Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 5.7 years less

In Aruba, the average life expectancy is 78 years (75 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022. In Mexico, that number is 72 years (69 years for men, 76 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 63.5% less likely to be unemployed

In Aruba, 7.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2016. In Mexico, that number is 2.8% as of 2023.

pay a 40.7% lower top tax rate

Aruba has a top tax rate of 59.0% as of 2016. In Mexico, the top tax rate is 35.0% as of 2016.

make 45.8% less money

Aruba has a GDP per capita of $41,300 as of 2022, while in Mexico, the GDP per capita is $22,400 as of 2023.

Life

have 23.3% more children

In Aruba, there are approximately 11.6 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 21.6% less likely to have internet access

In Aruba, approximately 97.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Mexico, about 76.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 30.6% less on education

Aruba spends 6.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2016. Mexico spends 4.3% of total GDP on education as of 2018.

Geography

see 136.2 times more coastline

Aruba has a total of 68 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, Ministerio di Finansas, Comunicacion, Utilidad y Energia.

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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