Is Mexico a bad place to live?

Answer 1

No. Mexico is a land of great contrasts, where poverty and wealth can be found almost side to side. You will find cities and neighborhoods with the quality of life of Western Europe, and rural communities with health, education and income of countries of Sub-Saharan Africa.

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, on a municipality level (akin to U.S. counties), the Benito Juarez district (Mexico City), the San Pedro Garza Garcia municipality (Monterrey) and the San Sebastian Tula municipality (Oaxaca) have the highest HDI in Mexico which correspond to the life quality levels of Norway, Australia and Spain.

By contrast, Tehuipango (Veracruz), Coicoyan de las Flores (Oaxaca), Batopilas (Chihuahua) and Cochoapa el Grande (Guerrero) have the lowest HDI in Mexico, whose level correspond to the quality of life of Madagascar, Haiti, Kenya and Benin.