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Mexico vs Philippines
How Mexico and Philippines compare on 39 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Mexico was higher: 75.1 years against 69.8 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Mexico was higher: $10,260 against $4,066
- Population · In 2023, Mexico was higher: 130 million people against 115 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Philippines was higher: 1.3% of GDP against 0.74% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Mexico was higher: 3.64 tonnes against 1.5 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyMexico: 75.1 years in 2023Philippines: 69.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Philippines: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Philippines: 20.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterMexico: 43% in 2022Philippines: 47.9% in 2022
- DepressionMexico: 2.79% in 2017Philippines: 2.77% in 2017
- Suicide rateMexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Philippines: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMexico: 130 million people in 2023Philippines: 115 million people in 2023
- Population growthMexico: 0.88% a year in 2023Philippines: 0.84% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023Philippines: 1.92 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMexico: 80% in 2025Philippines: 55.8% in 2025
- Median ageMexico: 28.9 years in 2023Philippines: 25.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMexico: 8% in 2023Philippines: 5.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateMexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Philippines: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025Philippines: 1.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMexico: $13.8B in 2025Philippines: $6.3B in 2025
- Military spending per personMexico: $104 in 2025Philippines: $55 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Philippines: 5.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMexico: 341,000 people in 2020Philippines: 157,000 people in 2020
- National powerMexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022Philippines: 0.68% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020Philippines: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMexico: 9 million TIV in 2025Philippines: 846 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsMexico: 1 million TIV in 2019Philippines: 4 million TIV in 2007
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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