Mexico’s unemployment rate stood at 2.4% in December 2025, unchanged from the same period a year earlier and below market expectations of 2.6%. The number of unemployed people totaled 1.5 million. Unemployment among women was higher at 2.6%, compared with 2.2% for men. Individuals without completed lower-secondary education accounted for 11.0% of the unemployed, while those with higher educational attainment represented 88.8%. By age group, unemployment was concentrated among those aged 25–44 years (46.1%), followed by young people aged 15–24 years (33.5%). In terms of duration, 42.9% had been unemployed for one month or less, while 32.6% had been without work for more than one month and up to three months. The underemployment rate stood at 6.2%. source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI)
Unemployment Rate in Mexico decreased to 2.40 percent in December from 2.70 percent in November of 2025. Unemployment Rate in Mexico averaged 3.67 percent from 1994 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 6.42 percent in September of 2009 and a record low of 2.20 percent in March of 2025. This page 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. Mexico Unemployment Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2026.
Unemployment Rate in Mexico decreased to 2.40 percent in December from 2.70 percent in November of 2025. Unemployment Rate in Mexico is expected to be 3.10 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Mexico Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 3.00 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.