Productivity analysis in the Mexican food industry

Abstract

Food industry represents an important part in the Mexican economy, including more than 400,000 companies and a Gross Domestic Product of around 16 billion of Mexican pesos in 2019. For that reason, this paper has the objective to analyze its productivity using data from the 2014 and 2019 Economic Censuses related to 2013 and 2018 economic indicators. The paper presents results of a productivity analysis of 1,672 municipalities from 32 Mexicans states grouped in eight regions using Data Envelopment Analysis. The results indicate significant differences between regions and, also, an important growth of the productivity in 2018.