Canada vs Mexico: country comparison

A UN member state, or a continent's average.

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In US dollars, spent in each country.

$100 spent in Canada buys about what

$64.34

buys in Mexico, at purchasing power parity

And $100 in Mexico buys what $155 buys in Canada. Prices across Canada's economy average 155% of Mexico's, so a dollar goes 55% further in Mexico.

World Bank figures for 2025 unless another year is shown
MeasureCanadaMexico
Economy
Population41.7 million131.9 million
GDPUS dollars, market exchange rates$2.32 trillion$1.83 trillion
GDP per personUS dollars$55,698$13,889
GDP per person at PPPInternational dollars$66,746$25,868
Prices
Price levelUS prices = 100%83%54%
A US dollar goes as far as$1.20 in the US$1.86 in the US
Income
Median income or consumptionPer person, international dollars$64.72 a day2022 survey · $23,623 a year · income$14.29 a day2024 survey · $5,216 a year · income
More figures: GDP at PPP, conversion factor and GNI
Gross national income is what residents earn, at home and abroad
MeasureCanadaMexico
GDP at PPPInternational dollars$2.78 trillion$3.41 trillion
PPP conversion factorLocal currency per international dollar1.167Canadian dollar10.33Mexican peso
GNI per person, Atlas methodUS dollars$56,420$13,730
GNI per person at PPPInternational dollars$66,820$25,070

World Bank income groups: Canada, high income; Mexico, upper middle income.

GDP per person at PPP · 2000 to 2025, in constant 2021 international dollarsAdjusted for inflation, so recent years read lower than the current-dollar figures above.
  • Canada
  • Mexico
Year-by-year table
YearCanadaMexico
2025$57,990$21,912
2024$57,534$21,970
2023$58,088$21,865
2022$58,583$21,392
2021$56,995$20,783
2020$54,093$19,728
2019$57,584$21,704
2018$57,337$21,998
2017$56,612$21,778
2016$55,606$21,578
2015$55,661$21,409
2014$55,723$21,070
2013$54,712$20,805
2012$54,035$20,899
2011$53,681$20,458
2010$52,558$20,058
2009$51,552$19,386
2008$53,712$20,993
2007$53,762$21,102
2006$53,196$20,966
2005$52,357$20,277
2004$51,211$20,127
2003$50,140$19,701
2002$49,695$19,745
2001$48,774$20,078
2000$48,399$20,470

Canada vs Mexico: country comparison by Points Frog ↗ · An educational estimate, not financial advice.