{ "schema": "rutanamex.state.v1", "company": "CONSULTING (Rutanamex)", "built_by": "261103 COS120B", "checked": "2026-11-03", "code": "07", "iso": "MX-CHP", "slug": "chiapas", "name": { "en": "Chiapas", "es": "Chiapas" }, "capital": "Tuxtla Gutiérrez", "accent": "#F28FB1", "corridor": { "chapter": 20, "en": "The Deep South: Guerrero, Oaxaca and Chiapas", "es": "El sur profundo: Guerrero, Oaxaca y Chiapas", "with": [ "MX-GRO", "MX-OAX" ], "colour": "#F28FB1", "book": { "en": "Book 6, Where to Go in Mexico, chapter 20", "es": "Libro 6, Dónde ubicarse en México (capítulo 20)" } }, "tagline": { "en": "Chiapas is Mexico's second-most peaceful state.", "es": "Chiapas es el segundo estado más pacífico de México." }, "read": { "en": "Chapter 20 finds Chiapas suited now only to crop processors, building-material makers and light assemblers willing to be early in a pole near Palenque.", "es": "El capítulo 20 encuentra que Chiapas hoy solo les conviene a procesadores de cultivos, fabricantes de materiales de construcción y ensambladores ligeros dispuestos a llegar primero a un polo cerca de Palenque." }, "figures": [ { "key": "population", "value": 5840294, "unit": "people in private dwellings", "period": "2025", "src": "eic2025" }, { "key": "median_age", "value": 26.4, "unit": "years", "period": "2025", "src": "eic2025" }, { "key": "gdp_share", "value": 1.59, "unit": "% of national output", "period": "2024", "src": "pibe", "derived": true }, { "key": "exports_2025", "value": 1303.5, "unit": "million US$", "period": "2025", "src": "etef2025", "derived": true }, { "key": "formal_jobs", "value": 262287, "unit": "private formal jobs", "period": "2026-07", "src": "lokus", "change_pct": 1.5 }, { "key": "informality", "value": 76.9, "unit": "% of the employed", "period": "Q2 2026", "src": "enoe", "national": 55.1 }, { "key": "area_km2", "value": 73311.0, "unit": "km2", "period": "2016", "src": "wiki_area" }, { "key": "unemployment", "value": 2.2, "period": "Q2 2026", "src": "enoe", "national": 2.7 }, { "key": "daily_wage", "value": 579.57, "period": "2026-07", "src": "lokus", "national": 673.9, "unit": "pesos a day" }, { "key": "exports_q2_2026", "value": 391.1, "period": "Q2 2026", "src": "etef609", "national": 195260.7, "unit": "million US$" }, { "key": "fdi_2025", "value": 32.0, "period": "2025", "src": "se_rnie", "national": 40870.8, "unit": "million US$" }, { "key": "imco_rank", "value": 27, "period": "2026", "src": "imco", "rank": 27, "change": 5 }, { "key": "payroll_tax", "value": 3.0, "period": "2026", "src": "payroll", "unit": "% of payroll" }, { "key": "mpi_rank", "value": 2, "period": "2026", "src": "peace", "rank": 2 }, { "key": "advisory_level", "value": 3, "period": "2026-05", "src": "peace" }, { "key": "business_crime", "value": 2541, "period": "2023", "src": "enve", "national": 2722 }, { "key": "activity_q1_2026", "value": 2.0, "unit": "% change on a year", "period": "Q1 2026", "src": "itaee" } ], "sectors": { "period": "2024", "src": "pibe_state", "parts": [ { "en": "Services", "es": "Servicios", "pct": 68.6, "growth": 2.9 }, { "en": "Industry: manufacturing, construction, energy, mining", "es": "Industria: manufactura, construcción, energía, minería", "pct": 19.6, "growth": 2.5 }, { "en": "Agriculture, livestock, fishing", "es": "Agricultura, ganadería, pesca", "pct": 7.0, "growth": 2.4 }, { "en": "Taxes on products, net", "es": "Impuestos netos a los productos", "pct": 4.8, "derived": true } ] }, "places": [ { "kind": "city", "name": "Tuxtla Gutiérrez", "lat": 16.75306, "lon": -93.11556, "es_name": "Tuxtla Gutiérrez", "en": "The capital: 578,830 people (2020)", "es": "La capital: 578,830 habitantes (2020)", "src": "wiki_places", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Mexico" }, { "kind": "city", "name": "Tapachula", "lat": 14.90806, "lon": -92.26056, "es_name": "Tapachula", "en": "City: 217,550 people (2020)", "es": "Ciudad: 217,550 habitantes (2020)", "src": "wiki_places", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Mexico" }, { "kind": "city", "name": "San Cristóbal de las Casas", "lat": 16.73667, "lon": -92.63833, "es_name": "San Cristóbal de las Casas", "en": "City: 183,509 people (2020)", "es": "Ciudad: 183,509 habitantes (2020)", "src": "wiki_places", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Mexico" }, { "kind": "airport", "name": "Ángel Albino Corzo International Airport", "es_name": "Aeropuerto Internacional Ángel Albino Corzo", "code": "TGZ", "lat": 16.56361, "lon": -93.0225, "en": "International airport (TGZ) · 1,708,535 passengers in 2025", "es": "Aeropuerto internacional (TGZ) · 1,708,535 pasajeros en 2025", "src": "wiki_places", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuxtla_Gutiérrez_International_Airport" }, { "kind": "airport", "name": "Tapachula International Airport", "es_name": "Aeropuerto Internacional Tapachula", "code": "TAP", "lat": 14.79444, "lon": -92.37, "en": "International airport (TAP) · 526,287 passengers in 2025", "es": "Aeropuerto internacional (TAP) · 526,287 pasajeros en 2025", "src": "wiki_places", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapachula_International_Airport" }, { "kind": "port", "name": "Puerto Chiapas", "es_name": "Puerto Chiapas", "lat": null, "lon": null, "en": "Commercial seaport", "es": "Puerto marítimo comercial", "src": "wiki_places", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Chiapas" }, { "kind": "border", "name": "Ciudad Hidalgo-Tecún Umán, Guatemala", "lat": 14.67917, "lon": -92.14972, "en": "Border crossing: Ciudad Hidalgo, facing Tecún Umán, Guatemala", "es": "Cruce fronterizo: Ciudad Hidalgo, frente a Tecún Umán, Guatemala", "src": "wiki_places", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_Hidalgo,_Chiapas" }, { "kind": "rail", "name": "Tren Maya", "en": "Rail line serving the state", "es": "Línea de ferrocarril que sirve al estado", "src": "wiki_places", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tren_Maya" }, { "kind": "rail", "name": "Interoceanic Corridor (Isthmus of Tehuantepec)", "en": "Rail line serving the state", "es": "Línea de ferrocarril que sirve al estado", "src": "wiki_places", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interoceanic_Corridor_of_the_Isthmus_of_Tehuantepec" }, { "kind": "power", "name": "Power and water", "es_name": "Electricidad y agua", "en": "Chiapas holds much of Mexico’s hydroelectric capacity on the Grijalva, and has alternative supply lines. Eight municipalities were in drought on January 15, 2026.", "es": "Chiapas tiene una buena parte de la capacidad hidroeléctrica de México en el Grijalva y cuenta con líneas de suministro alternas. Ocho municipios estaban en sequía el 15 de enero de 2026.", "src": "b6p5" }, { "kind": "logistics", "name": "Logistics and crossings", "es_name": "Logística y cruces", "en": "Line FA runs 310.8 kilometers from Coatzacoalcos into Chiapas, with test freight in the first quarter of 2026.", "es": "La Línea FA corre 310.8 kilómetros de Coatzacoalcos a Chiapas, con carga de prueba en el primer trimestre de 2026.", "src": "b6p5" }, { "kind": "park", "name": "Development pole", "es_name": "Polo de desarrollo", "en": "No pole has been declared in the Diario Oficial; the Isthmus program counts two in Chiapas, and two in Tapachula were announced in September 2025.", "es": "No se ha declarado ninguno en el Diario Oficial; el programa del Istmo cuenta dos en Chiapas, y en septiembre de 2025 se anunciaron dos en Tapachula.", "src": "b6p5" } ], "investors": [], "text": { "identity": { "en": "Chiapas is home to twelve federally recognised Indigenous peoples; in 2010, 1,141,499 people, 27% of the population, spoke an Indigenous language, led by Tzeltal with 461,236 speakers and Tzotzil with 417,462. Before the Spanish arrived, Soconusco was the Aztec Empire's main source of cacao, which served as currency, and it later became the first part of Chiapas to grow coffee. Four dams on the Grijalva River make the state a major source of Mexico's hydroelectric power. Maya artisans produce traditional clothing, textiles and wood items, and the state is known for jade and amber work. The capital moved from San Cristóbal de las Casas to Tuxtla Gutiérrez in 1892, and the 2020 census counted 5,543,828 residents. The Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas, created by decree in 1974, has nine campuses.", "es": "En el ciclo 1998-1999, Chiapas produjo 1,551,180 sacos de café de 60 