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Mexico vs Thailand
How Mexico and Thailand compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Thailand was higher: 76.4 years against 75.1 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Mexico was higher: $10,260 against $6,783
- Population · In 2023, Mexico was higher: 130 million people against 71.7 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Thailand was higher: 1.04% of GDP against 0.74% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Thailand was higher: 3.96 tonnes against 3.64 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyMexico: 75.1 years in 2023Thailand: 76.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Thailand: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Thailand: 6.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionMexico: 2.79% in 2017Thailand: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide rateMexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Thailand: 10.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMexico: 130 million people in 2023Thailand: 71.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthMexico: 0.88% a year in 2023Thailand: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023Thailand: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMexico: 80% in 2025Thailand: 62.8% in 2025
- Median ageMexico: 28.9 years in 2023Thailand: 39.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMexico: 8% in 2023Thailand: 14.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateMexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Thailand: 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025Thailand: 1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMexico: $13.8B in 2025Thailand: $5.57B in 2025
- Military spending per personMexico: $104 in 2025Thailand: $84 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Thailand: 4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelMexico: 341,000 people in 2020Thailand: 455,000 people in 2020
- National powerMexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022Thailand: 0.79% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020Thailand: 1.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMexico: 9 million TIV in 2025Thailand: 33 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsMexico: 1 million TIV in 2019Thailand: 15 million TIV in 2024
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, 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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