Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 3.4 years longer

In Peru, the average life expectancy is 69 years (65 years for men, 73 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 46.7% more likely to be obese

In Peru, 19.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Mexico, that number is 28.9% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 48.3% more money

Peru has a GDP per capita of $15,100 as of 2023, while in Mexico, the GDP per capita is $22,400 as of 2023.

be 41.7% less likely to be unemployed

In Peru, 4.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Mexico, that number is 2.8% as of 2023.

be 32.0% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Peru, 27.5% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Mexico, however, that number is 36.3% as of 2022.

pay a 16.7% higher top tax rate

Peru has a top tax rate of 30.0% as of 2016. In Mexico, the top tax rate is 35.0% as of 2016.

Life

have 14.4% fewer children

In Peru, there are approximately 16.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Mexico, there are 14.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Geography

see 3.9 times more coastline

Peru has a total of 2,414 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, Superintendencia Nacional de Aduanas y de Administración Tributaria.

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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