Development Ledger · North America
Mexico
HDI rank 81 of 193Upper-middle incomeGDI group 1
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Human Development Index (2023)
0.789
+0.121 since 1990
Inequality-adjusted HDI
0.646
18.1% lost to inequality
Life expectancy
75.1 yrs
Expected schooling 14.5 yrs
GNI per person (2021 PPP $)
$21,813
Mean schooling 9.3 yrs
HDI over Time
Mexico against its closest income-group peers, 1990–2023.
The Three Dimensions
Each scaled 0 to 1 against UNDP goalposts. The HDI is their geometric mean, so a weak dimension pulls it down more than an average would.
Health0.848
Education0.713
Income0.813
World Bank Human Capital Index (2020): 0.61. A child born today will be 61% as productive as with full health and education.
Peers
Mexico against economies in the same World Bank income group, same region first.
Years Behind
How many years ago the benchmark reached the level this country is at today.