Mexico
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Mexico⌘K
Overview
- Background
- Mexico was the site of several advanced Amerindian civilizations -- including the Olmec, Toltec, Teotihuacan, Zapotec, Maya, and Aztec -- until Spain conquered and colonized the area in the early 16th century. Administered as the Viceroyalty of New Spain for three centuries, it achieved independence early in the 19th century. Elections held in 2000 marked the first time since Mexican Revolution in 1910 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 PEÑA NIETO regained the presidency for the PRI in 2012. Left-leaning anti-establishment politician and former mayor of Mexico City (2000-05) Andrés Manuel LÓPEZ OBRADOR, from the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), became president in 2018.
The US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA, or T-MEC by its Spanish acronym) entered into force in 2020 and replaced its predecessor, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Mexico amended its constitution in 2019 to facilitate the implementation of the labor components of USMCA.
Mexico is currently the US's second-largest goods trading partner, after Canada. Ongoing economic and social concerns include low real wages, high underemployment, inequitable income distribution, and few advancement opportunities, particularly for the largely indigenous population in the impoverished southern states. Since 2007, Mexico's powerful transnational criminal organizations have engaged in a struggle to control criminal markets, resulting in tens of thousands of drug-related homicides and forced disappearances.
Geography
Area
- Land
- 1,943,945 sq km
- Water
- 20,430 sq km
- Total
- 1,964,375 sq km
- Climate
- varies from tropical to desert
- Terrain
- high, rugged mountains; low coastal plains; high plateaus; desert
Land Use
- Other
- 15.1% (2023 est.)
- Forest
- 34.2% (2023 est.)
- Agricultural land
- 50.7% (2023 est.)
- Agricultural land: arable land
- arable land: 10.3% (2023 est.)
- Agricultural land: permanent crops
- permanent crops: 2.3% (2023 est.)
- Agricultural land: permanent pasture
- permanent pasture: 38.1% (2023 est.)
- Location
- North America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of America, between Belize and the United States and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the United States
- Coastline
- 9,330 km
Elevation
- Lowest point
- Laguna Salada -10 m
- Highest point
- Volcan Pico de Orizaba 5,636 m
- Mean elevation
- 1,111 m
- Irrigated land
- 59,910 sq km (2022)
- Major aquifers
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains Aquifer
- Map references
- North America
Land Boundaries
- Total
- 4,389 km
- Border countries
- Belize 276 km; Guatemala 958 km; US 3,155 km
Maritime Claims
- Contiguous zone
- 24 nm
- Territorial sea
- 12 nm
- Continental shelf
- 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
- Exclusive economic zone
- 200 nm
- Natural hazards
- tsunamis along the Pacific coast; volcanoes and destructive earthquakes in the center and south; hurricanes on the Pacific, Gulf of America, and Caribbean coasts
volcanism: volcanic activity in the central-southern part of the country; the volcanoes in Baja California are mostly dormant; Colima (3,850 m) is Mexico's most active volcano and is responsible for periodic evacuations of nearby villagers; it has been deemed a Decade Volcano by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, worthy of study due to its explosive history and close proximity to human populations; Popocatepetl (5,426 m) poses a threat to Mexico City; other historically active volcanoes include Barcena, Ceboruco, El Chichon, Michoacan-Guanajuato, Pico de Orizaba, San Martin, Socorro, and Tacana; see note 2 under "Geography - note" - Geography note
- note 1: strategic location on southern border of the US; Mexico is one of the countries along the Ring of Fire, which is a belt bordering the Pacific Ocean that contains about 75% of the world's volcanoes and up to 90% of the world's earthquakes
note 2: the Sac Actun cave system at 348 km (216 mi) is the longest underwater cave in the world and the second longest cave worldwide, after Mammoth Cave in the United States (see "Geography - note" under United States)
note 3: the prominent Yucatán Peninsula that divides the Gulf of America from the Caribbean Sea is shared by Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize; on the northern coast of Yucatan near the town of Chicxulub lie the remnants of a massive asteroid or comet crater about 150 km (93 mi) in diameter and extending into the Gulf of America; the impact is believed to have initiated a worldwide climate disruption that caused a mass extinction of 75% of the earth's plant and animal species, including the non-avian dinosaurs - Natural resources
- petroleum, silver, antimony, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber
- Area comparative
- slightly less than three times the size of Texas
- Geographic coordinates
- 23 00 N, 102 00 W
- Population distribution
- most of the population is found in the middle of the country between the states of Jalisco and Veracruz; approximately a quarter of the population lives in and around Mexico City
Major Lakes (Area Sq Km)
- Salt water lake(s)
- Laguna de Terminos - 1,550 sq km
- Fresh water lake(s)
- Laguna de Chapala - 1,140 sq km
Major Watersheds (Area Sq Km)
- Pacific ocean drainage
- (Gulf of California) Colorado (703,148 sq km)
- Atlantic ocean drainage
- (Gulf of America) Rio Grande/Bravo (607,965 sq km)
- Major rivers (BY length in km)
- Rio Grande river mouth (shared with US [s]) - 3,057 km; Colorado river mouth (shared with US [s]) - 2,333 km
note: [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth
People & Society
Literacy
- Male
- 96% (2020 est.)
