Mexico: foreigners unemployment rate 2021

In 2021, 5.4 percent of the foreign-born labour force in Mexico was unemployed, a slight decrease compared to the previous year. The unemployment rate among foreigners in Mexico peaked in 2012 at 7.3 percent.

Foreign-born unemployment rate from in Mexico 2005 to 2021

Characteristic	Unemployment rate
2021	5.4%
2020	6.5%
2019	5.3%
2018	4.1%
2017	4.2%
2016	4.5%
2015	5.4%
2014	6.8%
2013	6.9%
2012	7.3%
2011	6.3%
2010	6.8%
2009	7%
2008	4.6%
2007	6.2%
2006	4%
2005	3.1%

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Release date

July 2022

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Region

Mexico

Survey time period

2005 to 2021

Age group

15-64 years

Supplementary notes

The source adds: The foreign-born unemployment rate is calculated as the share of unemployed foreign-born persons aged 15-64 in the foreign-born labour force (the sum of employed and unemployed foreign-born) of that same age. Unemployed people consist of those persons who report that they are without work during the reference week, are available for work and have taken active steps to find work during the four weeks preceding the interview This indicator is measured as a percentage of foreign-born labour force.

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