President Claudia Sheinbaum celebrated that Mexico will end the year with an unemployment rate of 2.7 percent, just behind Japan. In a message on X, she highlighted the results of the country's economic transformation. The claim is based on comparative data from 14 nations.
President Claudia Sheinbaum celebrated on Friday that Mexico will close 2025 as the second country with the lowest unemployment in the world, with a rate of 2.7 percent, just behind Japan at 2.6 percent. "We close this 2025 as the second country with the least unemployment in the world. The transformation yields results," Sheinbaum wrote in a message on X, accompanied by an official graphic from the Mexican Government comparing unemployment rates in 14 countries. The graphic, prepared on December 24 using data from datosmacro.expansion.com/paro, places Mexico followed by Germany (3.8 percent), Netherlands (4 percent), Australia (4.3 percent), United States (4.6 percent), and Ireland (4.9 percent). Subsequently appear Austria (5.8 percent), Italy (6 percent), Belgium (6.4 percent), France (7.7 percent), Sweden (9.1 percent), Finland (10.3 percent), and Spain (10.5 percent). Figures for Mexico, Netherlands, Australia, United States, Ireland, and Sweden correspond to November 2025, while those for Japan, Germany, Austria, Italy, Belgium, France, Finland, and Spain are from October. According to the latest bulletin from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) for October, Mexico's unemployment rate was 2.6 percent of the economically active population (PEA), with 1.6 million unemployed people and a PEA of 62.5 million, representing a participation rate of 59.9 percent. The active population increased by 1.1 million compared to October 2024. Additionally, in July, informal workers totaled 33.9 million, raising the informality rate to 55.7 percent. Sheinbaum attributed this achievement to the economic transformation policies implemented by her government.
