Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Mexico instead of Saint Lucia, you would:
Health
live 6.6 years less
In Saint Lucia, the average life expectancy is 79 years (76 years for men, 82 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 Saint Lucia, 19.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Mexico, that number is 28.9% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 74.7% less likely to be unemployed
In Saint Lucia, 11.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Mexico, that number is 2.8% as of 2023.
be 45.2% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Saint Lucia, 25.0% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Mexico, however, that number is 36.3% as of 2022.
Life
be 19.2% less likely to die during childbirth
In Saint Lucia, approximately 73.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Mexico, 59.0 women do as of 2020.
have 25.4% more children
In Saint Lucia, there are approximately 11.4 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Mexico, there are 14.3 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Expenditures
spend 19.4% more on education
Saint Lucia spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Mexico spends 4.3% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
Geography
see 59.1 times more coastline
Saint Lucia has a total of 158 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 Saint Lucia? See an in-depth size comparison.