Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

live 8.1 years less

In Macau, the average life expectancy is 83 years (81 years for men, 86 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 13.6% more likely to be unemployed

In Macau, 2.4% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Mexico, that number is 2.7% as of 2025.

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make 81.7% less money

Macau has a GDP per capita of $75,902 as of 2025, while in Mexico, the GDP per capita is $13,889 as of 2025.

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Life

have 2.9 times more children

In Macau, there are approximately 5.3 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 2.6 times more likely to die during infancy

In Macau, approximately 4.6 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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Expenditures

spend 16.0% more on education

Macau spends 3.5% of its total GDP on education as of 2023. Mexico spends 4.1% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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Geography

see 227.6 times more coastline

Macau has a total of 41 km of coastline. In Mexico, that number is 9,330 km.

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Safety

be 44.4 times more likely to be murdered

Macau has a homicide rate of 0.6 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Mexico, that number is 24.9 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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Infrastructure

find 27.2% less home broadband

Macau has 29.9 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Mexico has 21.7 as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 43.9% more CO2

Macau emits 2.5 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Mexico emits 3.6 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2025), The World Factbook (2022). How we calculate this

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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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