Coronavirus: Argentina and Mexico, the worst countries to live during the pandemic

Economic consulting firm Bloomberg analyzed a series of data to determine the best places to live in the coronavirus era.

In this sense, he created the Covid-19 Resilience Ranking which scores economies with a GDP greater than $ 200,000 million according to 10 key indicators.

It measures everything from the growth of virus cases to the overall death rate, testing capacities and vaccine supply agreements the places have forged. The capacity of the local health care system, the impact of virus-related restrictions, such as economic lockdowns, and the freedom of movement of citizens are also considered.

The result is a table that shows how the pandemic is developing in 53 countries.

According to the study, Mexico is the worst place to live during the pandemic. Argentina follows behind.

The list established an order according to the economies considered, according to the measures developed before 2020.

Bloomberg performed a detailed analysis of macroeconomic statistics to determine in which countries the virus has been most effectively managed so as not to disrupt the company’s economic activity.

The study points out that Mexico is the country with the highest percentage of undetected cases of Covid-19 and points out that one of the main problems was an “arrogant leadership approach” on the part of the Mexican authorities.

The advanced economies of countries like the United States and the United Kingdom, ranked according to various pre-2020 measures as the most prepared for a pandemic, have also been overwhelmed by cases of the coronavirus.

Bloomberg analyzed the numbers to determine the best places to be during a coronavirus period.

Ranking of the best countries according to Bloomberg

• 1st) New Zealand
• 2nd) Japan
• 3rd) Taiwan
• 4th) South Korea
• 5 °) Finland
• 6th) Norway
• 7 °) Australia
• 8 °) China
• 9e) Denmark
• 10 °) Vietnam

The worst countries

• 43rd) Romania
• 44 °) Poland
• 45 °) France
• 46th) Philippines
• 47th) Iran
• 48 °) Colombia
• 49th) Czech Republic
• 50th) Belgium
• 51 °) Peru
• 52 °) Argentina
• 53rd) Mexico

In Latin America, a large part of the population lives in conditions of overcrowding where social distancing was really difficult to achieve.

“The great disparities between public and private health care have affected the region, as have other forms of inequality, including education,” Cynthia Arnson, director of the group’s Latin American program, told Bloomberg. Wilson reflection in Washington DC.

Indicators

The ranking compares:

On the one hand, the status of Covid-19:

• Number of cases per 100,000 inhabitants
• Covid death rate
• Total number of deaths per million inhabitants
• Positivity rate
• Access to vaccines

On the other, “quality of life”:

• Severity of quarantine
• Community mobility
• Economic growth forecasts
• Universal health coverage
• Index of human development

Once all of the numbers were gathered, a list was drawn up in which each country matches the Bloomberg “resilience score”, an average of the 10 numbers mentioned.

First, New Zealand appears, with an 85.4. Then Japan with 85. And third, Taiwan with 82.9.

For Argentina, the “resilience score” gives 41.1 and Mexico, 37.6.

Argentina

For example, Argentina has a severe quarantine (rated 72, from the University of Oxford), against more lax situations such as New Zealand (22) or Japan (39).

In the case of the positivity rate, Bloomberg does not record data from Argentina (the source of this index is Our world data).

And on the economy, the decline expected for Argentina during this year would reach 11.8% (citing the projections of the International Monetary Fund).