Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 5.9 years longer

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

Economy

be 20.1% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Mexico, 36.3% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Dominica, however, that number is 29.0% as of 2009.

make 29.0% less money

Mexico has a GDP per capita of $22,400 as of 2023, while in Dominica, the GDP per capita is $15,900 as of 2023.

be 8.2 times more likely to be unemployed

In Mexico, 2.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Dominica, that number is 23.0% as of 2000.

Expenditures

spend 27.9% more on education

Mexico spends 4.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Dominica spends 5.5% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

Geography

see 98.4% less coastline

Mexico has a total of 9,330 km of coastline. In Dominica, that number is 148 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Dominica: At a glance

Dominica is a sovereign country in Central America/Caribbean, with a total land area of approximately 751 sq km. Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands to be colonized by Europeans due chiefly to the fierce resistance of the native Caribs. France ceded possession to Great Britain in 1763, which made the island a colony in 1805. In 1980, two years after independence, Dominica's fortunes improved when a corrupt and tyrannical administration was replaced by that of Mary Eugenia CHARLES, the first female prime minister in the Caribbean, who remained in office for 15 years. Some 3,000 Carib Indians still living on Dominica are the only pre-Columbian population remaining in the eastern Caribbean.
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