Mexico vs Sweden
Mexico vs Sweden: Internet users
Internet users: 83.1% in Mexico in 2024 and 95.8% in Sweden in 2025, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Sweden, by 12.4 percentage points, or 1.15 times that in Mexico.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Sweden has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Mexico ranked 86 and Sweden ranked 25 of 182 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Mexico | Sweden | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 95.8 | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 83.1 | 95.5 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 81.2 | 95.7 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 78.6 | 95 | 67 |
| 2021 | 75.6 | 94.7 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 71.5 | 94.5 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 69.6 | 94.5 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 56.7 | 89.3 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 53 | 93 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 59.5 | 89.7 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 57.4 | 90.6 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 44.4 | 92.5 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 43.5 | 94.8 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 39.8 | 93.2 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 37.2 | 92.8 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 31.1 | 90 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 26.3 | 91 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 21.7 | 90 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 20.8 | 82 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 19.5 | 87.8 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 17.2 | 84.8 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 14.1 | 83.9 | – |
| 2003 | 12.9 | 79.1 | – |
| 2002 | 11.9 | 70.6 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | 51.8 | – |
| 2000 | 5.1 | 45.7 | – |
| 1999 | 1.9 | 41.4 | – |
| 1998 | 1.3 | 33.5 | – |
| 1997 | 0.6 | 23.7 | – |
| 1996 | 0.2 | 9 | – |
| 1995 | 0.1 | 5.1 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | 3.4 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | 1.7 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | 1.5 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | 1.2 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0.6 | – |
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
Mexico vs Sweden
Health
- Life expectancyMexico: 75.1 years in 2023Sweden: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Sweden: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterMexico: 43% in 2022Sweden: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionMexico: 2.79% in 2017Sweden: 4.49% in 2017
- Suicide rateMexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Sweden: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMexico: 130 million people in 2023Sweden: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthMexico: 0.88% a year in 2023Sweden: 0.56% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023Sweden: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMexico: 80% in 2025Sweden: 89.1% in 2025
- Median ageMexico: 28.9 years in 2023Sweden: 39.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMexico: 8% in 2023Sweden: 20.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateMexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Sweden: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025Sweden: 2.47% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMexico: $13.8B in 2025Sweden: $15B in 2025
- Military spending per personMexico: $104 in 2025Sweden: $1,549 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Sweden: 5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMexico: 341,000 people in 2020Sweden: 15,000 people in 2020
- National powerMexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022Sweden: 0.19% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020Sweden: 0.27% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMexico: 9 million TIV in 2025Sweden: 146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsMexico: 1 million TIV in 2019Sweden: 235 million TIV in 2025