North America
Mexico
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Market-entry intelligence →Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Mexico's #3 import source (world lens). Mexico is the EU's #31 goods supplier.
Mexico on the world stage
Total imports
$636.8bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$619.7bn
220 partners
#1 import source
USA
41.3%
#1 export dest.
USA
81.2%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Mexico and the EU
EU imports from
€33.9bn
1.3% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€52.9bn
2.0% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #31 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 1.56
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
75
EUR/MWh
Consumer
70
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
485
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
30%
of generation
Wholesale 57 EUR/MWh · regulated market
Power market
● Take-or-pay / single-buyer lock-inMarket model
State-dominant single buyer (post-2025 reform)
Direct PPA
Limited
grid access: limited
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Not independent
Comision Nacional de Energia (CNE, created March 2025, replacing CRE)
A 2025 constitutional reform restored CFE's dominance (54% dispatch floor) and dissolved the independent regulator (CRE) and grid operator (CENACE), reversing the 2013 liberalisation. Private generators (46% dispatch…
Tracked infrastructure
126 gas plants
43.9 GW · 7 building
15 coal plants
5.4 GW
73 wind farms
8.2 GW · 8 building
115 solar farms
12.9 GW · 30 building
2 nuclear plants
1.6 GW
20 hydro plants
11.4 GW
1 steel plants
6,400 ktpa
4 coal mines
capacity n/a
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
54
41 production-backed
Acid-drainage prone
20
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Gold, Copper, Iron
Mine-water verifiability
Independent ambient only
CONAGUA RNMCA ambient monitoring (downloadable) + SEMARNAT…
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Monitored ports (9)
Source: IMF PortWatch. Port count reflects monitoring coverage, not economic significance.
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
29.3
→ 38.7 by 2050
Fertility
1.89
below replacement
Working-age
67.2%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
12.3
→ 25.9 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 131M · peaks 2058
By 2050: +14% (149M)