Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Mexico instead of New Caledonia, you would:

Health

live 3.7 years less

In New Caledonia, the average life expectancy is 79 years (76 years for men, 81 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 76.1% less likely to be unemployed

In New Caledonia, 11.2% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Mexico, that number is 2.7% as of 2025.

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make 52.5% less money

New Caledonia has a GDP per capita of $29,213 as of 2024, while in Mexico, the GDP per capita is $13,889 as of 2025.

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Life

have 10.2% more children

In New Caledonia, there are approximately 14.0 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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Geography

see 4.1 times more coastline

New Caledonia has a total of 2,254 km of coastline. In Mexico, that number is 9,330 km.

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Infrastructure

find 12.2% more home broadband

New Caledonia has 19.4 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Mexico has 21.7 as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 78.7% less CO2

New Caledonia emits 17.1 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. 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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