Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Mexico instead of French Polynesia, you would:

Health

be 24.0% less likely to be obese

In French Polynesia, 49.1% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Mexico, that number is 37.4% of people as of 2024.

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live 8.9 years less

In French Polynesia, the average life expectancy is 84 years (82 years for men, 87 years for women) as of 2024. In Mexico, that number is 75 years (72 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2024.

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Economy

be 77.1% less likely to be unemployed

In French Polynesia, 11.7% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Mexico, that number is 2.7% as of 2025.

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make 38.1% less money

French Polynesia has a GDP per capita of $22,440 as of 2024, while in Mexico, the GDP per capita is $13,889 as of 2025.

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Life

have 44.6% more children

In French Polynesia, there are approximately 10.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Mexico, there are 15.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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be 2.8 times more likely to die during infancy

In French Polynesia, approximately 4.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Mexico, on the other hand, 12.1 children do as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 14.3% more likely to have internet access

In French Polynesia, approximately 72.7% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Mexico, about 83.1% do as of 2024.

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Geography

see 3.7 times more coastline

French Polynesia has a total of 2,525 km of coastline. In Mexico, that number is 9,330 km.

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Infrastructure

find 38.8% less home broadband

French Polynesia has 35.5 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2023. Mexico has 21.7 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2023–2025), The World Factbook (2021–2022), World Health Organization (2024). How we calculate this

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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
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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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