Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 120V, 60Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call Mexico
- +52
What every visitor should know about Mexico:
- Money
- The currency is the Mexican peso (MXN). 10 MXN is worth about US$0.79, or €0.55.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 2 out of 5 (Use caution)
Areas of concern:
- Mugging
- Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
- Armed robbery is frequent
- Car theft
- Banditry on rural roads
- Significant risk of terrorism or politically-motivated attacks
- Capital
- Mexico (Distrito Federal)
- Tap water
- Not recommended. Water is usually drinkable in large cities, but quality is uneven.
Mexico facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 111,211,789
- Language
- Spanish only 92.7%, Spanish and indigenous languages 5.7%, indigenous only 0.8%, unspecified 0.8%; note - indigenous languages include various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional languages
- Ethnicity
- Mestizo (Amerindian-Spanish) 60%, Amerindian or predominantly Amerindian 30%, white 9%, other 1%
Economy
- GDP
- US$14,400 (per capita)
- Income equality
- Moderate