Nuevo León: Economy, employment, equity, quality of life, education, health and public safety

About Nuevo León

In 2020, the population in Nuevo León was 5,784,442 inhabitants (50% men and 50% women). Compared to 2010, the population in Nuevo León increased by 24.3%.

In the first quarter of 2025, the economically active population of Nuevo León was N/A people. The workforce reached N/A people (38.5% women and 61.5% men) with an average monthly salary of N/A. The occupations that concentrate the largest number of workers were N/A. Nuevo León registered 80.6k unemployed (unemployment rate of N/A%).

Economy

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Foreign Trade

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Net Trade Balance

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* Foreign trade data has been anonymized.

In Nuevo León, the municipalities with the highest level of international sales in 2024 were Apodaca (US$21.9B), San Pedro Garza García (US$6.99B), Santa Catarina (US$6.49B), Monterrey (US$5.64B), and San Nicolás de los Garza (US$4.77B).

In Nuevo León, the municipalities with the highest level of international purchases in 2024 were Apodaca (US$16.6B), Monterrey (US$9.73B), San Nicolás de los Garza (US$7.87B), San Pedro Garza García (US$7.42B), and Guadalupe (US$4.95B).

Evolution of Exports

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Nuevo León

The graph shows the quarterly evolution of Nuevo León's exports according to data provided by INEGI. It is also possible to compare the evolution with other states by adding them in the upper selector.

In the second quarter of 2025, Nuevo León registered N/A in exports, showing N/A de N/A% compared to the previous quarter.

The map shows the distribution of remittance income in the municipalities of Nuevo León. The lineplot shows the quarterly evolution of remittance income.

In the third quarter of 2025, the municipalities of Nuevo León with the highest income from remittances were list Monterrey (US$192M), Guadalupe (US$16.7M), and Apodaca (US$11.3M).

Remittances and Foreign Direct Investment

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The visualization compares the evolution of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and the income from remittances.

During 2025, a total amount of remittances of US$867M is accumulated, while the FDI accumulated in the year reaches US$2.1B.

Meses

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Product Prices

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Industries

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Economic Indicators

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According to data from the Economic Census 2019, the economic sectors that concentrated the most economic units in Nuevo León were N/A.

* It is recommended to consider the values as approximations of the real value because some records have been anonymized due to confidentiality principles.

Access to Services

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The chart shows the distribution of economic units by sector that had access to certain services in 2018, according to the option selected in the upper button.

In 2018, the economic sectors with the most economic units that received financing were N/A.

Internet Purchases and Sales

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The chart shows the distribution of economic units by sector according to the amounts of internet purchases and sales made in 2018.

The economic sectors that stood out for higher amounts of internet purchases were N/A.

The economic sectors that stood out for higher amounts of internet sales were N/A.

Environmental Standard

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Average percentage: N/A%, Meets the standard

Average percentage: N/A%, Does not meet the standard

The visualization shows the percentage of large economic units by economic sector according to compliance with the environmental standard in 2018.

In 2018, the economic sectors with the highest percentage of large economic units that met the environmental standard were N/A.

In contrast, the economic sectors with the highest percentage of large economic units that did NOT comply with the environmental standard were N/A.

Actions Regarding Environmental Protection

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The donut chart indicates the percentage of large economic units that carried out separation of their waste, while the bar chart shows the percentage of large economic units according to the type of waste separated.

According to data from the Economic Census 2019, 55.2% of the large economic in Nuevo León separated their waste, highlighting the separation of paper (89.9%), plastic (78.8%), and metal (50.4%).

Problems Faced by Economic Units

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The chart shows the main problems faced by economic units. With the upper selector it is possible to analyze the problems affecting companies according to their size. By default, the problems of economic units with up to 10 people are shown.

According to data from the Economic Census 2019, the main problems faced by the economic units with up to 10 workers in Nuevo León are public insecurity (31.7%), another problems (26%), high expenses in service payments (9.59%), and low demand for goods or services (7.46%).

Industrial Parks

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Industrial Parks

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An industrial park is a geographically delimited area designed for the settlement of the industrial plant in adequate location conditions with infrastructure, equipment, basic services and permanent administration that allows continuous operation.

In 2022, Nuevo León registers 79 industrial parks.

Population and Housing

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Population

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Quality of Life

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Employment and Education

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Employment

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Salaries and Workforce

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Workforce and Salaries by Occupation

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Género

Trimestre InicialTrimestre Final

38.5 %, Employed women 2025-Q1
61.5 %, Employed men 2025-Q1

In first quarter of 2025, Nuevo León had N/A employed.

The occupations with the most workers during the first quarter of 2025 were N/A

Education

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Higher Education Enrollment by Training Field

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Enrollment

Upper Secondary Education Graduates by State

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Nuevo León: 406k, Total number of graduates from upper secondary education 2021 - 2022

*The values presented were provided by the SEP and correspond to values for the period 2021-2022.

The states with the highest number of graduates in the 2020-2021 school period were: Estado de México (8.08%, 32,803 graduates), Ciudad de México (6.75%, 27,386 graduates), Guanajuato (6.43%, 26,094 graduates), Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (5.75%, 23,345 graduates), and Tamaulipas (5.26%, 21,329 graduates).