kilos, casi un tercio de la cosecha nacional. En 2009 fue la primera entidad productora de plátano y de café, y la segunda en captura de atún y en extracción de azufre. En la región de Los Bosques, El Bosque y Simojovel de Allende extraen ámbar, regulado por una norma oficial mexicana publicada en 2003. En el estado sobreviven doce de los pueblos indígenas reconocidos en México, entre ellos tseltales, tsotsiles, choles, tojolabales y zoques, y en 2010 el 27% de la población hablaba una lengua indígena. El censo de 2020 contó 5,543,828 habitantes. La Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas, creada por decreto en 1974, inició sus actividades formales el 17 de abril de 1975." }, "industry": { "en": "Output per hour worked was 92 pesos in the first quarter of 2026 (México ¿cómo vamos?), the lowest of the 32, compared with 222 nationally.", "es": "La producción por hora trabajada fue de 92 pesos en el primer trimestre de 2026 (México ¿cómo vamos?), la más baja de las 32, frente a 222 nacional." }, "people": { "en": "Unemployment was 2.2% in the second quarter of 2026 (INEGI), below the national 2.7%, but informality was 76.9%, the third-highest in Mexico. Multidimensional poverty reached 66.0% in 2024 (INEGI), against 29.6 nationally, the highest of any state. Lokus Data’s IMSS processing counted 262,287 formal private jobs in July 2026, up 1.5% in a year.", "es": "El desempleo fue de 2.2% en el segundo trimestre de 2026 (INEGI), frente a 2.7 nacional, pero la informalidad fue de 76.9%, la tercera más alta de México. La pobreza multidimensional llegó a 66.0% en 2024 (INEGI), frente a 29.6 nacional, la más alta de cualquier estado. El procesamiento del IMSS de Lokus Data contó 262,287 empleos formales privados en julio de 2026, 1.5% más en un año." }, "wages": { "en": "The average registered daily wage was 579.57 pesos in July 2026 (Lokus Data), compared with the national average of 673.9 pesos for all IMSS-insured workers.", "es": "El salario diario registrado promedio fue de 579.57 pesos en julio de 2026 (Lokus Data), frente a un 673.9 nacional que cubre a todos los trabajadores asegurados en el IMSS." }, "security": { "en": "The May 29, 2026, USA advisory sets Chiapas at Level 3. The Mexico Peace Index 2026 ranks it the second most peaceful, and INEGI counted 2,541 businesses victimized per 10,000 in 2023, compared with 2,722.", "es": "La alerta de viaje de Estados Unidos del 29 de mayo de 2026 coloca a Chiapas en el nivel 3. El Índice de Paz México 2026 lo coloca como el segundo más pacífico, y el INEGI contó 2,541 unidades económicas víctimas de delito por cada 10,000 en 2023, frente a 2,722." }, "government": { "en": "Payroll tax is 3.0% for 2026 (BHR). IMCO’s 2026 index ranks Chiapas 27th, up 5.", "es": "El impuesto sobre nóminas es de 3.0% para 2026 (BHR). El índice 2026 del IMCO coloca a Chiapas en el lugar 27, cinco arriba." }, "suits": { "en": "Today the deep south suits a narrow set of companies: processors of the region’s own agriculture, coffee, cacao, fruit, poultry and palm oil; makers of building materials for the southern market; and light, labor-intensive assemblers willing to be early, preferably inside a development pole with power and a railway, near the Isthmus or Palenque, where the federal government has committed its money. It doesn’t yet suit a just-in-time supplier, a heavy-power user, or a company that can’t afford a hurricane season.", "es": "Hoy el sur profundo le conviene a un grupo reducido de empresas: procesadoras de la agricultura de la propia región, café, cacao, fruta, aves y aceite de palma; fabricantes de materiales de construcción para el mercado del sur, y ensambladores ligeros e intensivos en mano de obra dispuestos a llegar temprano, de preferencia dentro de un polo de desarrollo con electricidad y ferrocarril, cerca del Istmo o de Palenque, donde el gobierno federal ha comprometido su dinero. Todavía no le conviene a un proveedor de justo a tiempo, a un gran consumidor de electricidad ni a una empresa que no puede pagar una temporada de huracanes." }, "check": { "en": [ "Ask CFE what load the nearest substation can take and when.", "Price the route to the nearest working port or rail terminal with