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IndicatorMEXMexicoLatin America & Caribbean
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.63rank #89
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile28.8rank #158
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.25rank #97
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.27rank #90
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.62rank #88
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile47.1rank #117
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.63rank #89
Military spending% GDP0.89%rank #118
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.34rank #72
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile53.7rank #160
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile51.8rank #108
Rule of Law0-100 percentile37.1rank #174
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.36rank #104
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.47rank #79
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.22rank #102
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile50.9rank #118
Women in parliament% seats50.2%rank #5
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.8rank #61
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment11.4%rank #101
Agriculture value added% GDP3.9%rank #98
Annual working hours per workerhours1,628.9rank #99
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker188,344.2rank #73
Current account balance% GDP-0.45%rank #45
Employment-to-population ratio%59.9%rank #70
External debt stocks% GNI32.9%rank #31
FDI net inflows% GDP2.4%rank #37
GDPcurrent US$1.83Trank #14
GDP growth%0.56%rank #169
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$13,889.2rank #71
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $21,911.9rank #79
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $21,812.7rank #73
Government expenditure% GDP22.5%rank #56
Gross capital formation% GDP22.6%rank #68
Gross savings% GDP18.3%rank #53
High-technology exports% manuf. exports19.3%rank #29
Human capital indexindex2.8rank #72
Industry value added% GDP30.6%rank #42
Inflation%3.8%rank #106
Labour force participation rate%61.5%rank #91
Personal remittances received% GDP3.5%rank #35
R&D expenditure% GDP0.25%rank #18
Researchers in R&Dper million438.2rank #23
Tax revenue% GDP14.8%rank #61
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.59rank #72
Trade openness% GDP79.9%rank #68
Unemployment% labor force2.7%rank #27
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%2.6%rank #27
Vulnerable employment% employment25.3%rank #83
Youth unemployment% ages 15-245.7%rank #31
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-245.5%rank #31
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop99.5%rank #36
Basic sanitation access% pop93%rank #85
Child mortalityper 1001.3rank #60
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal3,304.6rank #52
DTP3 immunization coverage%78%rank #22
Health spending% GDP5.5%rank #117
Infant mortalityper 1k births12.1rank #61
Life expectancyyears75.3rank #105
Maternal mortalityper 100k42rank #34
Measles immunization% children80%rank #20
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%80%rank #20
Physiciansper 1k2.6rank #60
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m316.6rank #96
Road traffic deathsper 100k12.8rank #53
Smoking prevalence% adults15.7%rank #49
Suicide mortality rateper 100k7rank #82
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k28rank #59
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births13.1rank #92
Undernourishment% pop2.7%rank #2
Education
Adult literacy%95.6%rank #10
Education spending% GDP4.1%rank #82
Expected years of schoolingyears14.5rank #77
Mean years of schoolingyears9.3rank #104
Primary completion rate% relevant age102.3%rank #19
Primary enrollment% gross102.3%rank #46
Secondary enrollment% gross103.1%rank #29
Tertiary enrollment% gross48.2%rank #49
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00015.5rank #101
Fertility ratebirths/woman1.9rank #111
Median age of populationyears28.9rank #123
Net migration rateper 1,000-0.78rank #132
Populationpeople131.95Mrank #11
Population growth%0.83%rank #112
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years79.8rank #103
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands148,946.3rank #12
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age49rank #158
Urban population%80%rank #47
Climate
CO₂ emissionst460.99Mrank #14
CO₂ per capitat3.5rank #95
Electricity access% pop99.8%rank #3
Electricity from coal% generation3.1%rank #17
Electricity from hydro% generation8.1%rank #52
Electricity from solar% generation7.4%rank #43
Electricity from wind% generation6%rank #39
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita2,658rank #38
Forest area% land33.6%rank #97
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita5.6rank #111
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh474rank #56
Renewable electricity%23.1%rank #63
Renewable energy share%13%rank #117
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e731.3rank #180
Society
Asylum seekerspeople236,810rank #175
Extreme poverty% pop1.6%rank #8
Female labor participation%47.5%rank #127
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 10021.7rank #72
Gender Development Indexratio0.98rank #46
Gender Inequality Index0-10.36rank #80
Gini indexindex42.6rank #17
Homicide rateper 100k24.9rank #74
Human Development Index0-10.79rank #65
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.65rank #61
Internally displaced personspeople262,411rank #13
Internet users% pop83.1%rank #84
Life satisfaction0-107rank #12
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.72rank #40
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #88
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #60
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.03rank #88
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.14rank #105
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people152,002rank #39
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people41,307rank #140
Youth NEET rate%16.2%rank #79
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year6rank #3
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths8,016rank #48
Hazard & exposure0-107.9rank #68
Human hazard & exposure0-108.9rank #66
INFORM risk score0-104.8rank #37
Lack of coping capacity0-103.4rank #26
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-102.7rank #24
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-104.1rank #20
Natural hazard & exposure0-106.5rank #51
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year7,904rank #50
Socio-economic vulnerability0-103.4rank #35
Vulnerability0-104.2rank #31
Vulnerable groups0-104.9rank #44
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