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Skills Matter - Additional Results from the Survey of Adult Skills

Fit for the future: learning from the COVID-19 crisis to reinforce democratic governance, OECD Roundtable

The roundtable will launch the OECD's Government at a Glance 2021, a flagship OECD report which provides a comprehensive set of rigorous, internationally comparable data on government resources, activities and results in OECD countries and beyond.

Panorama de la salud 2019: ¿Cómo se compara México?

México es uno de los pocos países de la OCDE donde las ganancias en la esperanza de vida no se han desacelerado en los últimos años. El gasto sanitario representa el 5,5% del PIB, que se encuentra entre los más bajos de los países OCDE. La cobertura de un conjunto básico de servicios de salud en México es la más baja en la OCDE con 89,3%.

Health at a Glance 2019: Key findings for Mexico

Mexico is one of the few OECD countries where gains in life expectancy have not slowed down in recent years. Nevertheless, life expectancy remains approximately five years below the OECD average. Health care expenditure comprises 5.5% of GDP, which is amongst the lowest across OECD countries. Coverage for a core set of health services in Mexico is the lowest in the OECD at 89.3%.

The Heavy Burden of Obesity: Key findings for Mexico

Mexico has one of the highest rates of obesity: nearly one in three adults are obese. As a result, Mexicans live on average 4.2 years less due to overweight, the largest reductions in life expectancy of all countries analysed. The impact on the economy is large: overweight accounts for 8.9% of health expenditure; and lowers labour market outputs by the equivalent of 2.4m full time workers per year.

La Pesada Carga de la Obesidad - La Economía de la Prevención: Key findings for Mexico (in Spanish)

México tiene una de las tasas más altas de obesidad: casi uno de cada tres adultos son obesos. Como consecuencia, los mexicanos viven en promedio 4,2 años menos debido al sobrepeso, la mayor reducción en esperanza de vida de todos los países analizados. Las repercusiones sobre la economía son destacables: el sobrepeso representa el 8,9% del gasto en salud.

Mexico - strengthening the competition and regulation framework

This multi-year project aimed to improve the competitiveness of the Mexican economy by reforming and modifying the regulatory and institutional framework to support higher levels of investment, employment and growth.

Administrative Simplification in the Mexican Social Security Institute

OECD Territorial Reviews: Hidalgo, Mexico

Presentation of the OECD “Territorial Review of Hidalgo”

In recent years, Hidalgo's economy has grown faster than the national average. Between 2009 and 2017, Hidalgo's annual GDP per capita growth rate was 3.9%, twice the national average (1.9%). In addition, the increase in productivity in the state between 2010 and 2016 was the fifth highest of all Mexican states.