Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 76.5% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Ghana, 1.7% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Mexico, that number is 0.4% of people as of 2020.

live 2.9 years longer

In Ghana, the average life expectancy is 69 years (68 years for men, 71 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 2.7 times more likely to be obese

In Ghana, 10.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Mexico, that number is 28.9% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 3.7 times more money

Ghana has a GDP per capita of $5,500 as of 2022, while in Mexico, the GDP per capita is $20,300 as of 2022.

be 55.1% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Ghana, 23.4% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Mexico, however, that number is 36.3% as of 2022.

pay a 40.0% higher top tax rate

Ghana 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 77.6% less likely to die during childbirth

In Ghana, approximately 263.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Mexico, 59.0 women do as of 2020.

be 20.5% more likely to be literate

In Ghana, the literacy rate is 79.0% as of 2018. In Mexico, it is 95.2% as of 2020.

be 63.6% less likely to die during infancy

In Ghana, approximately 32.6 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 48.2% fewer children

In Ghana, there are approximately 27.6 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 15.9% more likely to have access to electricity

In Ghana, approximately 86% of the population has electricity access as of 2021. In Mexico, 100% of the population do as of 2021.

be 11.8% more likely to have internet access

In Ghana, approximately 68.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Mexico, about 76.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 10.3% more on education

Ghana spends 3.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Mexico spends 4.3% of total GDP on education as of 2018.

spend 55.0% more on healthcare

Ghana spends 4.0% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Mexico, that number is 6.2% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 17.3 times more coastline

Ghana has a total of 539 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, Ghana Revenue Authority.

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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