ion rate (consumer prices):
4.5% (2003 est.)

Labor force:
34.11 million (2003)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 18%, industry 24%, services 58% (2003)

Unemployment rate:
3.3% plus underemployment of perhaps 25% (2003)

Budget:
revenues: $148.3 billion
expenditures: $152.4 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2003 est.)

Public debt:
23.1% of GDP (2003)

Agriculture - products:
corn, wheat, soybeans, rice, beans, cotton, coffee, fruit,
tomatoes; beef, poultry, dairy products; wood products

Industries:
food and beverages, tobacco, chemicals, iron and steel, petroleum,
mining, textiles, clothing, motor vehicles, consumer durables,
tourism

Industrial production growth rate:
-0.7% (2003 est.)

Electricity - production:
198.6 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
186.7 billion kWh (2001)

Electricity - exports:
77 million kWh (2001)

Electricity - imports:
2.068 billion kWh (2001)

Oil - production:
3.59 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - consumption:
1.507 million bbl/day (2001 est.)

Oil - exports:
1.881 million bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
374,700 bbl/day (2001)

Oil - proved reserves:
15.11 billion bbl (1 January 2003)

Natural gas - production:
36.87 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
38.84 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
254 million cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
2.967 billion cu m (2001 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
969.2 billion cu m (1 January 2003)

Current account balance:
$-9.15 billion (2003)

Exports:
$164.8 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

Exports - commodities:
manufactured goods, oil and oil products, silver, fruits,
vegetables, coffee, cotton

Exports - partners:
US 87.6%, Canada 1.8%, Germany 1.2% (2003)

Imports:
$168.9 billion f.o.b. (2003 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 61.8%, China 5.5%, Japan 4.5% (2003)

Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:
$59.02 billion (2003)

Debt - external:
$159.8 billion (2003 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$1.166 billion (1995)

Currency:
Mexican peso (MXN)

Currency code:
MXN

Exchange rates:
Mexican pesos per US dollar - 10.789 (2003),