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Mexico- Products I and II
Table 1. AAGR of Gross Domestic Product in Mexico.
1990-2000 2000-2009 1990-2009
Mexico 3.7% 1.2% 2.5%
Source: Own elaboration with data from INEGI (2010c) and SENER (several years).
2.3.2. Energy intensity
Figure 1. Gross Domestic Product in Mexico, 1990-2009.
Source: Own elaboration with data from INEGI (2010c).
Domestic energy intensity, calculated as the ratio of the primary energy consumption to the
GDP value, has historically shown a slow reduction from 10,039 kJ/USD2007 in the year
1990 to 9,823 kJ/USD2007 by 2008, with a decreasing AAGR of 0.1% (see Figure 2 and
Table 2). This decreasing rate was emphasized during the 1990-2000 period —in spite of
the deterioration of this indicator during the 1995 economic crisis in Mexico—. In contrast,
there was a positive AAGR of 1.6% in the 2000-2008 period that can be explained by the
stagnation of the GDP as well as by a higher growth in energy demand, mainly in the
transport sector during the last decade (SENER, several years).
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