Employment Rate in Mexico decreased to 97.07 percent in August from 97.23 percent in July of 2025. This dataset provides - Mexico Employment Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The employment rate in Mexico stood at approximately 58.71 percent in 2023. Between 2010 and 2023, the rate rose by around 2.21 percentage points, though the increase followed an uneven trajectory rather than a consistent upward trend.

Unemployment Rate in Mexico increased to 2.90 percent in August from 2.80 percent in July of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Mexico Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

The statistic depicts the unemployment rate in Mexico from 1999 to 2024. In 2024, Mexico's unemployment rate was around 2.71 percent. Mexico's population Mexico is the third largest country in North America. Mexico’s economy has developed and improved over the years, partially due to a better relationship with the United States. Mexico’s total population was estimated to amount to around 120 million people in 2014, with the majority, i.e. more than 60 percent, having a Mestizo background. Despite a remarkably high migration flow between Mexico and the United States, with more than 11.5 million Mexican migrants living in the United States, Mexico’s population is still growing at a constant rate. In addition, life expectancy in Mexico is increasing, pointing towards an improvement of living conditions. However, the high total population numbers affect the population density. In 2012, there were more than 62 inhabitants per square kilometer registered, ten more than a decade ago. This trend is most likely to increase but not worriyngly so, since Mexico is still far from being one of the countries with the highest population density . Among the Mexican metropolises, Mexico City has the highest number of residents by far.

Graph and download economic data for Infra-Annual Labor Statistics: Employment Rate Male: From 25 to 54 Years for Mexico (LREM25MAMXQ156S) from Q1 2005 to Q2 2025 about 25 to 54 years, employment-population ratio, Mexico, males, population, employment, and rate.

Mexico MX: Employment Rate Gap data was reported at 0.230 % in 2026. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.068 % for 2025. Mexico MX: Employment Rate Gap data is updated yearly, averaging 0.193 % from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2026, with 32 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.900 % in 2006 and a record low of -6.086 % in 2020. Mexico MX: Employment Rate Gap data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mexico – Table MX.OECD.EO: Employment and Unemployment: Forecast: OECD Member: Annual.

The rate of illegal employment is much higher among boys than girls in Mexico. In 2017, child labor among boys aged 5 to 17 reached **** percent, whereas among girls it amounted to *** percent. The prevalence of illegal employment in the population aged 5 to 17 has improved in both genders when compared to 2015.

This statistic shows a timeline of the employment rate among the population aged 5 to 17 in Mexico in 2015 and 2017. Employment rate among minors in Mexico (age 5-17) was at 11 percent in 2017, down from 12.4 percent in 2015. To find out more about the employment rate among minors by gender in Mexico in 2015 and 2017, please click here.

Mexico Labour Force: Employment Rate: Male data was reported at 96.844 % in Mar 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 96.807 % for Feb 2019. Mexico Labour Force: Employment Rate: Male data is updated monthly, averaging 95.974 % from Jan 2005 (Median) to Mar 2019, with 171 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 97.341 % in May 2006 and a record low of 93.964 % in Sep 2009. Mexico Labour Force: Employment Rate: Male data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Institute of Statistics and Geography. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mexico – Table MX.G011: Employment Rate: ENOE 2015: Age 15 and Above. Since May 2013, Unemployment Rate is not comparable to prior months due to the new population projection data from CONAPO are incorporated.

Mexico Unemployment Rate: YoY data was reported at -4.634 % in Mar 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of -10.340 % for Feb 2024. Mexico Unemployment Rate: YoY data is updated monthly, averaging -16.763 % from Jul 2021 (Median) to Mar 2024, with 33 observations. The data reached an all-time high of -4.634 % in Mar 2024 and a record low of -27.243 % in Feb 2023. Mexico Unemployment Rate: YoY data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mexico – Table MX.IMF.IFS: Labour Force, Employment and Unemployment.

In April 2020, the Mexican labor market took the hardest hit from the COVID-19 pandemic. That month, nearly **** milliom jobs were lost in the North American country. Informal employment was affected in a larger extent than formal employment, falling to **** points taking March 2020 as reference, that is, as 100 points. By August 2023 both formal and informal employment exceeded the levels registered before the pandemic.

Out of the total 1.49 million unemployed people in Mexico in the first quarter of 2025, over 600 thousand were 20 to 29 years old, the largest age group among those out of work. Another 340,250 unemployed individuals were between 30 and 39 years old. Furthermore, approximately 88 percent of Mexican unemployed people had graduated from high school or from a higher educational level.

In June 2025, 2.6 percent of the economically active population in Mexico was considered unemployed, down from 4.61 percent registered in the same month of 2021. In June 2020, just a few months after the COVID-19 outbreak, the unemployment rate reached its highest monthly value since the beginning of 2019, at 5.32 percent.

Graph and download economic data for Infra-Annual Labor Statistics: Employment Rate Female: From 15 to 64 Years for Mexico (LREM64FEMXQ156N) from Q1 2005 to Q2 2025 about employment-population ratio, 15 to 64 years, Mexico, females, population, employment, and rate.

Mexico MX: Trend Employment Rate: Age 15-74 data was reported at 62.784 % in 2026. This records an increase from the previous number of 62.770 % for 2025. Mexico MX: Trend Employment Rate: Age 15-74 data is updated yearly, averaging 57.615 % from Dec 1991 (Median) to 2026, with 36 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 62.784 % in 2026 and a record low of 53.345 % in 1991. Mexico MX: Trend Employment Rate: Age 15-74 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mexico – Table MX.OECD.EO: Employment and Unemployment: Forecast: OECD Member: Annual.

Graph and download economic data for Employment to Population Rate: All Ages: Males for Mexico (LREPTTMAMXA156S) from 2005 to 2019 about employment-population ratio, Mexico, males, population, employment, and rate.

The statistic shows the distribution of the workforce across economic sectors in Mexico from 2013 to 2023. In 2023, 11.96 percent of the workforce in Mexico were employed in agriculture, 25.03 percent in industry and 63 percent in services.

Mexico Employment: Agriculture as % of Total Labour Force data was reported at 11.544 % in Mar 2019. This records a decrease from the previous number of 13.032 % for Feb 2019. Mexico Employment: Agriculture as % of Total Labour Force data is updated monthly, averaging 13.792 % from Jan 2005 (Median) to Mar 2019, with 171 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 16.217 % in Aug 2005 and a record low of 11.544 % in Mar 2019. Mexico Employment: Agriculture as % of Total Labour Force data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Institute of Statistics and Geography. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mexico – Table MX.G011: Employment Rate: ENOE 2015: Age 15 and Above. Since May 2013, Unemployment Rate is not comparable to prior months due to the new population projection data from CONAPO are incorporated.

This table presents the key figures for the labor market in Mexico as of December 2018. As of this point in time, Mexico had an employment rate of 96.65 percent. The minimum wage in the country was estimated at 102.68 Mexican pesos a day. Peru's employment rate amounted to 94 percent.

Most job losses in the first quarter of 2025 in Mexico were due to the worker's contract or job coming to an end. Furthermore, about 108 thousand jobs were lost because the source of employment carried out a downsizing.