Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Mexico instead of Tunisia, you would:
Health
live 4.5 years less
In Tunisia, the average life expectancy is 77 years (75 years for men, 79 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 84.5% more money
Tunisia has a GDP per capita of $9,700 as of 2020, while in Mexico, the GDP per capita is $17,900 as of 2020.
be 77.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Tunisia, 15.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Mexico, that number is 3.5% as of 2019.
be 2.8 times more likely to live below the poverty line
In Tunisia, 15.2% live below the poverty line as of 2015. In Mexico, however, that number is 41.9% as of 2018.
Life
be 23.3% less likely to die during childbirth
In Tunisia, approximately 43.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Mexico, 33.0 women do as of 2017.
be 16.4% more likely to be literate
In Tunisia, the literacy rate is 81.8% as of 2015. In Mexico, it is 95.2% as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 41.1% less on education
Tunisia spends 7.3% of its total GDP on education as of 2016. Mexico spends 4.3% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
spend 22.9% less on healthcare
Tunisia spends 7.0% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Mexico, that number is 5.4% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 8.1 times more coastline
Tunisia has a total of 1,148 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
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