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In South Korea, the average life expectancy is 82 years (79 years for men, 86 years for women). In Mexico, that number is 76 years (73 years for men, 79 years for women).
In South Korea, the average life expectancy is 82 years (79 years for men, 86 years for women). In Mexico, that number is 76 years (73 years for men, 79 years for women).
In South Korea, 4.7% of adults are obese. In Mexico, that number is 28.9% of people.
South Korea has a GDP per capita of $39,400, while in Mexico, the GDP per capita is $19,900.
In South Korea, 14.4% live below the poverty line. In Mexico, however, that number is 46.2%.
In South Korea, there are approximately 8.3 babies per 1,000 people. In Mexico, there are 18.3 babies per 1,000 people.
In South Korea, approximately 11.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor. In Mexico, 38.0 women do.
In South Korea, approximately 3.0 children die before they reach the age of one. In Mexico, on the other hand, 11.6 children do.
In South Korea, approximately 89.9% of the population has internet access. In Mexico, about 59.5% do.
South Korea spends 7.4% of its total GDP on healthcare. In Mexico, that number is 6.3% of GDP.
South Korea has a total of 2,413 km of coastline. In Mexico, that number is 9,330 km.
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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The statistics on this page were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
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