- Female
- 94% (2020 est.)
- Total population
- 95% (2020 est.)
Languages
- Languages
- Spanish only 93.8%, Spanish and indigenous languages (including Mayan, Nahuatl, and others) 5.4%, indigenous only 0.6%, unspecified 0.2% (2020 est.)
- Major language sample(s)
La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)
The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
- Religions
- Catholic 77.7%, no religion 10.6%, other Evangelical Churches 7.5%, Jehovah Witness 1.2%; less than 1 percent: Pentecostal, Seventh Day Adventist, Historics, not specified, Latter Day Saints, other religions (2020 est.)
Sex Ratio
- At birth
- 1.05 male(s)/female
- 0 14 years
- 1.06 male(s)/female
- 15 64 years
- 0.95 male(s)/female
- Total population
- 0.96 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
- 65 years and over
- 0.75 male(s)/female
- Birth rate
- 14.73 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
- Death rate
- 6.04 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Median Age
- Male
- 28.8 years
- Total
- 31 years (2025 est.)
- Female
- 32.7 years
Population
- Male
- 63,899,138
- Total
- 130,739,927 (2024 est.)
- Female
- 66,840,789
Nationality
- Noun
- Mexican(s)
- Adjective
- Mexican
Tobacco Use
- Male
- 21.8% (2025 est.)
- Total
- 13.8% (2025 est.)
- Female
- 6.3% (2025 est.)
Urbanization
- Urban population
- 81.6% of total population (2023)
- Rate of urbanization
- 1.4% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Age Structure
- 0 14 years
- 23.3% (male 15,647,805/female 14,754,004)
- 15 64 years
- 68.6% (male 43,651,105/female 45,983,174)
- 65 years and over
- 8.2% (2024 est.) (male 4,600,228/female 6,103,611)
- Ethnic groups
- Mestizo (Indigenous-Spanish) 62%, predominantly Indigenous 21%, Indigenous 7%, other 10% (mostly European) (2012 est.)
Child Marriage
- Women married BY age 15
- 3.6% (2018)
- Women married BY age 18
- 20.7% (2018)
Dependency Ratios
- Total dependency ratio
- 45.9 (2024 est.)
- Youth dependency ratio
- 33.9 (2024 est.)
- Potential support ratio
- 8.4 (2024 est.)
- Elderly dependency ratio
- 11.9 (2024 est.)
- Physician density
- 2.59 physicians/1,000 population (2022)
Health Expenditure
- Health expenditure (as % of GDP)
- 6.1% of GDP (2021)
- Health expenditure (as % of national budget)
- 10.4% of national budget (2022 est.)
- Net migration rate
- -0.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)
- Hospital bed density
- 1 beds/1,000 population (2021 est.)
- Total fertility rate
- 1.85 children born/woman (2025 est.)
Drinking Water Source
- Improved: rural
- rural: 98.4% of population (2022 est.)
- Improved: total
- total: 99.7% of population (2022 est.)
- Improved: urban
- urban: 100% of population (2022 est.)
- Unimproved: rural
- rural: 1.6% of population (2022 est.)
- Unimproved: total
- total: 0.3% of population (2022 est.)
- Unimproved: urban
- urban: 0% of population (2022 est.)
Education Expenditure
- Education expenditure (% GDP)
- 4.1% of GDP (2022 est.)
- Education expenditure (% national budget)
- 14.2% national budget (2022 est.)
Infant Mortality Rate
- Male
- 13.4 deaths/1,000 live births
- Total
- 12.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
- Female
- 10.9 deaths/1,000 live births
- Population growth rate
- 0.81% (2025 est.)
- Gross reproduction rate
- 0.9 (2025 est.)
- Population distribution
- most of the population is found in the middle of the country between the states of Jalisco and Veracruz; approximately a quarter of the population lives in and around Mexico City
Life Expectancy at Birth
- Male
- 71.6 years
- Female
- 77.7 years
- Total population
- 74.6 years (2024 est.)
- Maternal mortality ratio
- 42 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)
Sanitation Facility Access
- Improved: rural
- rural: 98.2% of population (2022 est.)
- Improved: total
- total: 99.7% of population (2022 est.)
- Improved: urban
- urban: 100% of population (2022 est.)
- Unimproved: rural
- rural: 1.8% of population (2022 est.)
- Unimproved: total
- total: 0.3% of population (2022 est.)
- Unimproved: urban
- urban: 0% of population (2022 est.)
