypertension Prevalence	32.8% of adults	31.8% of adults	3% higher	Mexico
Can Raise Emergency Money	92.51% of adults	94.99% of adults	3% lower	United States
Life Evaluation Score	7.0 pts	6.8 pts	2% higher	Mexico
Housing Affordability	81.24% of income	81.75% of income	1% lower	United States
Big Mac Price	$6.17	$6.12	1% higher	Mexico
Forest Coverage (%)	33.6%	33.87%	1% lower	United States
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	111.56 per 100 people	113 per 100 people	1% lower	United States
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	12 days/yr	0 days/yr	ranked higher	Mexico
Electricity Access (%)	99.7%	100%	equal	United States
Urban Population (%)	79.75%	80.12%	equal	United States
Lowest Elevation	-10 m	-86 m	ranked higher	Mexico
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-0.4% of GDP	-3.6% of GDP	ranked higher	Mexico

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Analysis

United States leads in 117 of 172 shared metrics, while Mexico leads in 55.

Mexico's Capital Elevation is 30.1x that of United States (2.2K m vs 72 m).

Mexico's Political Corruption Index is 8.6x that of United States (0.57 vs 0.06).

Mexico's Overcrowded Housing is 5.7x that of United States (29.97% of households vs 4.4% of households).

Mexico's Firms Making Informal Payments is 5.6x that of United States (3.7% of firms vs 0.56% of firms).

Mexico's Firms Asked for Bribes is 5.2x that of United States (15.82% of firms vs 2.5% of firms).

Key Comparisons

Capital ElevationMexico leads

Mexico

2.2K m

United States

72 m

Political Corruption IndexMexico leads

Mexico

0.57

United States

0.06

Overcrowded HousingMexico leads

Mexico

29.97% of households

United States

4.4% of households

Firms Making Informal PaymentsMexico leads

Mexico

3.7% of firms

United States

0.56% of firms

Firms Asked for BribesMexico leads

Mexico

15.82% of firms

United States

2.5% of firms

Teen Birth RateMexico leads

Mexico

60.1 per 1k

United States

13.14 per 1k

Capital Elevation

2.2K m

72 m

Political Corruption Index

0.57

0.06

Overcrowded Housing

29.97% of households

4.4% of households

Firms Making Informal Payments

3.7% of firms

0.56% of firms

Firms Asked for Bribes

15.82% of firms

2.5% of firms

Teen Birth Rate

60.1 per 1k

13.14 per 1k

Homicide Rate

24.86 per 100k

5.8 per 100k

Homicide Rate

27.4 per 100k

7.2 per 100k

Exports (% GDP)

36.7% of GDP

11.11% of GDP

Low Adult Literacy

4.5% of adults

1.5% of adults

Long Work Hours

25.91% of employees

9.2% of employees

Imports (% GDP)

37.89% of GDP

14.27% of GDP

Low Reading Skills

38.44% of students

14.76% of students

Low Math Skills

38.44% of students

14.76% of students

Low Science Skills

38.44% of students

14.76% of students

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

2.4% of GDP

1.0% of GDP

Unpaid Work Hours

30.57% of adults 15-64

13.25% of adults 15-64

Domestic Patents

1.1K

262.2K

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

13 gold medals

1.2K gold medals

0.08 per 100k people

3.8 per 100k people

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Capital Elevation

Political Corruption Index

Overcrowded Housing

Firms Making Informal Payments

Firms Asked for Bribes

Teen Birth Rate

Homicide Rate

Homicide Rate

Exports (% GDP)

Low Adult Literacy

Long Work Hours

Imports (% GDP)

Low Reading Skills

Low Math Skills

Low Science Skills

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Unpaid Work Hours

Domestic Patents

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

All-Time Olympic Medals

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

Infant Mortality

Foreign Patents

Scientific Publications

Health Spending Per Capita

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Time Zones Count

GDP (Nominal)

Researchers

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Railway Length

Air Passengers

Child Mortality

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Electricity Generation

Electric Generating Capacity

Airports

Total CO2 Emissions

Long-Term Unemployment

Road Deaths

Shipping Traffic

Spirits Consumption

Tourism Revenue

GNI Per Capita

Low Adult Numeracy

Population Density

Coal Electricity Share

Merchant Fleet Size

Water Withdrawal

Forest Area

Land Area

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Credit Card Ownership

Armed Forces Personnel

Average Earnings

Women in Parliament (%)

Nurses & Midwives

CO2 Per Capita

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Nuclear Electricity Share

Military Spending

Irrigated Land

Housing Cost Burden

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Disposable Income (Per Capita)

Health Spending (% GDP)

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Land Border Length

Inflation Rate

Government Debt (% GDP)

Vehicles per 1,000 People