Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 47.7% less likely to be obese

In Palau, 55.3% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Mexico, that number is 28.9% of people as of 2016.

live 2.3 years less

In Palau, the average life expectancy is 75 years (71 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022. In Mexico, that number is 72 years (69 years for men, 76 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 2.1 times more likely to be unemployed

In Palau, 1.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2015. In Mexico, that number is 3.5% as of 2019.

be 68.3% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Palau, 24.9% live below the poverty line as of 2006. In Mexico, however, that number is 41.9% as of 2018.

Life

have 17.6% more children

In Palau, there are approximately 11.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Mexico, there are 13.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 100.0% more likely to have internet access

In Palau, approximately 36.0% of the population has internet access as of 2016. In Mexico, about 72.0% do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 64.5% less on healthcare

Palau spends 15.2% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Mexico, that number is 5.4% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 6.1 times more coastline

Palau has a total of 1,519 km of coastline. In Mexico, that number is 9,330 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

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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