What is Mexico's quality of life index?

Answer 1

Mexico is an "emerging market", "developing country" or "newly industrialized country" because although it is the tenth largest economy in the world (USD$1,845 billion for 2013), it has an ongoing industrialization, where agriculture activities are still important but are rapidly being outpaced by industrial (specially manufacturing) activities. This means Mexico is not fully developed, as many regions within the country have a quality of life equivalent to those of Western Europe, whereas there are other regions with education, life expectancy and economic advancement equivalent to those countries found in Sub-Saharan Africa.

For instance, the Human Development Index (HDI) is a ranking created by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to measure countries or regions according to three basic population parameters: health, education and income. For Mexico, which is composed by 31 states and one federal district, the Federal District and Nuevo Leon had the highest HDI in 2004 (0.8837 and 0.8513, respectively), while the lowest corresponded to Chiapas (0.7185) and Oaxaca (0.7336). As a comparison, the Federal District and Nuevo Leon indexes are equivalent to those of the Czech Republic and Lithuania while Chiapas and Oaxaca correspond to those of Vietnam and Iran.

On a municipality level, these contrasts are much more dramatic: The Benito Juarez district (Federal District), the San Pedro Garza Garcia municipality (Nuevo Leon) and the San Sebastian Tula municipality (Oaxaca) have the highest HDI in Mexico (0.9509, 0.95, 0.9204, respectively) which correspond to the life quality levels of Norway, Australia and Spain. By contrast, Tehuipango (Veracruz, 0.4985), Coicoyan de las Flores(Oaxaca, 0.4768), Batopilas (Chihuahua, 0.4734) and Cochoapa el Grande (Guerrero, 0.4354) correspond to the quality of life of Madagascar, Haiti, Kenya and Benin.

Answer 2

Mexico is a country of great contrasts, and the best examples of this condition are found in Mexico City, where you can find neighborhoods with quality of life rivaling those of Western Europe, located side-by-side to decaying slums that look like Haiti or India.

While Mexico City's standard of living is comparable to that of Portugal (US$19,500), the richest borough (Benito Juarez) has the same health, income and education of Germany (US$40,000 per capita); on the other hand, the poorest borough (Milpa Alta) has the same quality of live as Algeria (some US$3,900 per capita).

Answer 3

In general, Mexico City has the same standard of living of countries such as Portugal or South Korea, but it really depends on individual neighborhoods, as Mexico is a country of great contrasts.

There are rich neighborhoods such as Polanco, Condesa and Santa Fe which are at some places much nicer than many of their American or European counterparts; on the other hand, there are low-class neighborhoods which are like the Latin American versions of Flint or Detroit.

See related links for some photos of these neighborhoods.

Answer 4

Mexico is a country of great contrasts, and the best examples of this condition are found in Mexico City, where you can find neighborhoods with quality of life rivaling those of Western Europe, located side-by-side to decaying slums that look like Haiti or India.

While Mexico City's standard of living is comparable to that of Portugal (US$19,500), the richest borough (Benito Juarez) has the same health, income and education of Germany (US$40,000 per capita); on the other hand, the poorest borough (Milpa Alta) has the same quality of live as Algeria (some US$3,900 per capita).

Answer 5

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