Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 2.0 years less

In Syria, the average life expectancy is 74 years (73 years for men, 76 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

make 7.7 times more money

Syria has a GDP per capita of $2,900 as of 2021, while in Mexico, the GDP per capita is $22,400 as of 2023.

be 79.2% less likely to be unemployed

In Syria, 13.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Mexico, that number is 2.8% as of 2023.

be 56.0% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Syria, 82.5% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Mexico, however, that number is 36.3% as of 2022.

pay a 59.1% higher top tax rate

Syria has a top tax rate of 22.0% as of 2016. In Mexico, the top tax rate is 35.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 10.2% more likely to be literate

In Syria, the literacy rate is 86.4% as of 2015. In Mexico, it is 95.2% as of 2020.

be 25.3% less likely to die during infancy

In Syria, approximately 15.9 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.

be 96.7% more likely to die during childbirth

In Syria, approximately 30.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Mexico, 59.0 women do as of 2020.

have 34.1% fewer children

In Syria, there are approximately 21.7 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 12.4% more likely to have access to electricity

In Syria, approximately 89% of the population has electricity access as of 2022. In Mexico, 100% of the population do as of 2022.

be 63.1% more likely to have internet access

In Syria, approximately 46.6% of the population has internet access as of 2022. In Mexico, about 76.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 15.7% less on education

Syria spends 5.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2009. Mexico spends 4.3% of total GDP on education as of 2018.

Geography

see 48.3 times more coastline

Syria has a total of 193 km of coastline. In Mexico, that number is 9,330 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance, Syria, 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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