Personal remittances received in Mexico

Personal remittances received by Mexico were equal to 3.6% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2019.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 1979 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Mexico, 2025 3.6% % of GDP
Change from 2024 −0.2percentage points 2024: 3.7%
World, 2025 0.8% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025 0.5% Middle value of 37 countries

Personal remittances received in Mexico over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Personal remittances received (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period MexicoWorld
2025 3.6% 0.8%
2024 3.7% 0.8%
2023 3.7% 0.8%
2022 4.2% 0.8%
2021 4.2% 0.7%
2020 3.9% 0.8%
2019 3.1% 0.7%
2018 2.9% 0.7%
2017 2.8% 0.7%
2016 2.6% 0.7%
2015 2.2% 0.7%
2014 1.9% 0.7%
2013 1.8% 0.7%
2012 1.9% 0.7%
2011 2.0% 0.6%
2010 2.1% 0.6%
2009 2.4% 0.7%
2008 2.3% 0.6%
2007 2.5% 0.6%
2006 2.6% 0.6%
2005 2.5% 0.5%
2004 2.4% 0.5%
2003 2.2% 0.5%
2002 1.4% 0.5%
2001 1.3% 0.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 3.7% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 2.2%, the figure has changed by +1.3 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.8%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1979 to 2025 for Mexico
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data