CAPITAL:
Mexico DF
AREA:
1,964,375 sq km
POPULATION
114,975,406 (July 2012 estimate)
IN THE LAST TWO YEARS:
- Mexico moved up 13 positions
according to the World Economic
Forum (WEF)
2012-2013: 53 position,
2011-2012: 58 th, 2010-2011: 66 th
- Mexico moved up 10 positions
according to IMD
2012: 37 position, 2011: 38th,
2010: 47 th
- Mexico moved up 6 positions in
“Doing Business,” according to
the World Bank
2012: 48 position, 2011: 53 th,
2010: 54 th
REAL GDP GROWTH RATE:
3.8% (2011 estimate)
GDP per capita:
US$14,800 (2011 estimate)
GDP composition by sector:
agriculture: 3.8%
industry: 34.2%
services: 62% (2011 estimate)
LABOUR FORCE:
49.17 million (2011 estimate)
BUDGET DEFICIT:
2.5% of GDP (2011 estimate)
INVESTMENT (gross fixed):
21.1% of GDP (2011 estimate)
PUBLIC DEBT:
35.4% of GDP (2011 estimate)
INFLATION RATE:
3.4% (2011 estimate)
INDUSTRIES:
food and beverages, tobacco, chemicals,
iron and steel, petroleum, mining,
textiles, clothing, motor vehicles,
consumer durables, tourism
AGRICULTURE PRODUCTS:
corn, wheat, soybeans, rice, beans,
cotton, coffee, fruit, tomatoes, beef,
poultry, dairy products, wood products
EXPORTS:
US$349.7 billion (2011 estimate)
IMPORTS:
$350.8 billion (2011 estimate)
STOCK OF DIRECT FOREIGN INVESTMENT:
- at home
US$317.9 billion (31 December 2011
estimate)
STOCK OF DIRECT FOREIGN INVESTMENT:
- abroad: $88.02 billion (31 December
2011 estimate)
EXCHANGE RATE:
1 euro = 16.6 Mexican pesos
