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 73.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Guyana, 12.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Mexico, that number is 3.3% as of 2022.
make 43.0% less money
Guyana has a GDP per capita of $35,600 as of 2022, while in Mexico, the GDP per capita is $20,300 as of 2022.
Life
be 47.3% less likely to die during childbirth
In Guyana, approximately 112.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Mexico, 59.0 women do as of 2020.
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 14.4% fewer children
In Guyana, there are approximately 16.7 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 10.6% less likely to have internet access
In Guyana, approximately 85.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Mexico, about 76.0% do as of 2021.
Expenditures
spend 12.7% more on healthcare
Guyana spends 5.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Mexico, that number is 6.2% of GDP as of 2020.
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
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