Quality of life comparison

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

Health

live 13.0 years longer

In Nauru, the average life expectancy is 62 years (60 years for men, 64 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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be 47.7% less likely to be obese

In Nauru, 71.4% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Mexico, that number is 37.4% of people as of 2024.

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have 25.0% more access to essential health services

Nauru scores 60 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Mexico scores 75 as of 2021.

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see 44.7% less spent on your healthcare

Nauru spends $2,474 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Mexico spends $1,368 as of 2023.

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Life

be 84.6% less likely to die during childbirth

In Nauru, approximately 273.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Mexico, 42.0 women do as of 2023.

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be 57.1% more likely to die during infancy

In Nauru, approximately 7.7 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Mexico, on the other hand, 12.1 children do as of 2024.

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have 37.1% fewer children

In Nauru, there are approximately 24.6 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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Expenditures

spend 29.8% less on education

Nauru spends 5.8% 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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spend 69.8% less on healthcare

Nauru spends 18.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Mexico, that number is 5.5% of GDP as of 2023.

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Geography

see 311.0 times more coastline

Nauru has a total of 30 km of coastline. In Mexico, that number is 9,330 km.

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Safety

be 50.0% more likely to die in a road accident

In Nauru, road accidents kill 8.0 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Mexico, they kill 12.0 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Infrastructure

find 2.2 times more home broadband

Nauru has 10.0 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Mexico has 21.7 as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2024), United Nations SDG Indicators (2021), World Health Organization (2024), The World Factbook. 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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