a quoted rate.", "Read the state’s crime figures by municipality and road, not by state.", "Pull the flood and hurricane record for the parcel.", "Before you buy anything, find out which local authorities and leaders you will deal with in the town, what existing employers pay, and whether a state or federal program will back you if someone objects to your arrival." ], "es": [ "Pregúntele a la CFE qué carga puede tomar la subestación más cercana y cuándo.", "Ponga precio a la ruta al puerto o a la terminal ferroviaria en operación más cercanos con una tarifa cotizada.", "Lea las cifras de delitos por municipio y por carretera, no por estado.", "Consiga el registro de inundaciones y huracanes del predio.", "Y antes de comprar nada, averigüe quiénes son las autoridades y los líderes locales con los que tratará en el pueblo, cuánto pagan los patrones que ya existen y si un programa estatal o federal lo va a respaldar si alguien se opone a su llegada." ] } }, "landed": [], "images": [ { "file": "chiapas-1.webp", "kind": "photo", "w": 1000, "h": 400, "title": "Canyon sumidero entrada", "author": "Jan Harenburg", "license": "CC BY 4.0", "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0", "source": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canyon_sumidero_entrada.jpg", "date": "2008", "alt": { "en": "The Grijalva River at the mouth of Sumidero Canyon", "es": "El río Grijalva a la entrada del Cañón del Sumidero" }, "caption": { "en": "The Grijalva River at the mouth of Sumidero Canyon", "es": "El río Grijalva a la entrada del Cañón del Sumidero" } }, { "file": "chiapas-2.webp", "kind": "photo", "w": 820, "h": 683, "title": "Montaje de San Cristóbal de Las Casas", "author": "self.", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0", "source": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montaje_de_San_Crist%C3%B3bal_de_Las_Casas.jpg", "date": "2022-02-21", "alt": { "en": "San Cristóbal de las Casas", "es": "San Cristóbal de las Casas" }, "caption": { "en": "San Cristóbal de las Casas", "es": "San Cristóbal de las Casas" } } ], "sources": { "eic2025": { "en": "INEGI, Encuesta Intercensal 2025 (people in private dwellings; median age from the tabulates)", "es": "INEGI, Encuesta Intercensal 2025 (población en viviendas particulares; edad mediana de los tabulados)", "published": "2026-09-22", "url": "https://www.inegi.org.mx/programas/intercensal/2025/" }, "pibe": { "en": "INEGI, PIB por Entidad Federativa 2024, current prices; share our arithmetic over the national 33,506,847 million pesos", "es": "INEGI, PIB por Entidad Federativa 2024, precios corrientes; participación: cálculo propio sobre el total nacional de 33,506,847 millones de pesos", "published": "2025-12-05", "url": "https://www.inegi.org.mx/temas/pibent/" }, "etef2025": { "en": "INEGI, Exportaciones Trimestrales por Entidad Federativa, the four quarters of 2025 summed (our arithmetic), preliminary", "es": "INEGI, Exportaciones Trimestrales por Entidad Federativa, suma de los cuatro trimestres de 2025 (cálculo propio), cifras preliminares", "published": "2026-03-31", "url": "https://www.inegi.org.mx/temas/exportacionesef/" }, "wiki_area": { "en": "Wikipedia, List of states of Mexico, citing INEGI (continental area, 2016)", "es": "Wikipedia, List of states of Mexico, citando al INEGI (superficie continental, 2016)", "published": "2026-10-22", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_of_Mexico" }, "b6p5": { "en": "Book 6, Where to Go in Mexico, Part V, with the sources listed there", "es": "Libro 6, Dónde ubicarse en México, quinta parte, con las fuentes que ahí se citan", "published": "2026-11", "url": "https://connectedcontinentspress.com/book6/", "url_es": "https://connectedcontinentspress.com/libro6/" }, "enoe": { "en": "INEGI, ENOE second quarter 2026, bulletin 503/26, as compiled in Book 6, Part V", "es": "INEGI, ENOE segundo trimestre de 2026, boletín 503/26, según la compilación del Libro 6, quinta parte", "published": "2026-08-25", "url": "https://www.inegi.org.mx/contenidos/saladeprensa/boletines/2026/enoe/enoe2026_08.pdf" }, "lokus": { "en": "IMSS open data as processed by Lokus Data (private formal jobs and average daily contribution wage; the national