Overview
- President Claudia Sheinbaum said on X that Mexico closed 2025 with a 2.7% unemployment rate, ranking behind Japan’s 2.6% in a graphic comparing 14 countries.
- The graphic attributes its figures to Expansión’s datosmacro site, which blends October and November readings across countries, limiting strict comparability.
- Coverage notes Mexico’s jobless rate rose from 2.4% in 2024 to 2.7% in 2025, tempering the celebratory framing of the new ranking.
- INEGI’s November bulletin reported a monthly drop of about 1.05 million in the occupied population and a rise of roughly 6,000 in the unemployed to 1.64 million people.
- Analysts highlight weak growth and expanding informality in 2025, and Sheinbaum says she will present a larger public‑investment program early next year.