Chile vs Mexico
Chile vs Mexico: Internet users
Internet users in 2024: 95.6% in Chile and 83.1% in Mexico, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Chile, by 12.5 percentage points, or 1.15 times that in Mexico.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Chile has been higher since 1992.
- In 2024, Chile ranked 24 and Mexico ranked 86 of 182 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Chile | Mexico | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 95.6 | 83.1 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 94.5 | 81.2 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 92.3 | 78.6 | 67 |
| 2021 | 90.2 | 75.6 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 87.5 | 71.5 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 85 | 69.6 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 84.9 | 56.7 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 82.3 | 53 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 83.6 | 59.5 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 76.6 | 57.4 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 61.1 | 44.4 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 58 | 43.5 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 55.1 | 39.8 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 52.3 | 37.2 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 45 | 31.1 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 41.6 | 26.3 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 37.3 | 21.7 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 35.9 | 20.8 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 34.5 | 19.5 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 31.2 | 17.2 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 28.2 | 14.1 | – |
| 2003 | 25.5 | 12.9 | – |
| 2002 | 22.1 | 11.9 | – |
| 2001 | 19.1 | 7 | – |
| 2000 | 16.6 | 5.1 | – |
| 1999 | 4.1 | 1.9 | – |
| 1998 | 1.7 | 1.3 | – |
| 1997 | 1.1 | 0.6 | – |
| 1996 | 0.7 | 0.2 | – |
| 1995 | 0.3 | 0.1 | – |
| 1994 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | – | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Chile vs Mexico
Health
- Life expectancyChile: 81.2 years in 2023Mexico: 75.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChile: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024Mexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChile: 4.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterChile: 98.8% in 2022Mexico: 43% in 2022
- DepressionChile: 4.06% in 2017Mexico: 2.79% in 2017
- Suicide rateChile: 10.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Mexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChile: 19.7 million people in 2023Mexico: 130 million people in 2023
- Population growthChile: 0.57% a year in 2023Mexico: 0.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChile: 1.17 births per woman in 2023Mexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChile: 89.2% in 2025Mexico: 80% in 2025
- Median ageChile: 36 years in 2023Mexico: 28.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChile: 13.7% in 2023Mexico: 8% in 2023
- Net migration rateChile: 3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Mexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChile: 1.52% of GDP in 2025Mexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsChile: $5.15B in 2025Mexico: $13.8B in 2025
- Military spending per personChile: $269 in 2025Mexico: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChile: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Mexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelChile: 114,000 people in 2020Mexico: 341,000 people in 2020
- National powerChile: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Mexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChile: 1.28% of the labour force in 2020Mexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChile: 14 million TIV in 2025Mexico: 9 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsChile: 8 million TIV in 2022Mexico: 1 million TIV in 2019