| Country | Mexico |
| Year | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2020 | Comparison with other OECD countries |
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| Population and migration | Evolution of the population | Total population | | 98 658 | 100 051 | 101 398 | 102 708 | 104 000 | .. | |
Population growth rates | | 1.5 | 1.41 | 1.35 | 1.29 | 1.26 | .. | |
Total fertility rates | | 2.4 | .. | 2.4 | .. | .. | .. | |
Ageing societies | Population aged 65 and over ratio to the total population | | 4.787 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6.835 | |
Population aged 65 and over ratio to the total labour force | | 9.568 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13.017 | |
Immigrant population | Foreign nationals as a percentage of total population | | 0.382 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Foreign-born population, according to census data, circa 2000 | | 0.516 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Migration of the highly educated | Foreign-born persons with tertiary attainment - immigrants from other OECD countries | | 0.812 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Foreign-born persons with tertiary attainment - emigrants to other OECD countries | | 6.932 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Foreign-born persons with tertiary attainment - immigrants less emigrants within OECD zone | | -6.12 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Foreign-born persons with tertiary attainment - immigrants from the rest of the world | | 0.496 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Foreign-born persons with tertiary attainment - net total | | -5.624 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Macroeconomic trends | Size of GDP | Gross domestic product | | 897.6 | 918.9 | 951.2 | 982.6 | 1 046.1 | .. | |
GDP per capita | | 9 098 | 9 184 | 9 381 | 9 567 | 10 059 | .. | |
Volume index of GDP per capita | | 36.7 | 36.1 | 35.6 | 35.2 | 35.4 | .. | |
Evolution of GDP | Real GDP growth | | 6.591 | -0.033 | 0.772 | 1.439 | 4.363 | .. | |
Investment rates | Gross fixed capital formation | | 21.383 | 20 | 19.255 | 18.935 | 20.194 | .. | |
Gross fixed capital formation: machinery and equipment | | 10.824 | 9.668 | 8.911 | 8.484 | .. | .. | |
Gross fixed capital formation: housing | | 4.769 | 4.732 | 4.668 | 4.594 | .. | .. | |
Inflation | GDP deflator | | 12.13 | 5.82 | 6.98 | 8.47 | 6.1 | .. | |
Steel production | Steel production | | 13.066 | 11.138 | 12.045 | 12.987 | 14.3 | .. | |
Labour productivity  | GDP per hour worked | | 7.282 | 1.452 | -2.719 | 2.207 | 0.901 | .. | |
Value added by activity | Value added in agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing | | 4.003 | 4.046 | 3.816 | 3.79 | .. | .. | |
Value added in industry, including energy | | 22.592 | 21.756 | 21.096 | 20.339 | .. | .. | |
Value added in construction | | 5.124 | 5.049 | 5.021 | 5.163 | .. | .. | |
Value added in transport, trade, hotels and restaurants | | 32.162 | 31.438 | 30.254 | 30.316 | .. | .. | |
Value added in banks, insurance, real estate and other business services | | 12.003 | 11.971 | 13.218 | 13.046 | .. | .. | |
Value added in government, health, education and other and personal services | | 24.116 | 25.74 | 26.595 | 27.346 | .. | .. | |
Evolution of value added by activity | Real value added in agriculture, forestry and fishing | | 0.38 | 5.94 | -0.94 | 4.07 | .. | .. | |
Real value added in industry | | 6.1 | -3.477 | -0.091 | -0.179 | .. | .. | |
Real value added in services | | 7.339 | 1.206 | 1.557 | 2.131 | .. | .. | |
| Prices | Consumer price indices (CPI) | CPI: all items | | 100 | 106.368 | 111.719 | 116.799 | 122.275 | .. | |
CPI: food | | 100 | 105.063 | 109.052 | 115.121 | 123.479 | .. | |
CPI: energy | | 100 | 108.598 | 117.417 | 128.434 | 138.365 | .. | |
Producer price indices (PPI) | PPI: manufacturing |  | 100 | 103.293 | 107.809 | 115.889 | 126.652 | .. | |
Long-term interest rates | Long-term interest rates | | 16.94 | 13.79 | 8.54 | 7.37 | 7.74 | .. | |
Rates of conversion | Purchasing power parities | | 6.121 | 6.325 | 6.585 | 7 | 7.237 | .. | |
Exchange rates | | 9.453 | 9.344 | 9.66 | 10.79 | 11.281 | .. | |
Indices of price levels | | 68.63 | 75.1 | 75.227 | 66.195 | 62.398 | .. | |
Effective exchange rates | Nominal effective exchange rates | | 100 | 102.77 | 99.71 | 87.069 | 81.921 | .. | |
