The COVID-19 pandemic undoubtedly disrupted peoples’ way of life, both in terms of health and the economy. For Mexico, more than 2 million cases have been confirmed as of this writing, with economic output declining by 8.5 percent in 2020 – the country’s biggest annual contraction since the 1930s.
As people have engaged in social distancing and work from home to mitigate the virus, wireless connectivity has never been more critical. Smartphones and apps are increasingly becoming a part of daily life, allowing consumers and businesses to interact and be productive from a distance.
In this paper, we focus on Mexico’s App Economy: those app developers and other workers who create, maintain, and support an ever-expanding range of apps for health, communications, ecommerce, education, transportation, banking, and smart homes. The size of an App Economy workforce in a country is indicative of the rate at which that country is embracing the digital transformation and how well it will be positioned as the global economy recovers from the pandemic.
Read the full report in English here.
Read the full report in Spanish here.
