Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Mexico instead of Angola, you would:

Health

be 77.8% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Angola, 1.8% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Mexico, that number is 0.4% of people as of 2020.

live 10.2 years longer

In Angola, the average life expectancy is 62 years (60 years for men, 64 years for women) as of 2022. In Mexico, that number is 72 years (69 years for men, 76 years for women) as of 2022.

be 3.5 times more likely to be obese

In Angola, 8.2% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Mexico, that number is 28.9% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 3.4 times more money

Angola has a GDP per capita of $5,900 as of 2022, while in Mexico, the GDP per capita is $20,300 as of 2022.

be 77.5% less likely to be unemployed

In Angola, 14.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Mexico, that number is 3.3% as of 2022.

be 12.4% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Angola, 32.3% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Mexico, however, that number is 36.3% as of 2022.

pay a 2.1 times higher top tax rate

Angola has a top tax rate of 17.0% as of 2016. In Mexico, the top tax rate is 35.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 73.4% less likely to die during childbirth

In Angola, approximately 222.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Mexico, 59.0 women do as of 2020.

be 33.9% more likely to be literate

In Angola, the literacy rate is 71.1% as of 2015. In Mexico, it is 95.2% as of 2020.

be 79.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Angola, approximately 58.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Mexico, on the other hand, 11.9 children do as of 2022.

have 65.2% fewer children

In Angola, there are approximately 41.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Mexico, there are 14.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Basic Needs

be 2.1 times more likely to have access to electricity

In Angola, approximately 48% of the population has electricity access as of 2021. In Mexico, 100% of the population do as of 2021.

be 2.3 times more likely to have internet access

In Angola, approximately 33.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Mexico, about 76.0% do as of 2021.

be 49.9% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Angola, approximately 66% of people have improved drinking water access (81% in urban areas, and 36% in rural areas) as of 2020. In Mexico, that number is 100% of people on average (100% in urban areas, and 98% in rural areas) as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 79.2% more on education

Angola spends 2.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Mexico spends 4.3% of total GDP on education as of 2018.

spend 2.1 times more on healthcare

Angola spends 2.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Mexico, that number is 6.2% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 5.8 times more coastline

Angola has a total of 1,600 km of coastline. In Mexico, that number is 9,330 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Servicio de Administración Tributaria, SHCP, Direcção Nacional dos Impostos, Ministério das Finanças.

Mexico: At a glance

Mexico is a sovereign country in North America, with a total land area of approximately 1,943,945 sq km. The site of several advanced Amerindian civilizations - including the Olmec, Toltec, Teotihuacan, Zapotec, Maya, and Aztec - Mexico was conquered and colonized by Spain in the early 16th century. Administered as the Viceroyalty of New Spain for three centuries, it achieved its independence early in the 19th century. The global financial crisis beginning in late 2008 caused a massive economic downturn the following year, although growth returned quickly in 2010. Ongoing economic and social concerns include low real wages, underemployment for a large segment of the population, inequitable income distribution, and few advancement opportunities for the largely indigenous population in the impoverished southern states. The elections held in 2000 marked the first time since the 1910 Mexican Revolution that an opposition candidate - Vicente FOX of the National Action Party (PAN) - defeated the party in government, the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He was succeeded in 2006 by another PAN candidate Felipe CALDERON, but Enrique PENA NIETO regained the presidency for the PRI in 2012. Since 2007, Mexico's powerful drug-trafficking organizations have engaged in bloody feuding, resulting in tens of thousands of drug-related homicides.
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