Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Mexico instead of Guyana, you would:
Health
be 69.2% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS
In Guyana, 1.3% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Mexico, that number is 0.4% of people as of 2020.
be 43.1% more likely to be obese
In Guyana, 20.2% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Mexico, that number is 28.9% of people as of 2016.
Economy
be 68.6% less likely to be unemployed
In Guyana, 11.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2013. In Mexico, that number is 3.5% as of 2019.
be 19.7% more likely to live below the poverty line
In Guyana, 35.0% live below the poverty line as of 2006. In Mexico, however, that number is 41.9% as of 2018.
Life
be 95.1% less likely to die during childbirth
In Guyana, approximately 667.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Mexico, 33.0 women do as of 2017.
be 46.5% less likely to die during infancy
In Guyana, approximately 22.1 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.
have 19.0% fewer children
In Guyana, there are approximately 16.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Mexico, there are 13.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 94.6% more likely to have internet access
In Guyana, approximately 37.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Mexico, about 72.0% do as of 2020.
Expenditures
spend 10.2% more on healthcare
Guyana spends 4.9% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Mexico, that number is 5.4% of GDP as of 2019.
Geography
see 20.3 times more coastline
Guyana has a total of 459 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 Guyana? See an in-depth size comparison.