Mexico might be one of the biggest economies worldwide with a GDP of $1.22 trillion (£0.99trn) but growth has been sluggish lately, with Reuters analysts predicting a 0.8% rate of growth for 2019 and 1.4% for 2020. That’s due in part to slowed industrial production, declining investment and a weakening services sector. Mexico narrowly avoided recession in the first half of this year, with GDP growth at just 0.1% in the second quarter. Wealth is also poorly distributed: half the population live in poverty while the net worth of Mexico's richest person Carlos Slim Helú represents almost 5% of the nation's GDP.