Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Mexico instead of Puerto Rico, you would:
Health
live 9.4 years less
In Puerto Rico, the average life expectancy is 82 years (78 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
be 45.7% less likely to be unemployed
In Puerto Rico, 6.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Mexico, that number is 3.3% as of 2022.
make 40.8% less money
Puerto Rico has a GDP per capita of $34,300 as of 2022, while in Mexico, the GDP per capita is $20,300 as of 2022.
Life
have 83.3% more children
In Puerto Rico, there are approximately 7.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Mexico, there are 14.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
be 73.5% more likely to die during childbirth
In Puerto Rico, approximately 34.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Mexico, 59.0 women do as of 2020.
be 96.4% more likely to die during infancy
In Puerto Rico, approximately 6.0 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.
Expenditures
spend 19.4% more on education
Puerto Rico spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Mexico spends 4.3% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
Geography
see 18.6 times more coastline
Puerto Rico has a total of 501 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
How big is Mexico compared to Puerto Rico? See an in-depth size comparison.