wage of 673.9 pesos covers all IMSS-insured workers), as compiled in Book 6", "es": "Datos abiertos del IMSS procesados por Lokus Data (empleo formal privado y salario diario promedio de cotización; el salario nacional de 673.9 pesos cubre a todos los asegurados del IMSS), según el Libro 6", "published": "2026-07", "url": "https://plataforma.lokusdata.com/salarios/" }, "b6c20": { "en": "Book 6, Where to Go in Mexico, chapter 20, The Deep South: Guerrero, Oaxaca and Chiapas, with the sources listed there", "es": "Libro 6, Dónde ubicarse en México, capítulo 20, El sur profundo: Guerrero, Oaxaca y Chiapas, con las fuentes que ahí se citan", "published": "2026-11", "url": "https://connectedcontinentspress.com/book6/", "url_es": "https://connectedcontinentspress.com/libro6/" }, "etef609": { "en": "INEGI, quarterly state exports, bulletin 609/26, as compiled in Book 6", "es": "INEGI, exportaciones trimestrales por entidad federativa, boletín 609/26, según el Libro 6", "published": "2026-09-30", "url": "https://www.inegi.org.mx/temas/exportacionesef/" }, "se_rnie": { "en": "Secretaría de Economía, foreign direct investment by state of destination, as reproduced by the Chamber of Deputies, Gaceta Parlamentaria", "es": "Secretaría de Economía, inversión extranjera directa por entidad de destino, reproducida por la Cámara de Diputados, Gaceta Parlamentaria", "published": "2026-04-14", "url": "https://gaceta.diputados.gob.mx/PDF/66/2026/abr/Inv.Ext.Entidad_destino-20260414.pdf" }, "imco": { "en": "IMCO, Índice de Competitividad Estatal 2026", "es": "IMCO, Índice de Competitividad Estatal 2026", "published": "2026-09-21", "url": "https://imco.org.mx/" }, "payroll": { "en": "BHR, bulletin on state payroll-tax rates for 2026, as compiled in Book 6", "es": "BHR, boletín sobre las tasas del impuesto sobre nóminas de 2026, según el Libro 6", "published": "2026-01", "url": "https://www.bhrmx.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/PRIMEROS-ESCENARIOS-ESTATALES-CON-AUMENTOS-EN-LA-TASA-DEL-ISN-PARA-2026.pdf" }, "peace": { "en": "Institute for Economics and Peace, Mexico Peace Index 2026; USA Department of State travel advisory of 29 May 2026", "es": "Institute for Economics and Peace, Índice de Paz México 2026; alerta de viaje del Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos del 29 de mayo de 2026", "published": "2026-05-29", "url": "https://www.visionofhumanity.org/" }, "enve": { "en": "INEGI, ENVE 2024 (businesses victimized in 2023, per 10,000)", "es": "INEGI, ENVE 2024 (unidades económicas víctimas de delito en 2023, por cada 10,000)", "published": "2024-12-10", "url": "https://www.inegi.org.mx/programas/enve/2024/" }, "itaee": { "en": "INEGI, ITAEE first quarter 2026 (change on a year), from Book 6, Figure VII.18", "es": "INEGI, ITAEE primer trimestre de 2026 (cambio anual), del Libro 6, figura VII.18", "published": "2026-11", "url": "https://www.inegi.org.mx/temas/itaee/" }, "pibe_state": { "en": "INEGI, PIB por Entidad Federativa 2024, the state's press release (shares at current prices, growth at constant prices; taxes on products are 100 less the three activities, our arithmetic)", "es": "INEGI, PIB por Entidad Federativa 2024, comunicado de la entidad (participación a precios corrientes, crecimiento a precios constantes; los impuestos a los productos son 100 menos las tres actividades: cálculo propio)", "published": "2025-12-05", "url": "https://www.inegi.org.mx/contenidos/saladeprensa/boletines/2025/pibent/PIBE2024_12_CP_Chis.pdf" }, "wiki_places": { "en": "Wikipedia, the city, airport, port and crossing pages (EN and ES), read 3 November 2026", "es": "Wikipedia, páginas de ciudades, aeropuertos, puertos y cruces (en inglés y en español), consultadas el 3 de noviembre de 2026", "published": "2026-11-03", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Mexico" }, "wiki_identity": { "en": "Wikipedia and the pages listed: Chiapas (en); Chiapas (es); Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas (es)", "es": "Wikipedia y las páginas citadas: Chiapas (en); Chiapas (es); Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas (es)", "published": "2026-11-03", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiapas" } } }