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INEGI: Unpaid Care and Domestic Work Equal 23.9% of Mexico’s GDP in 2024

By counting emotional care, INEGI lifts the estimate to 26.3% of GDP.

El trabajo doméstico y de cuidados no remunerado equivale a casi una cuarta parte del PIB en México durante 2024 con 8 billones de pesos y las mujeres aportan más del doble que los hombres. / Imagen ilustraitva hecha con IA (Chatgpt).
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Mujeres aportan 71.5% del valor de las labores domésticas en México
Trabajo no remunerado aporta 23.9% al PIB nacional; en Michoacán 37.4%

Overview

  • The 2024 satellite account values unpaid household services at 8 trillion pesos at current prices.
  • Women generated 72.6% of the total value, 2.7 times the 27.4% contributed by men.
  • INEGI’s expanded measurement adds emotional care, which raises the estimate from 23.9% to 26.3% of GDP.
  • The share attributed to unpaid household work surpasses manufacturing at 20.1% and commerce at 18.7%.
  • Top state contributors include Estado de México (11.6%), Mexico City (6.7%), Jalisco (6.6%), Veracruz (6.3%) and Nuevo León (5.6%), with some states such as Michoacán reaching 37.4% of local GDP.