FSCI Indicators Breakdown

The Food Systems Countdown Initiative (FSCI) is a collaborative interdisciplinary effort to monitor global food systems. The FSCI developed a framework that includes five themes: (1) diets, nutrition, and health; (2) environment, natural resources, and production; (3) livelihoods, poverty, and equity; (4) governance; and (5) resilience and identified 50 indicators across these themes. This page presents national level data for these 50 indicators for Mexico.

Mexico income group: Upper Middle Income
Comparison
Mexico
Central America
World

Diets, Nutrition, and Health

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Cost of a healthy diet per capita
3.3 PPP dollar/capita/day
Percent of the population who cannot afford a healthy diet
24%
Availability of fruits
335.7 g/capita/day
Availability of vegetables
146.6 g/capita/day
Percent of the population using safely managed drinking water services
43%
Retail value (total sales) of ultra-processed foods per capita
37.3 current PPP dollar/capita/year
MDD-W: Minimum dietary diversity for women
86%
All-5: Consumption of all five food groups
55%
NCD-Protect
4.9
NCD-Risk
2.8
Adults: Zero fruit or vegetable consumption
4%
Adults: Soft drink consumption
38%
POU: Prevalence of undernourishment
3%
Percent of the population experiencing moderate or severe food insecurity
28%
MDD (IYCF): Minimum dietary diversity for infants and young children
59%
Children (6-23 months): Zero fruit or vegetable consumption
18% population 6-23 months
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Environment, natural resources, and production

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Cropland nitrogen use efficiency
52%
Cereals yield
4 tonnes/ha
Fruit yield
15.2 tonnes/ha
Vegetable yield
21.9 tonnes/ha
Cow's milk yield
50,395 100 g/animal
Beef yield
251 kg/animal
Fishery health index progress score
19.6
Agri-food systems greenhouse gas emissions
239,539 kT CO2eq
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for cereals (excluding rice)
0.2 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for rice
2.9 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for cow's milk
0.5 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for beef
31.3 kg CO2eq/kg product
Cropland area change
-1% change
Functional integrity: Agricultural land with minimum level of natural habitat
46% agricultural land
Agriculture water withdrawal as percent of total renewable water resources
15%
Pesticide use per area of cropland
0.9 kg/ha
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Livelihoods, Poverty, and Equity

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Share of agriculture in GDP
4% GDP
Unemployment rate (Rural)
2% working age population
Underemployment rate (Rural)
No Data
Social protection coverage
47% population
Social protection adequacy
27% welfare of beneficiary households
Percent of children 5-17 years engaged in child labor
3% children 5-17
Share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land
No Data
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Governance

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Civil society participation index
0.5
Percent of the urban population living in cities signed onto the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact
10%
Degree of legal recognition of the right to food
No Data
Presence of a national food system transformation pathway
No Data
Government effectiveness index
-0.3
Food safety capacity
80
Presence of national health-related food environment policies
No Data
V-Dem accountability index
0.8
Open budget index score
82
Guarantees for public access to information
No Data
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Resilience

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Ratio of total damages from all disasters to GDP
No Data
Dietary sourcing flexibility index
0.7
Mobile cellular subscriptions
100.3 Number per 100 people
Social capital index
0.3
Proportion of agricultural land with minimum level of species diversity (crop and pasture)
23% agricultural land
Number of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either medium- or long-term conservation facilities
78,126
Number of animal genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either medium- or long-term conservation facilities
0
Prevalence of severe coping strategies
No Data
Food price volatility
0.4
Food supply variability per capita
9 kcal/capita/day
Less Desirable
More Desirable
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