Informal Employment in Mexico, 2024–2025

Mexico informality rate; percent of employed, 2024 vs 2025.

What the Data Shows

Mexico’s informality rate is compared between 2024-01 and 2025-H1. Both observations use percent of employed people from INEGI. The measure moved from 54.1% to 54.9%, an increase of 0.8 percentage points. The later reading was 1.5% above the earlier reading.

Data table

Unit: percent of employed people · Period: 2024 vs 2025

RankEntryValuePeriod
1Informality rate54.1%2024-01
2Informality rate54.9%2025-H1

Sources

Source 1: Unemployment, informality and the formal/informal job split

Publisher: INEGI

Dataset/table: Encuesta Nacional de Ocupación y Empleo (ENOE)

Units: % / million persons

Date checked: 2026-07-18

Evidence: Supports the source-backed values used for Informal Employment in Mexico, 2024–2025.

Data notes & caveats

Values follow the official scope and definitions.

Methodology

Values follow the official INEGI definitions, periods and units. Where the release provides selected observations, the page reports them without interpolation.

Source consistency notes

All consequential values come from INEGI. Each value retains its official period, unit and measurement basis.

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