Relative consumer price indices | | 100 | 106.521 | 106.743 | 95.279 | 91.5 | .. | |
Relative unit labour costs in manufacturing | | 100 | 106.544 | 109.46 | 99.747 | 98.219 | .. | |
| Energy | Primary energy supply | Total primary energy supply | | 150.37 | 151.88 | 155.61 | 159.94 | 163.78 | .. | |
Energy supply and economic growth | Total primary energy supply per unit of GDP | | 0.168 | 0.169 | 0.172 | 0.175 | 0.172 | .. | |
Energy supply per capita | Total primary energy supply per capita | | 1.524 | 1.518 | 1.535 | 1.557 | 1.574 | .. | |
Electricity generation | Electricity generation | | 204.4 | 209.6 | 215.2 | 218.7 | 256.2 | .. | |
Renewable energy | Contribution of renewables to energy supply | | 10.6 | 10.2 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.9 | .. | |
Energy production | Total production of energy | | 226.1 | 230.1 | 230 | 242.5 | 247.7 | .. | |
Oil production | Production of crude oil | | 169.3 | 175.5 | 178.3 | 189.3 | 191.7 | .. | |
| Labour market | Employment rates by gender | Employment rates: total | | 60.906 | 60.111 | 60.051 | 59.615 | 60.793 | .. | |
Employment rates: men | | 83.958 | 83.374 | 82.626 | 81.981 | 82.499 | .. | |
Employment rates: women | | 40.145 | 39.394 | 39.926 | 39.443 | 41.343 | .. | |
Employment rates by age group | Employment rates for age group 15-24 | | 49.562 | 47.71 | 46 | 44.73 | 45.196 | .. | |
Employment rates for age group 25-54 | | 68.27 | 67.809 | 68.351 | 68.133 | 69.631 | .. | |
Employment rates for age group 55-64 | | 52.83 | 52.088 | 53.072 | 53.83 | 55.022 | .. | |
Part-time employment | Part-time employment rates | | 13.453 | 13.741 | 13.516 | 13.449 | 15.059 | .. | |
Self-employment | Self-employment rates: total | | 36.408 | 36.803 | 37.226 | 37.135 | 37.035 | .. | |
Self-employment rates: men | | 36.787 | 37.224 | 37.317 | 37.083 | 36.748 | .. | |
Self-employment rates: women | | 35.681 | 35.99 | 37.054 | 37.233 | 37.556 | .. | |
Hours worked | Actual hours worked | | 1 887.682 | 1 863.947 | 1 887.579 | 1 857.114 | 1 848.236 | .. | |
Long-term unemployment | Long term unemployment | | 1.091 | 1.068 | 0.911 | 1.028 | 1.099 | .. | |
| Science and technology | Expenditure on R&D | Gross domestic expenditure on R&D | | 0.37 | 0.39 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Patents | Number of triadic patent families | | 14.223 | 15.188 | 14.788 | .. | .. | .. | |
Size of the ICT sector | Share of ICT in value added: telecommunication services | | .. | 3.38 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Share of ICT in value added: computer and related services | | .. | 0.194 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Share of ICT in value added: other ICT services | | .. | 0.963 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Share of ICT in value added: total services | | .. | 4.536 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Change in the share of ICT in services in value added | | .. | 0.482 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Share of ICT in value added: computer and office equipment | | .. | 2.602 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Share of ICT in value added: other ICT manufacturing | | .. | 4.949 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Share of ICT in value added: total manufacturing | | .. | 7.551 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Change in the share of ICT in manufacturing in value added | | .. | 2.312 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Computer and internet access by households | Households with access to a home computer | | .. | 11.6 | 15.16 | .. | 18.02 | .. | |
Households with access to the Internet | | .. | 6.12 | 7.43 | .. | 8.74 | .. | |
Exports of information and communications equipment  | Exports of ICT equipment | | 38 312.16 | 38 055.03 | 36 154.046 | 35 905.819 | .. | .. | |
Telephone access  | Telephone access | | 26.823 | 35.572 | 43.325 | 48.17 | .. | .. | |
| Environment and natural resources | Emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) | CO2 emissions from energy use | | 360.86 | 359.75 | 365.99 | 374.25 | .. | .. | |
Water consumption | Water abstractions: total gross abstractions |  | .. | .. | 72 564 | .. | .. | .. | |
Water abstractions: per capita abstractions |  | .. | .. | 730 | .. | .. | .. | |
