Mexico
Destination country · migration, permits and visas
- Inflow of foreign nationals, 2023 (OECD)
- 69,887
- Largest group, 2023
- Honduras
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Who moves to Mexico
Inflows of foreign nationals recorded by Mexico, by nationality (OECD).
All inflows by year
Data table
| 2007 | 6,734 |
| 2008 | 15,057 |
| 2009 | 23,849 |
| 2010 | 26,179 |
| 2011 | 21,990 |
| 2012 | 18,151 |
| 2013 | 62,980 |
| 2014 | 43,470 |
| 2015 | 34,397 |
| 2016 | 35,896 |
| 2017 | 32,636 |
| 2018 | 38,651 |
| 2019 | 39,477 |
| 2020 | 56,414 |
| 2021 | 68,494 |
| 2022 | 73,991 |
| 2023 | 69,887 |
Foreign nationals living in Mexico
Stock of foreign nationals by nationality (latest year reported) and acquisitions of Mexico's nationality (OECD).
Acquisitions of nationality by year
Data table
| 2002 | 4,697 |
| 2004 | 6,421 |
| 2005 | 5,599 |
| 2006 | 4,169 |
| 2007 | 5,469 |
| 2008 | 4,469 |
| 2009 | 3,485 |
| 2010 | 2,148 |
| 2011 | 2,633 |
| 2012 | 3,589 |
| 2013 | 3,581 |
| 2014 | 2,339 |
| 2015 | 2,736 |
| 2016 | 2,940 |
| 2017 | 3,066 |
| 2018 | 3,872 |
| 2019 | 3,070 |
| 2020 | 2,044 |
| 2021 | 717 |
| 2022 | 1,105 |
International migrants
People living in Mexico who were born in another country, or who hold foreign citizenship where country of birth is not recorded: mid-year estimates (UN DESA).
- United States823,502
- Honduras166,398
- Venezuela111,191
- Haiti91,622
- Guatemala81,012
- Cuba72,440
- El Salvador55,410
- Colombia51,112
- Spain21,623
- Argentina21,195
- Brazil18,794
- Nicaragua18,139
International migrants by year
Data table
| 1990 | 701,513 |
| 1995 | 458,051 |
| 2000 | 526,172 |
| 2005 | 701,803 |
| 2010 | 957,593 |
| 2015 | 1,088,731 |
| 2020 | 1,335,154 |
| 2024 | 1,726,089 |
- International migrants, 2024
- 1,726,089
- Share of the population, 2024
- 1.3%
- Counted by
- country of birth, refugees added
Migrants in the labour market
Labour force survey results for Mexico: residents aged 15 and over who were born abroad, compared with those born in the country (ILOSTAT).
| Indicator | Born in the country | Born abroad |
|---|---|---|
| Employment-to-population ratio, 2025 | 58.9% | 52.9% |
| Unemployment rate, 2025 | 2.5% | 4.4% |
- Born abroad: share of all workers, 2025
- 0.6%
- Born abroad: share of high-skill jobs, 2025
- 1.0%
- Born abroad: share of medium-skill jobs, 2025
- 0.5%
- Born abroad: share of elementary jobs, 2025
- 0.4%
Mexico's embassies and consulates abroad
Countries in which Mexico has an embassy or consulate, as recorded in Wikidata.
| Country | Embassies | Consulates-general | Consulates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1 | — | — |
| Argentina | 1 | — | — |
| Australia | 1 | — | — |
| Austria | 1 | — | — |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | — | — |
| Belgium | 1 | — | — |
| Belize | 1 | — | — |
| Bolivia | 1 | — | — |
| Brazil | 1 | — | — |
| Canada | 1 | — | — |
| Chile | 1 | — | — |
| China | 1 | — | — |
| Colombia | 1 | — | — |
| Costa Rica | 1 | — | — |
| Cuba | 1 | — | — |
| Czechia | 1 | — | — |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | — | — |
| Ecuador | 1 | — | — |
| Egypt | 1 | — | — |
| El Salvador | 1 | — | — |
| Ethiopia | 1 | — | — |
| Finland | 1 | — | — |
| France | 1 | 1 | — |
| Germany | 1 | — | — |
| Ghana | 1 | — | — |
| Greece | 1 | — | — |
| Guatemala | 1 | — | — |
| Guyana | 1 | — | — |
| Haiti | 1 | — | — |
| Honduras | 1 | — | — |
| Hungary | 1 | — | — |
| India | 1 | — | — |
| Indonesia | 1 | — | — |
| Iran | 1 | — | — |
| Ireland | 1 | — | — |
| Israel | 1 | — | — |
| Italy | 2 | — | — |
| Jamaica | 1 | — | — |
| Japan | 1 | — | — |
| Jordan | 1 | — | — |
| Kenya | 1 | — | — |
| Kuwait | 1 | — | — |
| Lebanon | 1 | — | — |
| Malaysia | 1 | — | — |
| Morocco | 1 | — | — |
| New Zealand | 1 | — | — |
| Nicaragua | 1 | — | — |
| Nigeria | 1 | — | — |
| Norway | 1 | — | — |
| Panama | 1 | — | — |
| Paraguay | 1 | — | — |
| Peru | 1 | — | — |
| Philippines | 1 | — | — |
| Poland | 1 | — | — |
| Portugal | 1 | — | — |
| Qatar | 1 | — | — |
| Romania | 1 | — | — |
| Russia | 1 | — | — |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | — | — |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | — | — |
| Serbia | 1 | — | — |
| Singapore | 1 | — | — |
| South Africa | 1 | — | — |
| South Korea | 1 | — | — |
| Spain | 1 | — | 1 |
| Sweden | 1 | — | — |
| Switzerland | 1 | — | — |
| Thailand | 1 | — | — |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | — | — |
| Türkiye | 1 | — | — |
| Ukraine | 1 | — | — |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | — | — |
| United Kingdom | 1 | — | — |
| United States | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Uruguay | 1 | — | — |
| Venezuela | 1 | — | — |
| Vietnam | 1 | — | — |
- Countries
- 77
- Missions
- 84
Remittances sent abroad
Personal remittances paid from Mexico to other countries, in current US dollars (World Bank).
Remittances paid by year, US$ million
Data table
| 2013 | 749 |
| 2014 | 715 |
| 2015 | 632 |
| 2016 | 544 |
| 2017 | 635 |
| 2018 | 742 |
| 2019 | 787 |
| 2020 | 647 |
| 2021 | 767 |
| 2022 | 883 |
| 2023 | 1,076 |
| 2024 | 1,310 |
| 2025 | 1,184 |
- Remittances paid, 2025
- US$1,184 million
Corridors into Mexico
Nationalities with a dedicated corridor page.
- Honduras → Mexico
- Guatemala → Mexico
- United States → Mexico
- Venezuela → Mexico
- Colombia → Mexico
- El Salvador → Mexico
- Cuba → Mexico
- Canada → Mexico
- China → Mexico
- Haiti → Mexico
- Argentina → Mexico
- Spain → Mexico
- Brazil → Mexico
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