Graduate Students of Upper Secondary Education by Carrer

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Nuevo León: 189, Total number of careers in Upper Secondary Education

*The values presented were provided by the SEP and correspond to values for the period 2021-2022.

The upper secondary education courses in Mexico with the highest number of graduates were Programación (9.94%, 40,342 graduates), Soporte Y Mantenimiento De Equipo De Cómputo (6.8%, 27,588 graduates), and Contabilidad (6.2%, 25,161 graduates).

Health

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Health Resources

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Distribution of Health Units

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The map shows el número de unidades de salud in the municipalities of Nuevo León.

With the top selectors you can see the distribution of health establishments by type of establishments and institution.

Data provided by Secretaría de Salud and CONAPO.

Health Institutions and Type

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Indicator

Stratum

The matrix is colored according to el número de unidades de salud by type and institution. The data is updated as of March 2022.

With the top selectors you can change the indicator and analyze the data for the rural and urban strata.

Data provided by Secretaría de Salud and CONAPO.

Health Establishments by Institution

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Institution

The graphs show the distribution of health units by rural or urban stratum and by type of establishment through March 2022.

By clicking on a chart it is possible to filter the information displayed by the other chart.

Health Resources

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Resource

The map shows the number of Health Centers in the municipalities of Nuevo León.

You can view this distribution in different years by changing the option selected in the button above.

Data provided by Secretaría de Salud and CONAPO.

Health Resources by Subcategory

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Resource

The treemap shows the distribution of health centers according to specialties in Nuevo León.

You can click on any box in the chart to view the distribution of the selected specialty by units type in the donut chart. Or select a unit type in the donut chart to modify the treemap data.

Health Coverage

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Disability

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Insurers

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Evolution of Supplies Costs in Private Hospitals

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The graph shows the evolution of the average unit cost of the supplies of interest for the treatment of COVID-19 in private hospitals. The data shows total costs per input regardless of the presentation, and dose of the drug.

You can add or remove medical supplies from the graph or analyze the number of supplies used by changing the options in the upper selectors.

COVID-19

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Comorbidities

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The visualization shows the distribution of deaths according to comorbidity in Nuevo León. All the deceased reported to date are considered.

The buttons at the top allow you to see this distribution for the total of confirmed cases and hospitalized cases to date in Nuevo León.

COVID-19 Cases by Sex and Age Range

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The visualization shows the distribution of confirmed cases according to age range and sex in Nuevo León to the date.

The selector at the top allows you to see this distribution for deceased and hospitalized patients. Additionally, when selecting type of patient it is possible to visualize the distribution by age range of hospitalized and outpatient patients.

Equity

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Inequality

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Vallecillo: 0.278, Municipality with less inequality

General Terán: 0.417, Municipality with the highest inequality

The Gini coefficient or Gini index is a statistical measure designed to represent the income distribution of the inhabitants, specifically, the inequality between them. Indices closer to 0, represent more equity among its inhabitants, while values close to 1, express maximum inequity among its population.

In 2020, in Nuevo León, the municipalities with the lowest social inequality, according to the GINI index, were: Vallecillo (0.278), Pesquería (0.281), Abasolo (0.284), Lampazos de Naranjo (0.286), and General Zuazua (0.286). On the other hand, the municipalities with less social equality by this metric were: General Terán (0.417), General Zaragoza (0.412), Doctor Arroyo (0.386), Aramberri (0.383), and Mier y Noriega (0.378).

Poverty and Social Deprivation Indicators

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Percentage of the Total Population in 2020

1.46%, Population in extreme poverty
18.2%, Population in moderate poverty

The visualization compares various indicators of poverty and social deprivation.

In 2020, 18.2% of the population was in a situation of moderate poverty and 1.46% in extreme poverty. The vulnerable population due to social deprivation reached a 33.3%, while the vulnerable population due to income was 6.37%.

The main social deficiencies of Nuevo León in 2020 were deprivation social security, deprivation health services and deprivation food access.

Public Spending

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Basic Concepts

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The Federal Expenditure Budget (PEF, by its name in Spanish) establishes the provisions for the exercise, control and evaluation of federal public spending, as well as the accounting and presentation of the corresponding financial information.

The PEF has two large sections, the Programmable Expenditure, which is intended to provide public goods and services to the population, and the Non-Programmable Expenditure, destined to the fulfillment of acquired obligations and support determined by the Law.

Regarding Programmable Expenditure, there are 3 ways to understand it:

1. Functional Distribution: serves to answer the question, what is it spent for? and corresponds to the presentation of expenditure according to the socio-economic purposes or objectives pursued by the different public entities.

2. Economic Distribution: helps to answer the question, what is it spent on? and presents the expense by its economic nature, whether current or investment.

3. Administrative Distribution: it allows to answer the question, who spends?, presenting the expenditure according to each one of the agencies and public entities to facilitate the management and control of resources.

Expenditure Budget of the Federation

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The icons indicate the annual approved budget and the amount exercised in the year selected in the upper selector.

