The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst recession in over half a century. The nation continues to make an impressive recovery. Ongoing economic and social concerns include low real wages, underemployment for a large segment of the population, inequitable income distribution, and few advancement opportunities for the largely Amerindian population in the impoverished southern states.
Demographic Data
Capital: Mexico
Government type: Democracy
Government stability: 78.8%
Government efficiency: 87.3%
Population's support to government: 79.4%
Area: 1,923,040 square kilometers
Habitable land: 76.0%
Farmable land: 12.0%
Total population: 93,985 thousands
Population's growth: 1.9%
Country's development level: 8,450
Economic Data
GNP: 728,700,000,000
Industralisation: 75.3%
International funding: 1,821,000,000
Political Data
Secret services efficiency: 5,773
Military Data
Technological generation: 1
Number of rebels: 9,398
Rebels development: 7,605
Rebels technological access: 5,914