Alcohol Consumption Per Capita
- Beer
- 3.72 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
- Wine
- 0.19 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
- Total
- 4.25 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
- Spirits
- 0.19 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
- Other alcohols
- 0.15 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
- Major urban areas population
- 22.281 million MEXICO CITY (capital), 5.420 million Guadalajara, 5.117 million Monterrey, 3.345 million Puebla, 2.626 million Toluca de Lerdo, 2.260 million Tijuana (2023)
- Obesity adult prevalence rate
- 28.9% (2016)
- Mother's mean age at first birth
- 21.3 years (2008 est.)
- Currently married women (ages 15 49)
- 53% (2023 est.)
- Children under the age of 5 years underweight
- 4.2% (2022 est.)
School Life Expectancy (Primary to Tertiary Education)
- Male
- 14 years (2022 est.)
- Total
- 15 years (2022 est.)
- Female
- 15 years (2022 est.)
Government
Civica · structure
How power is organised
ExecutiveLegislative
- Flag
- description: three equal vertical bands of green (left side), white, and red; Mexico's coat of arms (an eagle with a snake in its beak, perched on a cactus) is centered in the white band
meaning: green stands for hope, joy, and love; white for peace and honesty; red for hardiness, bravery, strength, and valor
Capital
- Name
- Mexico City (Ciudad de Mexico)
- Etymology
- name may derive from one of the Nahuatl (Aztec) names for the capital city, Metztlixihtlico, which probably meant "the center of the moon;" alternatively, it may come from Mexica, the original name of the Aztec people
- Time zone note
- Mexico has four time zones
- Time difference
- UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
- Daylight saving time
- DST was permanently removed in October 2022
- Geographic coordinates
- 19 26 N, 99 08 W
- Suffrage
- 18 years of age; universal and compulsory
Citizenship
- Citizenship BY birth
- yes
- Citizenship BY descent only
- yes
- Dual citizenship recognized
- not specified
- Residency requirement for naturalization
- 5 years
Constitution
- History
- several previous; latest approved 5 February 1917
- Amendment process
- proposed by the Congress of the Union; passage requires approval by at least two thirds of the members present and approval by a majority of the state legislatures
Country Name
- Former
- Mexican Republic, Mexican Empire
- Etymology
- name may derive from one of the Nahuatl (Aztec) names for the capital city, Metztlixihtlico, which probably meant "the center of the moon;" alternatively, it may come from Mexica, the original name of the Aztec people
- Local long form
- Estados Unidos Mexicanos
- Local short form
- Mexico
- Conventional long form
- United Mexican States
- Conventional short form
- Mexico
- Independence
- 16 September 1810 (declared independence from Spain); 27 September 1821 (recognized by Spain)
- Legal system
- civil law system with US constitutional law influence; judicial review of legislative acts
- Government type
- federal presidential republic
Judicial Branch
- Note
- note: in April 2021, the Mexican congress passed a judicial reform which changed 7 articles of the constitution and preceded a new Organic Law on the Judicial Branch of the Federation
- Highest court(s)
- Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (consists of the chief justice and 11 justices and organized into civil, criminal, administrative, and labor panels) and the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary (organized into the superior court, with 7 judges including the court president, and 5 regional courts, each with 3 judges)
- Subordinate courts
- federal level includes circuit, collegiate, and unitary courts; state and district level courts
- Judge selection and term of office
- Supreme Court justices nominated by the president of the republic and approved by two-thirds vote of the members present in the Senate; justices serve 15-year terms; Electoral Tribunal superior and regional court judges nominated by the Supreme Court and elected by two-thirds vote of members present in the Senate; superior court president elected from among its members to hold office for a 4-year term; other judges of the superior and regional courts serve staggered, 9-year terms
Executive Branch
- Note
- note: the president is both chief of state and head of government
- Cabinet
- Cabinet appointed by the president
- Chief of state
- President Claudia SHEINBAUM Pardo (since 1 October 2024)
- Election results
2024: Claudia SHEINBAUM Pardo elected president; percent of vote - Claudia SHEINBAUM Pardo (MORENA) 59.4%, Xóchitl GÁLVEZ Ruiz (PAN) 27.9%, Jorge Álvarez MÁYNEZ (MC) 10.4%, other 2.3%
2018: Andrés Manuel LÓPEZ OBRADOR elected president; percent of vote - Andrés Manuel LÓPEZ OBRADOR (MORENA) 53.2%, Ricardo ANAYA Cortés (PAN) 22.3%, José Antonio MEADE Kuribreña (PRI) 16.4%, Jaime RODRÍGUEZ Calderón (independent) 5.2%, other 2.9%
