Mexico

Official Name:

United Mexican States (Mexico)

Area:

1.972.550 Km ²

Population (2006):

108.700.891 inhabitants

Coastline:

9.330 km

Capital:

Mexico (Distrito Federal)

Maritime Ports and terminals:

Altamira, Manzanillo, Morro Redondo, Salina Cruz, Tampico, Topolobampo, Veracruz.

Maritime claims:

• Territorial sea: 12 nm
• Contiguous zone: 24 nm
• Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
• Continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

Political divisions:

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, Mexico, Michoacan de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro de Arteaga, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz-Llave, Yucatan, Zacatecas

Language(s):

Spanish, various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional indigenous languages

National holiday:

Independence Day, 16 September (1810)

Nationality:

Mexican(s)

Official time:

Mexico is divided into four time zones

Member of:

APEC, BCIE, BIS, CAN (observer), CDB, CE (observer), CSN (observer), EBRD, FAO, G-3, G-6, G-15, G-24, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC, LAES, LAIA, NAFTA, NAM (observer), NEA, OAS, OECD, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNMOVIC, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

Internet country code:

.mx

Economic Profile

Currency:

Mexican peso (MXN)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

USD10.700 (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

(2006 est.) USD 743.500.000.000

PIB (Real growth rate:

4,8%(2006 est.)

GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)

• Agriculture: 3,9%
• Industry: 25,7%
• Services: 70,5%

Labor force:

38.090.000 (2006 est.)

Labor force - by occupation (2003):

• Agriculture 18%
• Industry 24%
• Services: 58%

Unemployment rate:

3,2% (2006 est.)

Inflation rate (Consumer prices):

3,4% (2006 est)

Investment (Gross Fixed):

20% del PIB (2006 est.)

Budget:

• Revenues: USD196.500.000.000
• Expenditures: USD196.200.000.000

Public debt:

20,7% of GDP (2006 est.)

Current account balance:

USD -400.100.000 (2006 est.)

Exports:

USD248.800.000.000FOB (2006 est.)

Exports - Commodities:

Manufactured goods, oil and oil products, silver, fruits, vegetables, coffee, cotton

Exports - Partners:

US 85,7%, Canada 2%, Spain 1,4% (2005)

Imports:

USD 253.100.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Imports - Commodities:

Metalworking machines, steel mill products, agricultural machinery, electrical equipment, car parts for assembly, repair parts for motor vehicles, aircraft, and aircraft parts

Imports - partners:

US 53,4%, China 8%, Japan 5,9% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

USD 85.010.000.000 (2006 est.)

Debt - external:

USD 178.300.000.000 (2006 est.)