OECD Economic Surveys: Mexico 2024
Basic statistics of Mexico, 2022
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LAND, PEOPLE AND ELECTORAL CYCLE |
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Population (million) |
129.4 |
Population density per km² |
65.6 |
(39.0) |
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Under 15 (%) |
24.5 |
(17.2) |
Life expectancy at birth (years, 2021) |
70.2 |
(78.7) |
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Over 65 (%) |
8.3 |
(18.0) |
Men (2021) |
66.1 |
(75.9) |
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International migrant stock (% of population, 2019) |
0.8 |
(13.2) |
Women (2021) |
74.9 |
(81.7) |
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Latest 5-year average growth (%) |
0.7 |
(0.4) |
Latest general election |
July 2018 |
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ECONOMY |
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Gross domestic product (GDP) |
Value added shares (%) |
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In current prices (billion USD) |
1 468.2 |
Agriculture, forestry and fishing |
4.4 |
(2.8) |
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In current prices (billion MXN) |
29 452.8 |
Industry including construction |
33.8 |
(28.3) |
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Latest 5-year average real growth (%) |
0.4 |
(1.7) |
Services |
61.8 |
(68.8) |
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Per capita (thousand USD PPP) |
23.9 |
(60.2) |
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT Per cent of GDP |
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Expenditure |
27.1 |
(42.9) |
Gross financial debt (OECD: 2021) |
54.1 |
(113.5) |
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Revenue |
22.0 |
(39.7) |
Net financial debt (OECD: 2021) |
48.0 |
(67.6) |
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EXTERNAL ACCOUNTS |
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Exchange rate (MXN per USD) |
20.06 |
Main exports (% of total merchandise exports) |
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PPP exchange rate (USA = 1) |
9.68 |
Machinery and transport equipment |
58.3 |
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In per cent of GDP |
Miscellaneous manufactured articles |
9.1 |
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Exports of goods and services |
42.8 |
(33.4) |
Manufactured goods |
7.0 |
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Imports of goods and services |
45.7 |
(34.8) |
Main imports (% of total merchandise imports) |
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Current account balance |
-1.3 |
(-1.0) |
Machinery and transport equipment |
42.6 |
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Net international investment position |
-41.9 |
Manufactured goods |
12.6 |
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Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. |
11.1 |
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LABOUR MARKET, SKILLS AND INNOVATION |
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Employment rate (aged 15 and over, %) |
57.8 |
(57.5) |
Unemployment rate, Labour Force Survey (aged 15 and over, %) |
3.3 |
(5.0) |
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Men |
73.8 |
(65.4) |
Youth (aged 15-24, %) |
6.5 |
(10.9) |
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Women |
43.5 |
(50.1) |
Long-term unemployed (1 year and over, %) |
0.1 |
(1.2) |
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Participation rate (aged 15 and over, %) |
59.8 |
(60.9) |
Tertiary educational attainment (aged 25-64, %) |
20.6 |
(40.7) |
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Average hours worked per year |
2,226 |
(1,752) |
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP, 2020) |
0.3 |
(2.9) |
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ENVIRONMENT |
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Total primary energy supply per capita (toe) |
1.5 |
(3.8) |
CO₂ emissions from fuel combustion per capita (tonnes) |
3.1 |
(7.8) |
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Renewables (%) |
9.5 |
(12.0) |
Water abstractions per capita (1 000 m³, 2021) |
0.7 |
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Exposure to air pollution (more than 10 μg/m³ of PM 2.5, % of population, 2019) |
99.5 |
(61.7) |
Municipal waste per capita (tonnes, 2012, OECD: 2020) |
0.4 |
(0.5) |
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SOCIETY |
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Income inequality (Gini coefficient, 2020, OECD: latest available) |
0.420 |
(0.316) |
Education outcomes (PISA 2022 score) |
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Relative poverty rate (%, 2020) |
16.6 |
(11.8) |
Reading |
415 |
(476) |
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Median disposable household income (thousand USD PPP, 2020) |
5.9 |
(26.6) |
Mathematics |
395 |
(472) |
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Public and private spending (% of GDP) |
Science |
410 |
(485) |
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Health care |
5.5 |
(9.2) |
Share of women in parliament (%) |
50.0 |
(32.5) |
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Pensions (2019) |
3.1 |
(9.5) |
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Education (% of GNI, 2021) |
4.3 |
(4.4) |
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1. The year is indicated in parenthesis if it deviates from the year in the main title of this table. Where the OECD aggregate is not provided in the source database, a simple OECD average of latest available data is calculated where data exist for at least 80% of member countries.
Source: Calculations based on data extracted from databases of the following organisations: OECD, International Energy Agency, International Labour Organisation, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, World Bank.