NORTH AMERICA

Mexico

Mexico City · pop. 131M · Spanish · Mexican peso

conflict

12 events · 16 killed · 2 civilians

Aug 25–31, the latest week from UCDP

Trajectories

economic complexity

#27

Roughly steady in the rankings since 1995.

2024 · 0.94

Harvard Growth Lab · thin line is the world’s median

the numbers30

when	value	change
1995	0.80
1996	0.79	−0.01 pts
1997	0.79	0 pts
1998low	0.78	−0.01 pts
1999	0.81	+0.03 pts
2000	0.90	+0.09 pts
2001	0.93	+0.03 pts
2002	0.95	+0.02 pts
2003	0.96	+0.01 pts
2004	0.93	−0.03 pts
2005	0.93	−0.01 pts
2006	0.93	0 pts
2007	0.90	−0.03 pts
2008	0.91	0 pts
2009	0.92	+0.02 pts
2010	0.97	+0.04 pts
2011	0.94	−0.03 pts
2012	0.97	+0.03 pts
2013	0.93	−0.03 pts
2014	0.96	+0.02 pts
2015high	0.98	+0.03 pts
2016	0.94	−0.05 pts
2017	0.93	0 pts
2018	0.93	−0.01 pts
2019	0.95	+0.03 pts
2020	0.90	−0.06 pts
2021	0.93	+0.04 pts
2022	0.91	−0.03 pts
2023	0.93	+0.02 pts
2024latest	0.94	+0.01 pts

economic momentum

$14.2K

Roughly doubled since 2000. GDP per head in 2024, in current US dollars.

2024 · $14.2K

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median

the numbers35

when	value	change
1990low	$3,154
1991	$3,709	+17.6%
1992	$4,221	+13.8%
1993	$6,048	+43.3%
1994	$6,202	+2.5%
1995	$4,184	−32.5%
1996	$4,674	+11.7%
1997	$5,567	+19.1%
1998	$5,833	+4.8%
1999	$6,500	+11.4%
2000	$7,524	+15.8%
2001	$7,953	+5.7%
2002	$7,983	+0.4%
2003	$7,434	−6.9%
2004	$7,850	+5.6%
2005	$8,672	+10.5%
2006	$9,513	+9.7%
2007	$10.1K	+6.5%
2008	$10.5K	+3.8%
2009	$8,424	−20.0%
2010	$9,729	+15.5%
2011	$10.7K	+9.6%
2012	$10.7K	+0.7%
2013	$11.2K	+4.4%
2014	$11.4K	+1.6%
2015	$10.0K	−12.0%
2016	$9,098	−9.2%
2017	$9,649	+6.1%
2018	$10.1K	+4.5%
2019	$10.4K	+2.8%
2020	$8,841	−14.7%
2021	$10.3K	+16.7%
2022	$11.4K	+10.6%
2023	$13.9K	+21.5%
2024latest	$14.2K	+2.3%

prices

4.7%

A year’s rise in consumer prices, in 2024. The world’s median was 3.1%.

2024 · 4.7%

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median

the numbers35

when	value	change
1990	26.7%
1991	22.7%	−3.99 pts
1992	15.5%	−7.15 pts
1993	9.8%	−5.76 pts
1994	7.0%	−2.79 pts
1995high	35.0%	+28.0 pts
1996	34.4%	−0.62 pts
1997	20.6%	−13.8 pts
1998	15.9%	−4.70 pts
1999	16.6%	+0.66 pts
2000	9.5%	−7.09 pts
2001	6.4%	−3.12 pts
2002	5.0%	−1.34 pts
2003	4.5%	−0.48 pts
2004	4.7%	+0.14 pts
2005	4.0%	−0.70 pts
2006	3.6%	−0.36 pts
2007	4.0%	+0.34 pts
2008	5.1%	+1.16 pts
2009	5.3%	+0.17 pts
2010	4.2%	−1.14 pts
2011	3.4%	−0.75 pts
2012	4.1%	+0.70 pts
2013	3.8%	−0.31 pts
2014	4.0%	+0.21 pts
2015low	2.7%	−1.30 pts
2016	2.8%	+0.10 pts
2017	6.0%	+3.22 pts
2018	4.9%	−1.14 pts
2019	3.6%	−1.26 pts
2020	3.4%	−0.24 pts
2021	5.7%	+2.29 pts
2022	7.9%	+2.21 pts
2023	5.5%	−2.37 pts
2024latest	4.7%	−0.81 pts

demographic curve

1.9 children per woman

Near replacement (2.1): the population is stabilising. Fell from 4.7 in 1980.