Municipal waste | Municipal waste generation: total amounts generated |  | .. | .. | .. | 33 757.8 | .. | .. | |
Municipal waste generation: generation intensities |  | .. | .. | .. | 320 | .. | .. | |
Fisheries | Fish landings in domestic and foreign ports | | 1 193.372 | 1 250.762 | 1 295 | 1 303 | .. | .. | |
Aquaculture production | | 45.667 | 75.023 | 71.257 | 70 | .. | .. | |
Forests | Forest and other wooded land: area in km2 |  | 646 730 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Forest and other wooded land: as a percantage of land area |  | 33.884 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Education | International student assessment | Mean scores on the reading scale in PISA | | 421.961 | .. | .. | 399.722 | .. | .. | |
Mean scores on the reading scale in PISA, standard errors | | 3.315 | .. | .. | 4.092 | .. | .. | |
Mean scores on the science scale in PISA | | 421.54 | .. | .. | 404.896 | .. | .. | |
Mean scores on the science scale in PISA, standard errors | | 3.18 | .. | .. | 3.488 | .. | .. | |
Computer usage by 15-year-old students at school: percentage | | .. | .. | .. | 54.283 | .. | .. | |
Computer usage by 15-year-old students at school: standard error | | .. | .. | .. | 1.854 | .. | .. | |
Computer usage by 15-year-old students at home: percentage | | .. | .. | .. | 48.238 | .. | .. | |
Computer usage by 15-year-old students at home: standard error | | .. | .. | .. | 1.767 | .. | .. | |
Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers less than one year: percentage | | .. | .. | .. | 38.82 | .. | .. | |
Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers less than one year: standard error | | .. | .. | .. | 1.787 | .. | .. | |
Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers one to three years: percentage | | .. | .. | .. | 33.167 | .. | .. | |
Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers one to three years: standard error | | .. | .. | .. | 1.015 | .. | .. | |
Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers three to five years: percentage | | .. | .. | .. | 13.644 | .. | .. | |
Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers three to five years: standard error | | .. | .. | .. | 0.776 | .. | .. | |
Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers more than five years: percentage | | .. | .. | .. | 14.369 | .. | .. | |
Percentage of 15-year-old students using computers more than five years: standard error | | .. | .. | .. | 1.794 | .. | .. | |
Tertiary attainment | Tertiary attainment for age group 25-64 | | 14.58 | 15.036 | 15.263 | 15.41 | .. | .. | |
Tertiary attainment for age group 25-34 | | 17.365 | 18 | 18.388 | 18.715 | .. | .. | |
Tertiary attainment for age group 55-64 | | 6.956 | 7.16 | 7.245 | 7.635 | .. | .. | |
Expenditure on tertiary education | Expenditure per student in tertiary education: expenditure, index of change | | .. | .. | 172.187 | .. | .. | .. | |
Expenditure per student in tertiary education: number of students, index of change | | .. | .. | 142.023 | .. | .. | .. | |
Expenditure per student in tertiary education: index of change | | .. | .. | 121.239 | .. | .. | .. | |
Expenditure per student in tertiary education: 2002 constant prices | | .. | .. | 6 073.717 | .. | .. | .. | |
Public and private education expenditure | Expenditure on educational institutions for all levels of education: public education | | .. | .. | 5.124 | .. | .. | .. | |
Expenditure on educational institutions for all levels of education: private education | | .. | .. | 1.135 | .. | .. | .. | |
Expenditure on educational institutions for all levels of education: Total | | .. | .. | 6.26 | .. | .. | .. | |
| Public finance | Social expenditure | Public social expenditure | | 4.975 | 5.104 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Agricultural support estimates | Producer support estimate by country | | 23.867 | 19.434 | 26.089 | 19.415 | 16.585 | .. | |
Total tax revenue | Total tax revenue | | 18.476 | 18.763 | 18.064 | 19.042 | .. | .. | |
Taxes on income and profits | | 5.036 | 5.247 | 5.228 | 5.046 | .. | .. | |
Taxes on goods and services | | 9.796 | 9.668 | 8.86 | 9.999 | .. | .. | |
Taxes on the average production worker | Taxes on the average production worker | | 15.371 | 14.428 | 16.113 | 17.21 | 15.411 | .. | |
| Quality of life | Life expectancy | Life expectancy at birth: total | | 74.1 | 74.4 | 74.6 | 74.9 | .. | .. | |
