Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

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

In Mauritius, 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 2.5 years less

In Mauritius, the average life expectancy is 75 years (72 years for men, 78 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 Mauritius, 10.8% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Mexico, that number is 28.9% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 53.6% less likely to be unemployed

In Mauritius, 6.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Mexico, that number is 2.8% as of 2023.

make 15.8% less money

Mauritius has a GDP per capita of $26,600 as of 2023, while in Mexico, the GDP per capita is $22,400 as of 2023.

be 3.5 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Mauritius, 10.3% live below the poverty line as of 2017. In Mexico, however, that number is 36.3% as of 2022.

pay a 2.3 times higher top tax rate

Mauritius has a top tax rate of 15.0% as of 2016. In Mexico, the top tax rate is 35.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 29.8% less likely to die during childbirth

In Mauritius, approximately 84.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Mexico, 59.0 women do as of 2020.

have 45.9% more children

In Mauritius, there are approximately 9.8 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 11.8% more likely to have internet access

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

Expenditures

spend 12.2% less on education

Mauritius spends 4.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Mexico spends 4.3% of total GDP on education as of 2018.

Geography

see 52.7 times more coastline

Mauritius has a total of 177 km of coastline. In Mexico, that number is 9,330 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Mauritius Revenue Authority, The World Factbook, 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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