2012: Enrique PEÑA NIETO elected president; percent of vote - Enrique PEÑA NIETO (PRI) 38.2%, Andrés Manuel LÓPEZ OBRADOR (PRD) 31.6%, Josefina Eugenia VÁZQUEZ Mota (PAN) 25.4%, other 4.8%- Head of government
- President Claudia SHEINBAUM Pardo (since 1 October 2024)
- Most recent election date
- 2 June 2024
- Election/appointment process
- president directly elected by simple-majority popular vote for a single 6-year term
- Expected date of next election
- 2030
- National holiday
- Independence Day, 16 September (1810)
- National color(s)
- green, white, red
National Heritage
- Total world heritage sites
- 36 (28 cultural, 6 natural, 2 mixed)
- Selected world heritage site locales
- Historic Mexico City (c); Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl (c); Teotihuacan (c); Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino (n); Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (n); Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley (m); Historic Puebla (c); El Tajin (c); Historic Tlacotalpan (c); Historic Oaxaca and Monte Albán (c); Palenque (c); Chichen-Itza (c); Uxmal (c); Wixárika Route through Sacred Sites to Wirikuta (Tatehuarí Huajuyé) (c)
- Political parties
- Citizen's Movement (Movimiento Ciudadano) or MC
Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional) or PRI
Labor Party (Partido del Trabajo) or PT
Mexican Green Ecological Party (Partido Verde Ecologista de México) or PVEM
Movement for National Regeneration (Movimiento Regeneración Nacional) or MORENA
National Action Party (Partido Acción Nacional) or PAN
Party of the Democratic Revolution (Partido de la Revolución Democrática) or PRD
Legislative Branch
- Note
- note: as of the 2018 election, senators will be eligible for a second term and deputies up to 4 consecutive terms
- Legislature name
- Congress of the Union (Congreso de la Unión)
- Legislative structure
- bicameral
National Anthem(s)
- Title
- "Himno Nacional Mexicano" (National Anthem of Mexico)
- History
- adopted 1943
- Lyrics/music
- Francisco Gonzalez BOCANEGRA/Jaime Nuno ROCA
- National symbol(s)
- golden eagle, dahlia
- National coat of arms
- Adopted in 1968, Mexico’s coat of arms is also used as the Seal of the United Mexican States. The Mexican Golden Eagle, a national symbol, is perched on a prickly pear cactus and eats a snake. Beneath the eagle, oak and laurel leaves are joined by a ribbon in the national colors. The image symbolizes the triumph of good over evil.
- Administrative divisions
- 32 states (estados, singular - estado); Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Cuidad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas
Legislative Branch Lower Chamber
- Chamber name
- Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados)
- Term in office
- 3 years
- Number of seats
- 500 (all directly elected)
- Electoral system
- mixed system
- Scope of elections
- full renewal
- Most recent election date
- 6/2/2024
- Expected date of next election
- June 2027
- Percentage of women in chamber
- 50.2%
- Parties elected and seats per party
- National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) (236); Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM) (77); National Action Party (PAN) (72); Labour Party (PT) (51); Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) (35); Citizens' Movement (MC) (27); Other (2)
Legislative Branch Upper Chamber
- Chamber name
- Senate (Cámara de Senadores)
- Term in office
- 6 years
- Number of seats
- 128 (all directly elected)
- Electoral system
- mixed system
- Scope of elections
- full renewal
- Most recent election date
- 6/2/2024
- Expected date of next election
- June 2030
- Percentage of women in chamber
- 50%
- Parties elected and seats per party
- National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) (60); National Action Party (PAN) (22); Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) (16); Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM) (14); Labour Party (PT) (9); Other (7)
Diplomatic Representation in the US
- Fax
- [1] (202) 728-1698
- Note
- Chancery
- 1911 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20006
- Telephone
- [1] (202) 728-1600
- Consulate(s)
- Albuquerque (NM), Boise (ID), Brownsville (TX), Calexico (CA), Del Rio (TX), Detroit (MI), Douglas (AZ), Eagle Pass (TX), Fresno (CA), Indianapolis (IN), Kansas City (MO), Las Vegas (NV), Little Rock (AR), Los Angeles (CA), McAllen (TX), Milwaukee (WI), New Orleans (LA), Oklahoma City (OK), Omaha (NE), Orlando (FL), Oxnard (CA), Philadelphia (PA), Portland (OR), Presidio (TX), Salt Lake City (UT), San Bernardino (CA), Santa Ana (CA), Seattle (WA), St. Paul (MN), Tucson (AZ), Yuma (AZ)
- Chief of mission
- Ambassador Esteban MOCTEZUMA Barragán (since 20 April 2021)
- Consulate(s) general
