Distillers Mexico
A one-page guide to Mexico for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Mexico City
- Official languages
- Spanish (68 Indigenous languages co-official)
- Currency
- Mexican peso (MXN)
- Time zone
- UTC-8 to UTC-5 depending on region (Mexico City UTC-6)
- Area
- 1,957,194 km²
People
- Population
- 131.9 million (2025)
- Population growth
- 0.8% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 80.0%
- Aged under 15
- 24.1%
- Aged 65 and over
- 8.5%
- Life expectancy
- 75.3 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$1.83 trillion (2025)
- GDP per person
- US$13,889 (2025)
- Economic growth
- 0.6% (2025)
- Inflation
- 3.8% (2025)
Climate
Varied: the Tropic of Cancer splits temperate and tropical zones, and most of the territory is temperate to dry. Hot, humid conditions on the coasts and Gulf; agave regions are in Jalisco and Oaxaca (Wikipedia gives no temperatures).
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Legal
- Legal drinking age
- 18 in all states; ID required; some states allow minors to drink with parental consent (Wikipedia Legal drinking age)
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 6.0 litres of pure alcohol (2019)
- What people drink
- Beer 85.3%, wine 3.8%, spirits 10.5%, other 0.4% (2019)
- Traditional drinks
- Tequila (blue agave, Denomination of Origin), Mezcal (agave, Denomination of Origin, mostly Oaxaca)
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Tequila (Wikipedia); Mezcal (Wikipedia); Beer in Mexico (Wikipedia); Jose Cuervo (Wikipedia); Legal drinking age; CRT; World Bank country data; WHO Global status report on alcohol and health 2024 (via Wikipedia table). Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.