In September of last year, Mexico's unemployment rate reached 3% of the economically active population (EAP), the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) reported this Tuesday.
The unemployment figure is slightly higher than the 2.9% index for the same month of 2024 and also exceeded the 2.9% of the previous month, the autonomous body specified in its report.
The unemployed population was 1.8 million people, and the unemployment rate (UR) was 3% of the EAP.
Compared to September 2024, the unemployed population increased by 61,000 people, and the UR was 0.1 percentage points lower, detailed INEGI.
The EAP in the ninth month of the year reached 62.1 million people aged 15 and over, which represented a participation rate of 59.6% and an active population 881,000 people larger than that of September 2024.
Of the EAP, 41.8 million people were employed during September, 262,000 less than in the same month of the previous year.
The underemployed, who stated having the need and availability to work more hours, were 4.4 million, 7.3% of the employed population, a percentage lower than the 8.2% recorded in September 2024.
33.1 million informal workers
Informal workers in September totaled 33.1 million, which increased the informality rate to 54.9%.
The employed population by sector of activity was distributed with 44.2% of the total in services, in commerce 20%, in manufacturing 15.8%, in agricultural activities 10.8% and in construction 7.9%.
While in “other economic activities”, which include mining, electricity, water and gas supply, 0.6% of the population was employed and another 0.7% did not specify activity.
These figures reflect Mexico's economic behavior, which grew 0.2% in the third quarter of the year, despite recession alerts due to the trade war unleashed by the United States and after the 1.5% GDP growth in 2024.
