Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Mexico instead of Malta, you would:
Health
live 10.9 years less
In Malta, the average life expectancy is 83 years (81 years for men, 85 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
make 58.2% less money
Malta has a GDP per capita of $48,600 as of 2022, while in Mexico, the GDP per capita is $20,300 as of 2022.
be 11.6% more likely to be unemployed
In Malta, 2.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Mexico, that number is 3.3% as of 2022.
be 2.2 times more likely to live below the poverty line
In Malta, 16.7% live below the poverty line as of 2021. In Mexico, however, that number is 36.3% as of 2022.
Life
have 52.1% more children
In Malta, there are approximately 9.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Mexico, there are 14.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 19.7 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Malta, approximately 3.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Mexico, 59.0 women do as of 2020.
be 2.6 times more likely to die during infancy
In Malta, approximately 4.5 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.
Basic Needs
be 12.6% less likely to have internet access
In Malta, approximately 87.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Mexico, about 76.0% do as of 2021.
Expenditures
spend 27.1% less on education
Malta spends 5.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Mexico spends 4.3% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 42.6% less on healthcare
Malta spends 10.8% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Mexico, that number is 6.2% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 47.4 times more coastline
Malta has a total of 197 km of coastline. In Mexico, that number is 9,330 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Mexico: At a glance
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