2024 · 1.9

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median · rule marks replacement (2.1)

the numbers65

when	value	change
1960	6.8
1961	6.8	+0.2%
1962	6.8	+0.3%
1963	6.8	+0.3%
1964high	6.8	+0.2%
1965	6.8	−0.2%
1966	6.8	−0.4%
1967	6.8	−0.5%
1968	6.7	−0.7%
1969	6.6	−1.2%
1970	6.5	−1.5%
1971	6.4	−1.7%
1972	6.3	−2.1%
1973	6.1	−2.5%
1974	5.9	−2.8%
1975	5.7	−3.5%
1976	5.5	−3.4%
1977	5.4	−3.3%
1978	5.2	−3.0%
1979	5.0	−4.6%
1980	4.7	−4.5%
1981	4.6	−3.5%
1982	4.4	−3.3%
1983	4.3	−2.9%
1984	4.2	−2.6%
1985	4.1	−2.3%
1986	4.0	−2.8%
1987	3.8	−4.2%
1988	3.6	−4.3%
1989	3.5	−3.0%
1990	3.4	−2.5%
1991	3.4	−2.4%
1992	3.3	−2.3%
1993	3.2	−2.3%
1994	3.1	−2.5%
1995	3.0	−2.8%
1996	3.0	−2.6%
1997	2.9	−2.6%
1998	2.8	−2.5%
1999	2.8	−1.8%
2000	2.7	−1.8%
2001	2.7	−1.6%
2002	2.6	−1.4%
2003	2.6	−2.1%
2004	2.5	−1.7%
2005	2.5	−1.6%
2006	2.5	−1.6%
2007	2.4	−1.4%
2008	2.4	−1.2%
2009	2.4	−1.1%
2010	2.3	−1.0%
2011	2.3	−1.0%
2012	2.3	−1.0%
2013	2.3	−1.1%
2014	2.2	−2.6%
2015	2.1	−3.3%
2016	2.1	−2.4%
2017	2.0	−2.2%
2018	2.0	−0.5%
2019	2.0	−0.5%
2020	2.0	−1.5%
2021	2.0	−1.0%
2022	1.9	−1.5%
2023	1.9	−1.5%
2024latest	1.9	−0.9%

Metrics

population

131M

10 of 176

REST Countries · UN data
gdp

$1.8T

12 of 170

World Bank · latest available
gdp per capita

$13,861

59 of 170

World Bank · latest available
military spending

$12B

24 of 151

SIPRI via World Bank
military % of gdp

0.7%

132 of 148

SIPRI via World Bank
area

2.0M km²

15 of 176

REST Countries
population density

65.5 /km²

94 of 176

zuhd — derived from population and area
life expectancy

75.1 yr

76 of 175

World Bank · latest available
internet access

81%

84 of 166

ITU via World Bank
co₂ per capita

3.6 t

70 of 163

World Bank · Climate Watch
urbanisation

80%

37 of 168

World Bank · UN DESA
fertility rate

1.9

91 of 168

World Bank · UN DESA
foreign-born share

1.3%

122 of 167

World Bank · UN DESA
remittances % of gdp

3.6%

58 of 155

World Bank · IMF BOP
r&d % of gdp

0.3%

80 of 123

UNESCO UIS via World Bank
researchers per million

438

75 of 118

UNESCO UIS via World Bank
scientific articles / yr

21K

26 of 168

NSF / World Bank
high-tech exports %

19%

26 of 153

World Bank · UN Comtrade
gini inequality

42.6

117 of 139

World Bank · PovcalNet
youth unemployment

6%

32 of 166

ILO via World Bank
adult literacy

96%

36 of 109

UNESCO UIS via World Bank
democracy (v-dem)

0.22

99 of 163

V-Dem via Our World in Data
clean government

26

128 of 164

Transparency International via Our World in Data
press freedom

46.7

128 of 163

RSF via Our World in Data
human development

0.789

68 of 164

UNDP via Our World in Data
refugees hosted

151K

41 of 150

UNHCR via Our World in Data
refugees produced

39K

33 of 152

UNHCR via Our World in Data