Side by side

Spain and Mexico compared

Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.

🇪🇸Spain

1492 — The Granada War ends and the Catholic Monarchs' realms span the peninsula

Dossier →Chronicle →

🇲🇽Mexico

27 September 1821 — The Treaty of Córdoba ends Spanish rule and the Mexican Empire is declared

Dossier →Chronicle →

Shared indicators
43
Domains
9
Crossed events
4
Data through
2026-08-10

The figures, side by side

Each figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two dossiers. Every value shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. A “—” is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Metric names link to the world ranking; values open the figure on its own dossier.

Economy

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Society

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Governance

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Health

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Education

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Technology

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Geography

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Resources

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Military

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Entangled histories

4 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

  1. 1502 CE

    Reign of Moctezuma II

    Moctezuma II ascends as huey tlatoani, ruling the empire at its territorial peak until the Spanish arrival.

    Politics & Power · from the Mexico chronicle · The Mexica (Aztec) Empire · Aztec

  2. 1535 CE

    Viceroyalty of New Spain established

    Spain formalises colonial government under a viceroy, with Mexico City as the capital of a vast realm.

    Colonisation · from the Mexico chronicle · Spanish Conquest and New Spain · Hernan Cortes

  3. 16 Sept 1810

    Grito de Dolores

    Miguel Hidalgo calls for rebellion against Spanish rule, beginning the Mexican War of Independence.

    Independence · from the Mexico chronicle · Independence and the Early Republic · Grito de Dolores

  4. 27 Sept 1821

    Independence consummated

    The Army of the Three Guarantees enters Mexico City following the Treaty of Cordoba, ending Spanish rule.

    Independence · from the Mexico chronicle · Independence and the Early Republic · Winning Independence, Grito de Dolores