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Italy vs Mexico
How Italy and Mexico compare on 39 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Italy was higher: 83.7 years against 75.1 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Italy was higher: $34,720 against $10,260
- Population · In 2023, Mexico was higher: 130 million people against 59.5 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Italy was higher: 1.89% of GDP against 0.74% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Italy was higher: 5.08 tonnes against 3.64 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyItaly: 83.7 years in 2023Mexico: 75.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityItaly: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Mexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityItaly: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterItaly: 92.7% in 2022Mexico: 43% in 2022
- DepressionItaly: 3.46% in 2017Mexico: 2.79% in 2017
- Suicide rateItaly: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Mexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationItaly: 59.5 million people in 2023Mexico: 130 million people in 2023
- Population growthItaly: -0.22% a year in 2023Mexico: 0.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateItaly: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Mexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationItaly: 69.7% in 2025Mexico: 80% in 2025
- Median ageItaly: 47.5 years in 2023Mexico: 28.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overItaly: 24.2% in 2023Mexico: 8% in 2023
- Net migration rateItaly: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Mexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingItaly: 1.89% of GDP in 2025Mexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsItaly: $45.4B in 2025Mexico: $13.8B in 2025
- Military spending per personItaly: $813 in 2025Mexico: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingItaly: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Mexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelItaly: 338,000 people in 2020Mexico: 341,000 people in 2020
- National powerItaly: 0.96% of world capability in 2022Mexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersItaly: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020Mexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsItaly: 566 million TIV in 2025Mexico: 9 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsItaly: 1.92 billion TIV in 2025Mexico: 1 million TIV in 2019
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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