Mexico | Yearbook of migration and remittances 2025

Summary

The Yearbook of migration and remittances 2025 analyzes global and regional migration dynamics, highlighting the US as the main destination. It also examines remittance flows to Mexico, which reached USD 64.7 billion in 2024, representing 3.5% of the national GDP.

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• Key points:
• In 2024, 53.9 million immigrants resided in the United States, representing 16.2% of its total population. Of this figure, almost a quarter corresponds to people of Mexican origin.
• The third-generation Mexican population in the United States recorded the highest growth between 1994 and 2024, with an increase of 8.5 million people, surpassing the first and second generations.
• ICE arrests averaged 8,000 monthly cases between 2023 and 2024, but experienced a significant increase, reaching 19,000 detentions in March 2025.
• Chiapas (14.6%), Guerrero (14.0%), and Michoacan (11.2%) consolidated as the federal entities in Mexico with the highest economic dependence on remittances relative to their state GDP.
• An estimated 5.8% drop in remittances to Mexico is expected for 2025, closing the year at USD 61 billion, mainly explained by the lower insertion of migrants into the US labor market.

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