Overview

• Woman aged 12 and over spent 64.8% of their weekly time on unpaid activities and averaged 61.1 total work hours versus 58 for men, according to ENUT 2024.
• Women devoted roughly double the time men did to unpaid domestic, care, community, volunteer and autoconsumption work, reflecting an average unpaid‑work gap of 20.5 hours per week.
• Time allocation diverged by remuneration: men concentrated 66.7% of their work time in paid employment, while women spent only 33.3% of their work time on remunerated activities.
• Regional contrasts were pronounced, with the largest gender gaps in total work time in Oaxaca (8.4 hours), Guerrero (7.1) and Nayarit (7.1), and the longest total workweeks in Hidalgo (65.6 hours), Querétaro (64.2) and Durango (64.1).
• Inequalities were wider for women who speak an Indigenous language, Afro‑descendant populations and persons with disabilities, and the 32,048‑household survey added new items such as exercise, reading, civic participation, cultural activities and videogames.