Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Iowa instead of Mexico, you would:
Economy
be 64.5% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Mexico, 29.6% live below the poverty line as of 2024. In Iowa, however, that number is 10.5% as of 2023.
make 4.6 times more money
Mexico has a GDP per capita of $13,889 as of 2025, while in Iowa, the GDP per capita is $63,747 as of 2024.
be 23.6% more likely to be unemployed
In Mexico, 2.7% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Iowa, that number is 3.3% as of 2025.
Sources: World Bank (2024–2025), Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025), US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) (2023), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2024). How we calculate this