- Atlanta (GA), Austin (TX), Boston (MA), Chicago (IL), Dallas (TX), Denver (GA), El Paso (TX), Houston (TX), Laredo (TX), Miami (FL), New York (NY), Nogales (AZ), Phoenix (AZ), Raleigh (NC), Sacramento (CA), San Antonio (TX), San Diego (CA), San Francisco (CA), San Jose (CA), San Juan (Puerto Rico)
- Email address and website
mexembusa@sre.gob.mx
https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/eua/index.php/en/
Diplomatic Representation from the US
- Fax
- (011) 52-55-5080-2005
- Embassy
- Paseo de la Reforma 305, Colonia Cuauhtémoc, 06500 Mexico, CDMX
- Telephone
- (011) [52]-55-5080-2000
- Mailing address
- 8700 Mexico City Place, Washington DC 20521-8700
- Chief of mission
- Ambassador Ronald D. JOHNSON (since 19 May 2025)
- Consulate(s) general
- Ciudad Juárez, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Matamoros, Mérida, Monterrey, Nogales, Nuevo Laredo, Tijuana
- Email address and website
ACSMexicoCity@state.gov
https://mx.usembassy.gov/
- International organisations
- ACS, APEC, Australia Group, BCIE, BIS, CABEI, CAN (observer), Caricom (observer), CD, CDB, CE (observer), CELAC, CSN (observer), EBRD, FAO, FATF, G-3, G-15, G-20, G-24, G-5, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, LAIA, MIGA, NAFTA, NAM (observer), NEA, NSG, OAS, OECD, OPANAL, OPCW, Pacific Alliance, Paris Club (associate), PCA, SICA (observer), UN, UNASUR (observer), UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, Union Latina (observer), UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, USMCA, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
- International law organization participation
- accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction
Legislature
MEXICO · LOWER HOUSE
Cámara de Diputados
500 seats · hover a seat for the party
Total seats
500
Majority line
251
Largest party
National Regeneration Movement (MORENA)
Parties
8
All political parties
Upper house
MEXICO · UPPER HOUSE
Senado de la República
128 seats · hover a seat for the party
Total seats
128
Majority line
65
Largest party
National Regeneration Movement (MORENA)
Parties
7
All political parties
Next election
Last: 2024
Leaders
Current
Claudia Sheinbaum
- Head of State
- Head of State
- Head of Government
Economy
Budget
- Note
- note: central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenditures converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated
- Revenues
- $342.571 billion (2023 est.)
- Expenditures
- $417.843 billion (2023 est.)
Exports
- Civica canonical (reconciled)
- $681.3B
- Note
- note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars
- Exports 2022
- $630.347 billion (2022 est.)
- Exports 2023
- $649.729 billion (2023 est.)
- Exports 2024
- $680.798 billion (2024 est.)
Imports
- Civica canonical (reconciled)
- $703.3B
- Note
- note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars
- Imports 2022
- $672.914 billion (2022 est.)
- Imports 2023
- $674.695 billion (2023 est.)
- Imports 2024
- $697.067 billion (2024 est.)
- Industries
- food and beverages, tobacco, chemicals, iron and steel, petroleum, mining, textiles, clothing, motor vehicles, consumer durables, tourism
- Labor force
- 60.959 million (2024 est.)
Public Debt
- Civica canonical (reconciled)
- 49.6%
- Note
- note: central government debt as a % of GDP
- Public debt 2023
- 45.1% of GDP (2023 est.)
Remittances
- Note
- note: personal transfers and compensation between resident and non-resident individuals/households/entities
- Remittances 2022
- 4.2% of GDP (2022 est.)
- Remittances 2023
- 3.7% of GDP (2023 est.)
- Remittances 2024
- 3.7% of GDP (2024 est.)
Exchange Rates
- Currency
- Mexican pesos (MXN) per US dollar -
- Exchange rates 2020
- 21.486 (2020 est.)
- Exchange rates 2021
- 20.272 (2021 est.)
- Exchange rates 2022
- 20.127 (2022 est.)
- Exchange rates 2023
- 17.759 (2023 est.)
- Exchange rates 2024
- 18.305 (2024 est.)
Debt External
- Note
- note: present value of external debt in current US dollars
- Debt external 2023
- $306.308 billion (2023 est.)
- Economic overview
- upper-middle-income economy; highly integrated with US via trade and nearshore manufacturing; weak domestic demand, fiscal consolidation, and trade uncertainty contributing to sluggish growth; low unemployment; challenges from income inequality, corruption, and cartel-based violence
Unemployment Rate
- Civica canonical (reconciled)
- 2.7%
- Note
- note: % of labor force seeking employment
- Unemployment rate 2022
- 3.3% (2022 est.)
- Unemployment rate 2023
- 2.8% (2023 est.)
- Unemployment rate 2024
- 2.8% (2024 est.)
- Exports partners
- USA 76%, Canada 5%, China 2%, Germany 2%, Spain 1% (2023)
- Imports partners
- USA 46%, China 20%, Germany 4%, Japan 3%, S. Korea 3% (2023)
Real GDP Per Capita
- Civica canonical (reconciled)
- $26,185
- Note
- note: data in 2021 dollars
- Real GDP per capita 2022
- $21,400 (2022 est.)
