Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 3.8 years less

In China, the average life expectancy is 76 years (74 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2020. In Mexico, that number is 72 years (69 years for men, 76 years for women) as of 2022.

be 4.7 times more likely to be obese

In China, 6.2% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Mexico, that number is 28.9% of people as of 2016.

Economy

pay a 22.2% lower top tax rate

China has a top tax rate of 45.0% as of 2016. In Mexico, the top tax rate is 35.0% as of 2016.

be 69.8 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In China, 0.6% live below the poverty line as of 2019. In Mexico, however, that number is 41.9% as of 2018.

Life

have 36.5% more children

In China, there are approximately 9.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Mexico, there are 13.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 75.4% more likely to die during infancy

In China, approximately 6.8 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 22.9% more on education

China spends 3.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2018. Mexico spends 4.3% of total GDP on education as of 2018.

Geography

see 35.7% less coastline

China has a total of 14,500 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, State Administration of Taxation.

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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