Overview

• Women averaged 61.1 total work hours per week versus 58 for men, with the national average at 59.6 hours, according to INEGI’s 2024 time‑use survey.
• Women devoted 64.8% of their weekly time to unpaid domestic, care, community and volunteer work, while men concentrated 66.7% of their time on paid employment.
• Unpaid tasks consumed about 40 hours a week for women versus just over 18 for men, yielding an average gender gap of 20.5 hours in unpaid work.
• State results show women work up to eight more hours weekly than men in Oaxaca, Nayarit and Guerrero, with Hidalgo posting the longest total workweeks and Chihuahua the shortest.
• Inequalities widen for women who speak indigenous languages with about 26 additional unpaid hours weekly compared with men, and the 32,000‑household survey added first‑time measures for exercise, reading, civic participation, cultural activities and videogames.