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Labor Force Participation Rate for Mexico, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
61.61%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +6.0% since 1990
Labor participation for Mexico was 61.61% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 61.74% in 2023. The lowest was 56.43% in 2020 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.17% per year.
Mexico ranks 93 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 50%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 63.14%, so Mexico sits below it. It peaked in 2023 and has fallen 0% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
61.61%
First (1990)
58.12%
Change
+6.0%
Highest
61.74%
in 2023
Lowest
56.43%
in 2020
Average
60.01%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.17%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 61.61% |
| 2024 | 61.64% |
| 2023 | 61.74% |
| 2022 | 60.95% |
| 2021 | 59.93% |
| 2020 | 56.43% |
| 2019 | 61.12% |
| 2018 | 60.43% |
| 2017 | 60.21% |
| 2016 | 60.43% |
| 2015 | 60.55% |
| 2014 | 60.48% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. 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.