Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Mexico instead of Trinidad and Tobago, you would:

Health

live 3.6 years less

In Trinidad and Tobago, the average life expectancy is 76 years (74 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.

be 55.4% more likely to be obese

In Trinidad and Tobago, 18.6% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Mexico, that number is 28.9% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 28.8% less likely to be unemployed

In Trinidad and Tobago, 4.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Mexico, that number is 3.5% as of 2019.

make 24.5% less money

Trinidad and Tobago has a GDP per capita of $23,700 as of 2020, while in Mexico, the GDP per capita is $17,900 as of 2020.

be 2.1 times more likely to live below the poverty line

In Trinidad and Tobago, 20.0% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Mexico, however, that number is 41.9% as of 2018.

pay a 40.0% higher top tax rate

Trinidad and Tobago has a top tax rate of 25.0% as of 2016. In Mexico, the top tax rate is 35.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 50.7% less likely to die during childbirth

In Trinidad and Tobago, approximately 67.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Mexico, 33.0 women do as of 2017.

be 25.1% less likely to die during infancy

In Trinidad and Tobago, approximately 15.8 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Mexico, on the other hand, 11.9 children do as of 2022.

have 25.6% more children

In Trinidad and Tobago, there are approximately 10.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Mexico, there are 13.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 22.9% less on healthcare

Trinidad and Tobago spends 7.0% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Mexico, that number is 5.4% of GDP as of 2019.

spend 19.4% more on education

Trinidad and Tobago spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Mexico spends 4.3% of total GDP on education as of 2018.

Geography

see 25.8 times more coastline

Trinidad and Tobago has a total of 362 km of coastline. In Mexico, that number is 9,330 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Inland Revenue Division, Servicio de Administración Tributaria, SHCP.

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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