Mexico

** Policy Issues in Mexico **
 * Mexico Briefing **


 * __United Mexican States__**





__Basic Information__ Capitol: Mexico City Motto: Country, Liberty, Work and Culture Currency: Mexican Pesos Languages: Spanish, Mayan, Nahuatl, other Regional Languages __Statistics__ Population: 111,211,789 GDP per Capita: $13,200 Ethnicity Group: Mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish)- 60%, Amerindian- 30%, White- 9%, others- 1% Literacy Rates: 86.1% of the total population, 86.9% of males, 85.3% of females Labor Force- 46.2 million people Percent of Agricultural labor force: 13.7% Percent of Industry Labor force: 23.4% Percent of Services Labor Force: 62.9% Percent of Mexican below the poverty line: 47% Military Expenditure: 0.5% of GDP __Government Information__ Type of Government: Federal Republic Date Government Formed: September 16th, 1810 Leader(s): President: Felipe Calderon Political Parties: Convergence for Democracy, Institutional Revolutionary Party, Labor Party, Mexican Green Ecological Party, National Action Party, New Alliance Party, Party of the Democratic Revolution