Unemployment rate: Mexico
2.673% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.673 |
| 2024 | 2.678 |
| 2023 | 2.765 |
| 2022 | 3.256 |
| 2021 | 4.019 |
| 2020 | 4.44 |
| 2019 | 3.477 |
| 2018 | 3.275 |
| 2017 | 3.419 |
| 2016 | 3.853 |
| 2015 | 4.311 |
| 2014 | 4.819 |
| 2013 | 4.921 |
| 2012 | 4.892 |
| 2011 | 5.175 |
| 2010 | 5.303 |
| 2009 | 5.356 |
| 2008 | 3.874 |
| 2007 | 3.628 |
| 2006 | 3.566 |
| 2005 | 3.558 |
| 2004 | 3.937 |
| 2003 | 3.455 |
| 2002 | 3.003 |
| 2001 | 2.627 |
| 2000 | 2.646 |
| 1999 | 2.598 |
| 1998 | 3.733 |
| 1997 | 4.235 |
| 1996 | 5.465 |
| 1995 | 7.095 |
| 1994 | 4.436 |
| 1993 | 3.365 |
| 1992 | 3.235 |
| 1991 | 3.145 |