COVID-19: open unemployment rate in Mexico 2020

The open unemployment rate in Mexico amounted to 5.5 percent in June 2020, a 1.3 percentage point increase compared to a month earlier. Open unemployment refers to the economically active population that do not have a job but are looking for and available to work. In March 2020, Mexico's unemployment rate stood at 3.3 percent.

On February 29, 2020 the first two cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) were reported in Mexico, leading authorities to take containment measures in the following weeks to halt the spread of the virus.

Open unemployment rate after the COVID-19 outbreak in Mexico from April to June 2020

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Release date

August 2020

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Region

Mexico

Survey time period

April to June, 2020*

Special properties

open unemployment refers to the population that is not working but is looking for work and available to work

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

* Surveys took place in the second half of each month.

The number of households surveyed amounted to 14,294 in April and 13,884 in May.

The data presents a confidence interval of 90%

Amidst the COVID-19 outbreak in Mexico, the National Employment Survey in Mexico, known as 'Encuesta Nacional de Ocupación y Empleo (ENOE)', had to be cancelled until further notice. As a result, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography, known as 'Instituto Nacional de Geografía y Estadística (INEGI)', carried out a National Employment Telephone Survey- 'Encuesta Telefónica de Ocupación y Empleo (ETOE)'. The survey is meant to monitor the employment environment in the country during the lockdown period.

Due to a difference in methodology ENOE data should only serve as a reference in comparison to ETOE data. ETOE is not a continuation of ENOE.

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