Mexico Government Debt (% of GDP)
Everything federal, provincial and local governments owe combined, compared with the size of the economy.
61.7%
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1996 to 2025
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (GGXWDG_NGDP) · general government, % of GDP, annual, actual years only.
Mexico Government Debt (% of GDP) in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In Mexico, the government debt rose by 2.7pp in 2025, from 59.0% in 2024.
That is the highest reading in a record that starts in 1996.
Over the past five years it has ranged from 52.7% in 2023 to 61.7% in 2025.
Its average since 1996 is 45.6%, and the latest reading is above that.
Mexico is 29th of 62 countries in our Government Debt to GDP by Country ranking.
How this series is defined
Everything you need to check the figure against the source.
- Source
- IMF
- Series
- World
- Frequency
- Annual
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not applicable, annual data
- Latest observation
- 2025
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Data refreshed 2026-10-28. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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