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

Health

live 0.9 years less

In Iraq, the average life expectancy is 73 years (71 years for men, 75 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 92.5% more money

Iraq has a GDP per capita of $9,300 as of 2020, while in Mexico, the GDP per capita is $17,900 as of 2020.

be 78.2% less likely to be unemployed

In Iraq, 16.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2012. In Mexico, that number is 3.5% as of 2019.

be 82.2% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Iraq, 23.0% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Mexico, however, that number is 41.9% as of 2018.

pay a 2.3 times higher top tax rate

Iraq has a top tax rate of 15.0% as of 2016. In Mexico, the top tax rate is 35.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 58.2% less likely to die during childbirth

In Iraq, approximately 79.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Mexico, 33.0 women do as of 2017.

be 90.0% more likely to be literate

In Iraq, the literacy rate is 50.1% as of 2018. In Mexico, it is 95.2% as of 2020.

be 39.6% less likely to die during infancy

In Iraq, approximately 19.6 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 45.1% fewer children

In Iraq, there are approximately 24.7 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 20.0% more likely to have internet access

In Iraq, approximately 60.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Mexico, about 72.0% do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 20.0% more on healthcare

Iraq spends 4.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Mexico, that number is 5.4% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 160.9 times more coastline

Iraq has a total of 58 km of coastline. In Mexico, that number is 9,330 km.


The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance, Servicio de Administración Tributaria, SHCP.

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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