- Real GDP per capita 2023
- $21,900 (2023 est.)
- Real GDP per capita 2024
- $22,000 (2024 est.)
Real GDP Growth Rate
- Civica canonical (reconciled)
- 1.4%
- Note
- note: annual GDP % growth based on constant local currency
- Real GDP growth rate 2022
- 3.7% (2022 est.)
- Real GDP growth rate 2023
- 3.3% (2023 est.)
- Real GDP growth rate 2024
- 1.5% (2024 est.)
- Agricultural products
- sugarcane, maize, milk, oranges, sorghum, tomatoes, chicken, chillies/peppers, wheat, lemons/limes (2023)
- Exports commodities
- cars, vehicle parts/accessories, crude petroleum, trucks, computers (2023)
- Imports commodities
- vehicle parts/accessories, refined petroleum, integrated circuits, broadcasting equipment, cars (2023)
Current Account Balance
- Civica canonical (reconciled)
- -$16.7B
- Note
- note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars
- Current account balance 2022
- -$17.701 billion (2022 est.)
- Current account balance 2023
- -$5.611 billion (2023 est.)
- Current account balance 2024
- -$5.986 billion (2024 est.)
- Taxes and other revenues
- 14.2% (of GDP) (2023 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate)
- $1.853 trillion (2024 est.)
GDP Composition, BY End Use
- Note
- note: figures may not total 100% due to rounding or gaps in data collection
- Household consumption
- 70.3% (2024 est.)
- Government consumption
- 11.2% (2024 est.)
- Investment in inventories
- 0% (2024 est.)
- Investment in fixed capital
- 24.2% (2024 est.)
- Exports of goods and services
- 36.8% (2024 est.)
- Imports of goods and services
- -37.9% (2024 est.)
- Population below poverty line
- 36.3% (2022 est.)
Average Household Expenditures
- On food
- 25.7% of household expenditures (2023 est.)
- On alcohol and tobacco
- 2.3% of household expenditures (2023 est.)
Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices)
- Civica canonical (reconciled)
- 4.7%
- Note
- note: annual % change based on consumer prices
- Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022
- 7.9% (2022 est.)
- Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023
- 5.5% (2023 est.)
- Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024
- 4.7% (2024 est.)
- Industrial production growth rate
- 0.2% (2024 est.)
Real GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
- Civica canonical (reconciled)
- $2.883 trillion (2024 est.)
- Note
- note: data in 2021 dollars
- Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022
- $2.751 trillion (2022 est.)
- Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023
- $2.842 trillion (2023 est.)
- Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2024
- $2.883 trillion (2024 est.)
Youth Unemployment Rate (Ages 15 24)
- Male
- 5.2% (2024 est.)
- Note
- note: % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment
- Total
- 5.5% (2024 est.)
- Female
- 6.1% (2024 est.)
Reserves of Foreign Exchange and Gold
- Note
- note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022
- $201.119 billion (2022 est.)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023
- $214.317 billion (2023 est.)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024
- $232.035 billion (2024 est.)
GDP Composition, BY Sector of Origin
- Note
- note: figures may not total 100% due to non-allocated consumption not captured in sector-reported data
- Industry
- 31.6% (2024 est.)
- Services
- 58.2% (2024 est.)
- Agriculture
- 3.8% (2024 est.)
Household Income or Consumption BY Percentage Share
- Note
- note: % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population
- Lowest 10%
- 2.1% (2022 est.)
- Highest 10%
- 34.4% (2022 est.)
Gini Index Coefficient Distribution of Family Income
- Note
- note: index (0-100) of income distribution; higher values represent greater inequality
- Gini index coefficient distribution of family income 2022
- 43.5 (2022 est.)
Energy
Coal
- Exports
- 4,000 metric tons (2023 est.)
- Imports
- 8.809 million metric tons (2023 est.)
- Production
- 6.296 million metric tons (2023 est.)
- Consumption
- 15.132 million metric tons (2023 est.)
- Proven reserves
- 1.16 billion metric tons (2023 est.)
Petroleum
- Total petroleum production
- 2.101 million bbl/day (2023 est.)
- Crude oil estimated reserves
- 5.786 billion barrels (2021 est.)
- Refined petroleum consumption
- 1.741 million bbl/day (2024 est.)
Electricity
- Exports
- 1.97 billion kWh (2023 est.)
- Imports
- 4.863 billion kWh (2023 est.)
- Consumption
- 332.042 billion kWh (2023 est.)
- Installed generating capacity
- 105.586 million kW (2023 est.)
- Transmission/distribution losses
- 45.47 billion kWh (2023 est.)
Natural Gas
- Exports
- 27.92 million cubic meters (2023 est.)
- Imports
- 64.289 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)
- Production
- 33.118 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)
- Consumption
- 97.118 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)
- Proven reserves
- 180.322 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)
Nuclear Energy
- Number of operational nuclear reactors
- 2 (2025)
- Percent of total electricity production
- 4.9% (2023 est.)
