Women's labour force participation in Mexico
The ILO estimates that 47.5% of women aged 15 and over in Mexico were in the labour force in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Mexico, 2025
47.5%
Change from 2024
0percentage points
World, 2025
48.7%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
55.6%
Position in 2025
126th of 181
Women's labour force participation in Mexico over time
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% of women aged 15 and over. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates). Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.
| Period | Mexico | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47.5% | 48.7% |
| 2024 | 47.4% | 48.9% |
| 2023 | 47.3% | 48.8% |
| 2022 | 46.0% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 44.6% | 47.9% |
| 2020 | 41.7% | 47.0% |
| 2019 | 45.6% | 48.3% |
| 2018 | 44.1% | 48.3% |
| 2017 | 43.6% | 48.4% |
| 2016 | 44.0% | 48.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of 0 percentage points from 47.4% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 43.9%, the figure has changed by +3.5 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Mexico has the 126th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 48.7%.
More for Mexico
All statistics for Mexico
Labour force participation
61.6%
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ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
2.7%
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ILO estimate of youth unemployment
5.7%
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Employment-to-population ratio
60.0%
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OECD monthly unemployment rate
2.6%
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Employment in agriculture
11.4%
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