Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 71.4% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Jamaica, 1.4% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Mexico, that number is 0.4% of people as of 2020.

live 3.4 years less

In Jamaica, the average life expectancy is 76 years (74 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022. In Mexico, that number is 72 years (69 years for men, 76 years for women) as of 2022.

be 17.0% more likely to be obese

In Jamaica, 24.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Mexico, that number is 28.9% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 2.1 times more money

Jamaica has a GDP per capita of $8,700 as of 2020, while in Mexico, the GDP per capita is $17,900 as of 2020.

be 54.8% less likely to be unemployed

In Jamaica, 7.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2019. In Mexico, that number is 3.5% as of 2019.

be 2.5 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Jamaica, 17.1% live below the poverty line as of 2016. In Mexico, however, that number is 41.9% as of 2018.

pay a 40.0% higher top tax rate

Jamaica has a top tax rate of 25.0% as of 2016. In Mexico, the top tax rate is 35.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 58.8% less likely to die during childbirth

In Jamaica, approximately 80.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Mexico, 33.0 women do as of 2017.

have 14.8% fewer children

In Jamaica, there are approximately 15.9 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 30.9% more likely to have internet access

In Jamaica, approximately 55.0% of the population has internet access as of 2019. In Mexico, about 72.0% do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 20.4% less on education

Jamaica spends 5.4% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Mexico spends 4.3% of total GDP on education as of 2018.

spend 11.5% less on healthcare

Jamaica spends 6.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Mexico, that number is 5.4% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 9.1 times more coastline

Jamaica has a total of 1,022 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, Tax Admministration of Jamaica.

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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