Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

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be 62.8% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Mexico, 29.6% live below the poverty line as of 2024. In Kansas, however, that number is 11.0% as of 2023.

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make 4.4 times more money

Mexico has a GDP per capita of $13,889 as of 2025, while in Kansas, the GDP per capita is $60,996 as of 2024.

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be 27.3% more likely to be unemployed

In Mexico, 2.7% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Kansas, that number is 3.4% as of 2025.

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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

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