Life expectancy at birth: men | | 71.6 | 71.9 | 72.1 | 72.4 | .. | .. | |
Life expectancy at birth: women | | 76.5 | 76.8 | 77.1 | 77.4 | .. | .. | |
Infant mortality | Infant mortality | | 23.3 | 22.4 | 21.4 | 20.1 | .. | .. | |
Obesity | Overweight population aged 15 or more: females |  | .. | .. | .. | 35.8 | .. | .. | |
Obese population aged 15 or more: females |  | .. | .. | .. | 28.6 | .. | .. | |
Overweight and obese population aged 15 or more: females |  | .. | .. | .. | 64.4 | .. | .. | |
Overweight population aged 15 or more: males |  | .. | .. | .. | 40.6 | .. | .. | |
Obese population aged 15 or more: males |  | .. | .. | .. | 19.2 | .. | .. | |
Overweight and obese population aged 15 or more: males |  | .. | .. | .. | 59.8 | .. | .. | |
Overweight population aged 15 or more: total |  | .. | .. | .. | 38.1 | .. | .. | |
Obese population aged 15 or more: total |  | .. | .. | .. | 24.2 | .. | .. | |
Overweight and obese population aged 15 or more: total |  | .. | .. | .. | 62.3 | .. | .. | |
Public and private health expenditure | Public expenditure on health per capita, US dollars calculated using PPPs | | 232 | .. | .. | 270 | .. | .. | |
Total expenditure on health per capita, US dollars calculated using PPPs | | 499 | .. | .. | 583 | .. | .. | |
Public expenditure on health per capita, as a percentage of OECD average | | 16.412 | .. | .. | 15.749 | .. | .. | |
Total expenditure on health per capita, as a percentage of OECD average | | 25.104 | .. | .. | 24.355 | .. | .. | |
Tourism: hotel nights | Arrivals of non-resident tourists in hotels and similar establishments and at borders | | 9 867 | 9 410 | 7 869 | 8 556 | 9 972 | .. | |
Recreation and culture | Household expenditure on recreation and culture | | 1.968 | 1.957 | 1.925 | 1.864 | .. | .. | |
Youth inactivity | Youths aged between 15 and 19 who are not in education nor in employment: males | | 7.605 | 7.246 | 7.419 | 8.093 | .. | .. | |
Youths aged between 15 and 19 who are not in education nor in employment; females | | 29.005 | 28.23 | 27.441 | 27.836 | .. | .. | |
Income inequality | Distribution of household disposable income among individualsIncomes from the mid 1980s to years around 2000 | | 47.97 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Prison population | Convicted adults admitted to prisons | | 92.9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Economic globalisation | Share of trade in GDP | Trade in goods and services | | 32 | 28.65 | 27.728 | 28.662 | 31.022 | .. | |
Import penetration | Import penetration for goods and services | | 32.342 | 31.622 | 31.846 | 31.814 | 33.688 | .. | |
Trade in goods | Trade balance: exports of goods minus imports of goods | | -5.786 | -7.565 | -5.73 | -5.634 | -8.829 | .. | |
Imports of goods |  | 171.058 | 165.095 | 165.708 | 170.546 | 196.809 | .. | |
Exports of goods | | 165.272 | 157.53 | 159.978 | 164.912 | 187.98 | .. | |
Trade in services | Services trade balance | | -2.324 | -3.558 | -4.048 | -4.601 | -4.649 | .. | |
Imports of services | | 16.036 | 16.218 | 16.74 | 17.134 | 18.562 | .. | |
Exports of services | | 13.712 | 12.66 | 12.692 | 12.533 | 13.913 | .. | |
High, medium and low technology exports | Export of high-technology industries in OECD countries | | 28.7 | 29.87 | 28.43 | 28.41 | .. | .. | |
Export shares of medium/high-technology industries in OECD countries | | 47.1 | 46.7 | 47 | 46.9 | .. | .. | |
Export shares of low-technology industries in OECD countries | | 15.9 | 15.3 | 15.7 | 15.3 | .. | .. | |
Trading partners | Partner countries and regions of OECD merchandise trade | | 3.16 | 3.112 | 3.012 | 2.639 | 2.536 | .. | |
Partner countries and regions of OECD merchandise imports | | 3.277 | 3.322 | 3.294 | 2.869 | 2.738 | .. | |
Partner countries and regions of OECD merchandise exports | | 3.034 | 2.886 | 2.71 | 2.391 | 2.318 | .. | |
Balance of payments  | Current account balance of payments | | -3.202 | -2.837 | -2.081 | -1.347 | -1.088 | .. | |
FDI flows and stocks | Inflows of foreign direct investment | | 16 909.6 | 27 720.8 | 15 325.2 | 11 663.6 | 16 601.9 | .. | |
Outflows of foreign direct investment | | .. | 4 403.957 | 929.694 | 1 784.124 | 3 489.714 | .. | |
Outward direct investment stocks | | 97 170.2 | 140 376 | 154 344 | 154 344 | .. | .. | |
Inward direct investment stocks | | .. | 12 077.481 | 12 899.972 | 17 185.329 | .. | .. | |