International Rankings of Mexico 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Mexico, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Mexico, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	82	15.19	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	11	19.355 million	0
Internet users - percent of population	97	65.77 %	2018
Internet users - total	10	82.843 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	86	17.82	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	12	22.717 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	145	95.75	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	15	122.041 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	17	273.800 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	16	261.400 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	41	1.1 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	33	67	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	45	72.4	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	63	86.1	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	48	82.1	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	16	1.270 trillion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	91	37.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	106	11.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	78	67 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	73	39.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	71	22.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	47	0.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	118	3.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	56	31.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	76	64.5 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	18	40 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	31	2 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	86	0.6 %	2017
Labor force	14	50.914 million US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	85	13.4 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	42	24.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	73	61.9 %	2011
Population below poverty line	31	41.9	2018
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	12	2.525 trillion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	67	19796 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	107	22.7 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	15	454.100 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	12	1.214 million	2017
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2017
Crude oil - production	14	1.852 million	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	20	6.630 billion	2018
Electricity - consumption	15	258.700 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	28	7.308 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	28	71	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	53	17	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	17	2	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	32	9	2017
Electricity - imports	48	3.532 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	18	72.560 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	14	302.700 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	10	81.610 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	50	36.810 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	9	50.120 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	25	31.570 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	38	279.800 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	12	1.984 million	2017
Refined petroleum products - exports	35	155800 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - imports	11	867500 bbl/day	2017
Refined petroleum products - production	24	844600 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	12	486.41 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	10	135.77 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	94	20.08 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	50	54.9	2018
Land use - arable land	85	11.8	2018
Land use - forest	89	33.3	2018
Land use - other	151	11.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	71	1.4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	29	41.7	2018
Revenue from coal	28	0.03 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	85	0.1 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	24	461.888 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	9	66.800 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	16	6.814 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	8	14.230 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	90	1.4	2025
Urbanization - urban population	44	81	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	6	53.100 million tons	2015
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	18	2.655 million tons	2013
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	71	5 %	2013
Geography
Area - land	17	1.944 million sq km	0
Area - total	17	1.964 million sq km	0
Area - water	35	2.043 million sq km	0
Coastline	16	9330 km	0
Elevation - highest point	15	5636 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	40	10 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	28	1111 meters	0
Irrigated land	8	65000 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	43	4389 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	50	54.9	2018
Land use - arable land	85	11.8	2018
Land use - forest	89	33.3	2018
Land use - other	151	11.8	2018
Land use - permanent crops	71	1.4	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	29	41.7	2018
Total renewable water resources	24	461.888 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	81	16.97 %	2784
Age structure - 25-54 years	88	41.06 %	3720
Age structure - 55-64 years	117	8.29 %	4176
Birth rate	88	17.29 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	21	73.1 %	2018
Current Health Expenditure	56	5.4 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	157	5.41 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	78	11.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	77	8.7 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	107	50.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	87	38.8 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	89	3.4 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	34	4.5 % of GDP	2017
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	34	0.4	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	21	4300	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	19	340000	2020
Hospital bed density	54	1.5 beds/1,000 population	2015
Infant mortality rate - female	120	10.02 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	121	13.18 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	119	11.64 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	72	79.87 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	81	74.15 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	76	76.94 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	90	33	2017
Median age - female	90	30.4 years	2020
Median age - male	92	28.2 years	0
Median age - total	90	29.3 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	61	21.3	2008
Net migration rate	119	1.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	27	28.9 %	2016
Physicians density	64	2.38 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	10	130.207 million	2021
Population growth rate	82	1.04 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	8	99.3 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	94	8.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	96	2.2 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	100	0.7 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	7	15 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	6	15 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	7	15 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	21	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	31	0.94	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	38	0.84	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	31	0.8 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	21	0.96 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	75	2.17 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	114	8	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	109	6.7	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	119	7.2	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	90	1.4	2025
Urbanization - urban population	44	81	2021
Transportation
Airports	3	1714	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	9	80	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	11	32	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	6	86	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	15	12	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	11	243	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	10	33	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	10	42	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	6	281	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	3	1471	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	3	1146	2013
Heliports	25	1	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	131	1.090 billion	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	19	64.570 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	18	370	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	12	16	2020
Railways - total	13	20825 km	2017
Roadways - paved	16	174911 km	0362
Roadways - total	17	398148 km	2017
Waterways	32	2900 km	0

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Mexico on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Mexico 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Mexico 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.