Functional Distribution of Expenditure

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Main Budget Approved 2023: $135B MX, Social Development

Lowest Budget Approved 2023: $2.3B MX, Government

The functional distribution of expenditure corresponds to the socio-economic purposes or objectives pursued by the different public entities.

For the 2023, the functional distribution of expenditure was social development with $135B MX (corresponding to 61.4% of the total budget), others not classified in previous functions with $60.1B MX (corresponding to 27.3% of the total budget), economic development with $22.6B MX (corresponding to 10.3% of the total budget), and government with $2.3B MX (corresponding to 1.04% of the total budget).

Economic Distribution of Expenditure

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Main Budget Approved 2023: $74.7B MX, Current expenditure

Lowest Budget Approved 2023: $2.56M MX, Current expenditure (subsidies)

The economic distribution presents the expense by its economic nature, whether current or investment.

The main expenses approved for 2023 according to the economic classification were current expenditure with $74.7B MX (corresponding to 33.9% of the total budget), pensions and retirements with $70.7B MX (corresponding to 32.1% of the total budget), and participations with $59.9B MX (corresponding to 27.2% of the total budget).

Administrative Distribution of Expenditure

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The administrative distribution presents the expenditure according to each one of the agencies and public entities to facilitate the management and control of resources.

The main expenditures approved for 2023 according to the administrative classification were N/A.

Derechohabientes

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Infonavit Credits

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The graph shows the number of Infonavit credits delivered monthly in Nuevo León, or the total amount of credits delivered, depending on the option selected in the upper button.

In October 2025, 6,882 credits were delivered, equivalent to an amount of $3.2B MX.

Public security

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Definition of Concepts

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In order to understand Public Safety in Mexico, this section analyzes two main concepts corresponding to theoretical approaches from which the level of Public Safety is understood: a) Perception and b) Complaint.

The perception of security seeks to measure the perception of public security that the population and households have about the place where they reside and its relationship with crime. On the other hand, the perception of trust in authorities or institutional performance seeks to know how the population perceives authorities and the actions they carry out, regardless of whether or not they have been victims of crime.

The term of complaint is used in the act by which a subject, victim or witness of a crime, reports or establishes the facts in front of the pertinent authorities, reporting an irregularity, criminal act or crime in order to be investigated.

Trust in Authorities

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In 2024, N/A% of the population of Nuevo León claimed to have a lot of confidence in the state police, while a N/A% indicated they have a lot of distrust.

In the graph you can analyze the level of trust in other authorities and review the data by gender by changing the option selected in the upper button.

* Percentages exclude the "Don't know / no answer" option.

Complaints by Goods Affected

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October 2025: 6,781, Total complaints

October 2025: Domestic Violence, Main complaint

The complaints with the highest occurrence during October 2025 were Domestic Violence (1.86k), Narcomenudeo (839), and Other Offenses against the Family (576), which covered a 48.3% of total complaints for the month.

When comparing the number of complaints in October 2024 and October 2025, those with the highest growth were Against the Environment (3.2k%), Crimes Committed by Public Servants (75%), and Other Crimes against Life and Bodily Integrity (64.5%).

Tamaño

About Nuevo León

Economy

Foreign Trade

Net International Trade

International Sales

International Purchases

Monthly International Trade

Net Trade Balance

Evolution of Exports

Foreign Direct Investment

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

Origin Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

Remittances

Geographical Distribution of Remittances

Remittances and Foreign Direct Investment

Product Prices

Price Variations

Price Evolution

Industries

Economic Indicators

Access to Services

Internet Purchases and Sales

Environmental Standard

Actions Regarding Environmental Protection

Problems Faced by Economic Units

Industrial Parks

Industrial Parks

Population and Housing

Population

Population

Indigenous Dialect

Internal Immigration

Quality of Life

Rooms and Bedrooms of the House

Services and Connectivity in the Housing

Means of Transportation to Work and to School

Employment and Education

Employment

Economically Active Population

Salaries and Workforce

Workforce and Salaries by Occupation

Education

Levels of Schooling

Illiteracy rate

School Attendance

Higher Education Enrollment by Training Field

Upper Secondary Education Graduates by State

Graduate Students of Upper Secondary Education by Carrer

Health

Health Resources

Distribution of Health Units

Health Institutions and Type

Health Establishments by Institution

Health Resources

Health Resources by Subcategory

Health Coverage

Health Options and Coverage

Disability

Difficulty Performing Daily Activities

Disability and Diversity

Causes or Origins of Disabilities

Insurers

Cost of Treatments by Hospital Level

Supplies Cost in Private Hospitals

Evolution of Supplies Costs in Private Hospitals

COVID-19

Evolution of COVID-19 Cases

Comorbidities

COVID-19 Cases by Sex and Age Range

Equity

Inequality in Income Distribution

Household Income and Expenses

Variations in Household Income and Expenses

Diversity of the Person of Reference or Head of the Household

Inequality

Poverty and Social Deprivation Indicators

Public Spending

Basic Concepts

Expenditure Budget of the Federation

Functional Distribution of Expenditure