Mexico Country Analysis Report analyzes the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental (PESTLE) structure of Mexico. The report provides a holistic view of the country from historical, current and future perspectives. Insightful analysis on critical current and future issues is presented through detailed SCPT (strengths, challenges, prospects and threats/risks) analysis for each of the PESTLE segments. In addition, the PESTLE segments are supplemented with relevant quantitative data to support trend analysis.

Uses of Country Analysis Reports:

Understanding gained from country profiles can be used to plan business investment or market entry in a particular country. The insights provide ideas about key business opportunities. The profiles also provide an overview of the legal and regulatory framework to start or operate a business in the country. Typical uses of each PESTLE segment are:
• Political section provides understanding about the political system and key figures relevant to business in the country and governance indicators.
• Economic section deals with the economic story of a country that provides a balanced assessment of significant macro-economic issues.
• Social section enables understanding of customer demographics through income distribution, rural-urban segmentation and centres of affluence, healthcare and educational scenario.
• Technological section provides strategic information on technology and telecom, technological laws and policies, technological gaps, patents and opportunity sectors in the country.
• Legal section provides information about the legal structure, corporate laws, laws to start a new business and the tax regime.
• Environmental section provides information on the country’s performance on environmental indicators and policies.

Overview 1
Catalyst 1
Summary 1
Key facts and geographical location 9
Key facts 9
Geographical location 10
PESTLE analysis 11
Summary 11
Political analysis 12
Economic analysis 16
Social analysis 19
Technological analysis 22
Legal analysis 25
Environmental analysis 28
Political landscape 31
Summary 31
Evolution 31
Structure and policies 33
Performance 37
Outlook 38
Economic landscape 39
Summary 39
Evolution 39
Structure and policies 40
Performance 43
Outlook 54
Social landscape 56
Summary 56
Evolution 56
Structure and policies 56
Performance 60
Outlook 63
Technological landscape 64
Summary 64
Evolution 64
Structure and policies 64
Performance 66
Outlook 70
Legal landscape 71
Summary 71
Evolution 71
Structure and policies 71
Performance 74
Outlook 74
Environmental landscape 75
Summary 75
Evolution 75
Structure and policies 75
Performance 76
Outlook 77
APPENDIX 78
Ask the analyst 78
Datamonitor consulting 78
Disclaimer 78

TABLE OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Map of Mexico 10
Figure 2: Mexico – political events timeline 33
Figure 3: Mexico – key political figures 34
Figure 4: Historical GDP growth in Mexico (1971–2007) 40
Figure 5: GDP and GDP growth rate in Mexico, 2003–13 (real GDP at constant 2000 prices) 44
Figure 6: Sectoral composition of GDP in Mexico, 2008 45
Figure 7: Agricultural output of Mexico, 2001–08 46
Figure 8: Industrial output of Mexico, 2001–08 47
Figure 9: Services output of Mexico, 2001–08 48
Figure 10: Mexico's current account balance, 2001–08 49
Figure 11: Mexico’s external trade, 2003–07 50
Figure 12: FDI trends in Mexico, 2001–08 51
Figure 13: Consumer price index and CPI-based inflation in Mexico, 2002–08 52
Figure 14: Number of unemployed people and unemployment rate in Mexico, 2002–12 54
Figure 15: Religious composition in Mexico, 2000 census 58
Figure 16: Expenditure on healthcare in Mexico, 2003–08 61
Figure 17: Government expenditure on education in Mexico. 2003–08 63
Figure 18: Growth of mobile and fixed line telephony in Mexico, 2002–12 67
Figure 19: Growth of internet users in Mexico, 2002–12 68
Figure 20: Total expenditure on R&D in Mexico, 2000–07 70
Figure 21: Carbon dioxide emissions in Mexico, 2002–12 77

TABLES
Table 1: Mexico – key fundamentals 4
Table 2: Mexico – key facts 9
Table 3: Analysis of Mexico’s political landscape 12
Table 4: Analysis of Mexico’s economy 16
Table 5: Analysis of Mexico’s social system 19
Table 6: Analysis of Mexico’s technology landscape 22
Table 7: Patents granted by USPTO, 2001–07 23
Table 8: Analysis of Mexico’s legal landscape 25
Table 9: Analysis of Mexico’s environmental landscape 28
Table 10: Mid-year population by age and gender in Mexico (millions), 2008 57