Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 98.0% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Botswana, 19.9% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Mexico, that number is 0.4% of people as of 2020.

live 6.7 years longer

In Botswana, the average life expectancy is 66 years (64 years for men, 68 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 52.9% more likely to be obese

In Botswana, 18.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Mexico, that number is 28.9% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 31.0% more money

Botswana has a GDP per capita of $15,500 as of 2022, while in Mexico, the GDP per capita is $20,300 as of 2022.

be 86.2% less likely to be unemployed

In Botswana, 23.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Mexico, that number is 3.3% as of 2022.

be 2.3 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Botswana, 16.1% live below the poverty line as of 2015. In Mexico, however, that number is 36.3% as of 2022.

pay a 40.0% higher top tax rate

Botswana has a top tax rate of 25.0% as of 2016. In Mexico, the top tax rate is 35.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 68.3% less likely to die during childbirth

In Botswana, approximately 186.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Mexico, 59.0 women do as of 2020.

be 52.9% less likely to die during infancy

In Botswana, approximately 25.2 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 27.0% fewer children

In Botswana, there are approximately 19.6 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 35.7% more likely to have access to electricity

In Botswana, approximately 74% of the population has electricity access as of 2021. In Mexico, 100% of the population do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 50.6% less on education

Botswana spends 8.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Mexico spends 4.3% of total GDP on education as of 2018.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Botswana Unified Revenue Service, Servicio de Administración Tributaria, SHCP.

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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