{"id":125553,"date":"2023-06-28T21:06:34","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T02:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selasite.azurewebsites.net\/?page_id=125553"},"modified":"2024-01-30T09:45:17","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T14:45:17","slug":"mexico","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/en\/member-states\/mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Official name:<\/strong> UNITED MEXICAN STATES<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date of membership:<\/strong> 14 January 1976<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short name:<\/strong> M\u00e9xico<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capital:<\/strong> Mexico City<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location:<\/strong> Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the US and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Area:<\/strong> 1.964.375 km2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Land boundaries:<\/strong> 4,353 km<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Border countries:<\/strong> Belize, 250 km; Guatemala, 962 km; EE.UU 3.141 km<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coastline:<\/strong> 9,330 km<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natural resources:<\/strong> Petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Environment – international agreements:<\/strong> Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economic indicators<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total at current prices<\/td>1 087 117<\/td>Millions USD<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Per capita at current prices<\/td>8 432<\/td>USD<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Growth rate per capita at constant prices<\/td>-9.1<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Imports of goods and services (GDP in current prices)<\/td>37.6<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Exports of goods and services (GDP in current prices)<\/td>39.7<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source: ECLAC. Mexico: Economic National Profile<\/a>. CEPALSTAT. Databases and Statistical Publications. Inquiry: February 23, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Socio-demographic indicators<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total population  <\/td>128 932.8<\/td>(000)<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Life expectancy<\/td>75<\/td>A\u00f1os<\/td>2020-2025<\/td><\/tr>
Women<\/td>78<\/td>A\u00f1os<\/td>2020-2025<\/td><\/tr>
Men<\/td>73<\/td>A\u00f1os<\/td>2020-2025<\/td><\/tr>
Public health expenditure as a percentage of GDP<\/td>5.4<\/td>%<\/td>2018<\/td><\/tr>
Literacy rate for persons between the ages of 15 to 24<\/td>99.1<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Net rate of enrolment in primary education<\/td>95.5<\/td>%<\/td>2016<\/td><\/tr>
Net rate of enrolment in secondary education<\/td>77.2<\/td>%<\/td>2016<\/td><\/tr>
Public expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP<\/td>4.3<\/td>%<\/td>2018<\/td><\/tr>
Gini Coefficient<\/td>0.50<\/td>ND <\/td>2016<\/td><\/tr>
Unemployment<\/td>4.4<\/td>%<\/td>2020<\/td><\/tr>
Migraci\u00f3n<\/td>-0.4<\/td>%<\/td>2020-2025<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Source: Mexico: National Socio-Demographic Profile<\/a>. CEPALSTAT. Data Bases and Statistical Publications. ECLAC.
Inquiry: February 23, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Languages:<\/strong> Spanish (official), Mayan, Nahuatl and other regional indigenous languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Government<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Administrative divisions:<\/strong> 31 states (estados, singular – estado) and 1 federal district (distrito federal): Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Colima, Distrito Federal*, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, M\u00e9xico, Michoacan de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Le\u00f3n, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro de Arteaga, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz-Llave, Yucatan, Zacatecas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Independence:<\/strong> 16 September 1810 (from Spain)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Constitution:<\/strong> 5 February 1917<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suffrage:<\/strong> 18 years of age; universal and compulsory (but not enforced)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Executive branch:<\/strong> Chief of state: President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador (since 1 December 2018); 
Note. The president is both the chief of state and head of government<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legislative branch:<\/strong> Bicameral National Congress or Congreso de la Uni\u00f3n consists of the Senate or Camara de Senadores (128 seats; 96 are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms, and 32 are allocated on the basis of each party’s popular vote) and the Federal Chamber of Deputies or Camara Federal de Diputados (500 seats; 300 members are directly elected by popular vote to serve three-year terms; remaining 200 members are allocated on the basis of each party’s popular vote, also for three-year terms).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judicial branch:<\/strong> Supreme Court of Justice or Suprema Corte de Justicia Nacional (justices or minister are appointed by the president with consent of the Senate).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Internet country code:<\/strong> .mx<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Official Portal Web:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.presidencia.gob.mx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Official name: UNITED MEXICAN STATES Date of membership: 14 January 1976 Short name: M\u00e9xico Capital: Mexico City Geography Location: Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the US and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the US. Area: 1.964.375 km2 Land boundaries: 4,353 km Border countries: Belize, 250 km; Guatemala, 962 km; EE.UU 3.141 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":125521,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-125553","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125553\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/125521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rmtsolutions.net\/sela\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}