Mexico — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Mexico, 1960–2025.
Inflation for Mexico was 3.81% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 131.83% in 1987. The lowest was 0.59% in 1963 (about 6.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.40% per year.
Mexico ranks 71 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 38%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 2.53%, so Mexico sits above it. It peaked in 1987 and has fallen 97% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 40%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 13 of 33 economies; St. Kitts and Nevis (3.56%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 402% in 1995. That is 18% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1973; grown tenfold by 1982.
World ranking. Slipped: 15th of 63 in 1960 → 38th of 92 in 1970 → 16th of 106 in 1980 → 21st of 131 in 1990 → 32nd of 163 in 2000 → 73rd of 186 in 2010 → 53rd of 178 in 2020 → 62nd of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.81% | -0.9 pp |
| 2024 | 4.72% | -0.8 pp |
| 2023 | 5.53% | -2.4 pp |
| 2022 | 7.9% | +2.2 pp |
| 2021 | 5.69% | +2.3 pp |
| 2020 | 3.4% | -0.2 pp |
| 2019 | 3.64% | -1.3 pp |
| 2018 | 4.9% | -1.1 pp |
| 2017 | 6.04% | +3.2 pp |
| 2016 | 2.82% | +0.1 pp |
| 2015 | 2.72% | -1.3 pp |
| 2014 | 4.02% | +0.2 pp |
| 2013 | 3.81% | -0.3 pp |
| 2012 | 4.11% | +0.7 pp |
| 2011 | 3.41% | -0.7 pp |
| 2010 | 4.16% | -1.1 pp |
| 2009 | 5.3% | +0.2 pp |
| 2008 | 5.12% | +1.2 pp |
| 2007 | 3.97% | +0.3 pp |
| 2006 | 3.63% | -0.4 pp |
| 2005 | 3.99% | -0.7 pp |
| 2004 | 4.69% | +0.1 pp |
| 2003 | 4.55% | -0.5 pp |
| 2002 | 5.03% | -1.3 pp |
| 2001 | 6.37% | -3.1 pp |
| 2000 | 9.49% | -7.1 pp |
| 1999 | 16.59% | +0.7 pp |
| 1998 | 15.93% | -4.7 pp |
| 1997 | 20.63% | -13.8 pp |
| 1996 | 34.38% | -0.6 pp |
| 1995 | 35% | +28.0 pp |
| 1994 | 6.97% | -2.8 pp |
| 1993 | 9.75% | -5.8 pp |
| 1992 | 15.51% | -7.2 pp |
| 1991 | 22.66% | -4.0 pp |
| 1990 | 26.65% | +6.6 pp |
| 1989 | 20.01% | -94.2 pp |
| 1988 | 114.16% | -17.7 pp |
| 1987 | 131.83% | +45.6 pp |
| 1986 | 86.23% | +28.5 pp |
| 1985 | 57.75% | -7.7 pp |
| 1984 | 65.45% | -36.4 pp |
| 1983 | 101.87% | +43.0 pp |
| 1982 | 58.91% | +31.0 pp |
| 1981 | 27.93% | +1.6 pp |
| 1980 | 26.35% | +8.2 pp |
| 1979 | 18.19% | +0.7 pp |
| 1978 | 17.46% | -11.6 pp |
| 1977 | 29.06% | +13.2 pp |
| 1976 | 15.82% | +0.9 pp |
| 1975 | 14.94% | -8.8 pp |
| 1974 | 23.78% | +11.7 pp |
| 1973 | 12.08% | +7.1 pp |
| 1972 | 4.94% | -0.5 pp |
| 1971 | 5.47% | +0.5 pp |
| 1970 | 5% | +1.6 pp |
| 1969 | 3.37% | +1.0 pp |
| 1968 | 2.33% | -0.7 pp |
| 1967 | 3.02% | -1.2 pp |
| 1966 | 4.22% | +0.6 pp |
| 1965 | 3.57% | +1.2 pp |
| 1964 | 2.34% | +1.7 pp |
| 1963 | 0.59% | -0.6 pp |
| 1962 | 1.2% | -0.4 pp |
| 1961 | 1.61% | -3.3 pp |
| 1960 | 4.93% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Mexico’s Inflation in 1961?
1.61% (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Mexico’s Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -22.7% in total — about 0.4% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 3.81%; 2024: 4.72%; 2023: 5.53%; 2022: 7.9%; 2021: 5.69%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.