- Net capacity of operational nuclear reactors
- 1.55GW (2025 est.)
Electricity Access
- Electrification rural areas
- 100%
- Electrification urban areas
- 99.8%
- Electrification total population
- 100% (2022 est.)
Energy Consumption Per Capita
- Total energy consumption per capita 2023
- 57.539 million Btu/person (2023 est.)
Electricity Generation Sources
- Wind
- 5.7% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
- Solar
- 4.2% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
- Nuclear
- 3.2% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
- Geothermal
- 1.1% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
- Fossil fuels
- 79.6% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
- Hydroelectricity
- 5.2% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
- Biomass and waste
- 1% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
Communications
Internet Users
- Percent of population
- 81% (2023 est.)
- Broadcast media
- telecom reform in 2013 ended a quasi-monopoly; now 885 TV stations and 1,841 radio stations, most privately owned; foreign satellite and cable operators are available; completed transition to digital in 2016 (2022)
- Internet country code
- .mx
Telephones Fixed Lines
- Total subscriptions
- 25.637 million (2023 est.)
- Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
- 20 (2023 est.)
Telephones Mobile Cellular
- Total subscriptions
- 140 million (2023 est.)
- Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
- 100 (2022 est.)
Broadband Fixed Subscriptions
- Total
- 26.6 million (2023 est.)
- Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
- 21 (2023 est.)
Transport
Ports
- Large
- 0
- Small
- 10
- Medium
- 7
- Key ports
- Acapulco, Ensenada, Manzanillo, Mazatlan, Tampico, Tuxpan, Veracruz
- Very small
- 14
- Total ports
- 35 (2024)
- Size unknown
- 4
- Ports with oil terminals
- 21
- Airports
- 1,580 (2025)
Railways
- Total
- 23,389 km (2017)
- Standard gauge
- 23,389 km (2017) 1.435-m gauge (27 km electrified)
- Heliports
- 488 (2025)
Merchant Marine
- Total
- 674 (2023)
- BY type
- bulk carrier 4, general cargo 11, oil tanker 32, other 627
- Civil aircraft registration country code prefix
- XA
Environment
- Climate
- varies from tropical to desert
Geoparks
- Global geoparks and regional networks
- Comarca Minera, Hidalgo; Mixteca Alta, Oaxaca (2023)
- Total global geoparks and regional networks
- 2
Land Use
- Other
- 15.1% (2023 est.)
- Forest
- 34.2% (2023 est.)
- Agricultural land
- 50.7% (2023 est.)
- Agricultural land: arable land
- arable land: 10.3% (2023 est.)
- Agricultural land: permanent crops
- permanent crops: 2.3% (2023 est.)
- Agricultural land: permanent pasture
- permanent pasture: 38.1% (2023 est.)
Urbanization
- Urban population
- 81.6% of total population (2023)
- Rate of urbanization
- 1.4% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Methane Emissions
- Other
- 49.8 kt (2019-2021 est.)
- Waste
- 1,832.6 kt (2019-2021 est.)
- Energy
- 1,389 kt (2022-2024 est.)
- Agriculture
- 2,372.1 kt (2019-2021 est.)
Waste and Recycling
- Municipal solid waste generated annually
- 53.1 million tons (2024 est.)
- Percent of municipal solid waste recycled
- 9.6% (2022 est.)
- Environmental issues
- scarcity of hazardous waste disposal facilities; natural freshwater resources scarce and polluted in north, inaccessible and poor quality in center and extreme southeast; urban river pollution from raw sewage and industrial effluents; deforestation; widespread erosion; desertification; serious air and water pollution in urban areas; land subsidence in Valley of Mexico caused by groundwater depletion
Total Water Withdrawal
- Municipal
- 13.33 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Industrial
- 7.953 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Agricultural
- 68.523 billion cubic meters (2022)
Carbon Dioxide Emissions
- Total emissions
- 441.049 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
- From consumed natural gas
- 180.684 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
- From coal and metallurgical coke
- 32.087 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
- From petroleum and other liquids
- 228.279 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
- Particulate matter emissions
- 17.8 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
- Total renewable water resources
- 461.888 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)
International Environmental Agreements
- Party to
- Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling
- Signed, but not ratified
- none of the selected agreements
Military & Security
- Military note
- the Mexican military is responsible for defending the independence, integrity, and sovereignty of Mexico, as well as providing for internal security, disaster response, humanitarian assistance, and socio-economic development; internal security duties are a key focus, particularly combating narcotics trafficking and organized crime groups, as well as border control and immigration enforcement; the constitution was amended in 2019 to grant the president the authority to use the armed forces to protect internal and national security, and courts have upheld the legality of the armed forces’ role in law enforcement activities in support of civilian authorities through 2028; the military also provides security for strategic facilities, such as oil production infrastructure, and administers most of the country's land and sea ports and customs services, plus a state-owned development bank; in addition, President LÓPEZ OBRADOR placed the military in charge of a growing number of infrastructure projects, such as building and operating a new airport for Mexico City and sections of a train line in the country’s southeast (2025)
Military Expenditures
- Civica canonical (reconciled)
- 0.9%
- Military expenditures 2020
- 0.6% of GDP (2020 est.)
- Military expenditures 2021
- 0.7% of GDP (2021 est.)
- Military expenditures 2022
- 0.7% of GDP (2022 est.)
- Military expenditures 2023
- 0.7% of GDP (2023 est.)
- Military expenditures 2024
- 0.9% of GDP (2024 est.)
- Military and security forces
- the Mexican Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas de México) are divided between the Secretariat of National Defense and the Secretariat of the Navy:
Secretariat of National Defense (Secretaria de Defensa Nacional, SEDENA): Army (Ejercito), Mexican Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Mexicana, FAM), National Guard (Guardia Nacional); Secretariat of the Navy (Secretaria de Marina, SEMAR): Mexican Navy (Armada de Mexico (ARM), includes Naval Air Force (FAN), Mexican Naval Infantry Corps (Cuerpo de Infanteria de Marina, Mexmar or CIM))
Secretariat of Security and Civilian Protection/SEDENA: National Guard (2025) - Military service age and obligation
- 18 years of age (16 with parental consent) for voluntary service for men and women; men at age 18 subject to lottery-based 12-month compulsory military service (2025)
- Military equipment inventories and acquisitions
- the Mexican military inventory includes a mix of domestically produced and imported armaments from a variety of mostly Western suppliers, particularly the US; Mexico's defense industry produces light armored vehicles and some naval vessels, as well as small arms and other miscellaneous equipment (2025)
- Military and security service personnel strengths
- information varies; approximately 260,000 active-duty Armed Forces; approximately 110,000 National Guard personnel (2025)
Terrorism
- Terrorist group(s)
- Gulf Cartel (CDG); Jalisco Cartel New Generation (CJNG); La Mara Salvatruche (MS-13); Northeast Cartel (CDN); The New Family Michoacana (LNFM); Sinaloa Cartel; United Cartels (CU)
Space
- Space agency/agencies
- Mexican Space Agency (Agencia Espacial Mexicana or AEM; established 2010 and began operating in 2013) (2025)
- Space program overview
- has a national space policy with a focus on expanding Mexico's commercial space sector, including acquiring satellites and developing specialists, technologies, and infrastructure; manufactures and operates communications and scientific satellites; conducts research on a range of space-related capabilities and technologies, including astronomy, astrophysics, Earth and weather sciences, remote sensing, robotics, satellite payloads, and telecommunications; works with a variety of foreign space agencies and commercial space industries, including those of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, the ESA, individual ESA member states (particularly France, Germany, and the UK), India, Japan, Peru, Russia, Ukraine, and the US; led effort to establish the Latin American and Caribbean Space Agency and hosts its headquarters (2025)
- Key space program milestones
- 1962-1977 - sounding rocket program
1985 - first Mexican in space on US Space Shuttle; first communications satellite (Morelos-1) built by US and released from the US Space Shuttle
2015 - first successful launch of MEXSAT series of communications satellites by the US
2021 - signed US-led Artemis Accords for space and lunar exploration
2024 - contributed five autonomous micro-robots (Colmena project) on failed US commercial Moon lander mission
Transnational Issues
Illicit Drugs
- Usg identification
major illicit drug-producing and/or drug-transit country
major precursor-chemical producer (2025)
Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
- Idps
- 390,250 (2024 est.)
- Refugees
- 417,546 (2024 est.)
- Stateless persons
- 13 (2024 est.)
Scores & Rankings
ScoreValueGlobal rankTrendAs of
Civica Index33.0 / 100as of 2024-Q4130 / 190−17.62024-Q4
V-Dem Liberal Democracy0.25as of 2024-Q4103 / 170−0.222024-Q4
Freedom House StatusNot Free (58/100)as of 2024-Q4—−3.52024-Q4
Press Freedom (RSF)Partly free (58/100)as of 2024—2024
Human Development Index0.781as of 2022—2022
Corruption Perceptions Index31 / 100as of 2023126 / 1802023
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Cite this page
Civica. (2026). Civica Atlas — Mexico — vintage 2026-Q1: Mexico factbook. Civica Atlas. Retrieved May 7, 2026, from https://civicaatlas.org/factbook/mexico
Sources: FAO FAOSTAT, ILO ILOSTAT, IMF (WEO), OECD.Stat, UN Statistics Division, UNDP HDR, UNESCO Institute for Statistics, V-Dem, WHO Global Health Observatory, World Bank, WTO Stats, CIA World Factbook, Wikidata