Mexico
Inflation in Mexico
Inflation in Mexico: 26.5% a year in 1980 and 3.8% a year in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 3.8% a year
- Since 1980
- −22.6 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 62 of 179
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 3% a year
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 3% a year in 2031.
- The highest was 132% a year in 1987, the lowest 2.7% a year in 2015.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Mexico |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.8 |
| 2024 | 4.7 |
| 2023 | 5.5 |
| 2022 | 7.9 |
| 2021 | 5.7 |
| 2020 | 3.4 |
| 2019 | 3.6 |
| 2018 | 4.9 |
| 2017 | 6 |
| 2016 | 2.8 |
| 2015 | 2.7 |
| 2014 | 4 |
| 2013 | 3.8 |
| 2012 | 4.1 |
| 2011 | 3.4 |
| 2010 | 4.2 |
| 2009 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 5.1 |
| 2007 | 4 |
| 2006 | 3.6 |
| 2005 | 4 |
| 2004 | 4.7 |
| 2003 | 4.6 |
| 2002 | 5 |
| 2001 | 6.4 |
| 2000 | 9.5 |
| 1999 | 16.6 |
| 1998 | 15.9 |
| 1997 | 20.6 |
| 1996 | 34.4 |
| 1995 | 35.1 |
| 1994 | 7 |
| 1993 | 9.8 |
| 1992 | 15.5 |
| 1991 | 22.6 |
| 1990 | 26.7 |
| 1989 | 19.9 |
| 1988 | 113.5 |
| 1987 | 132 |
| 1986 | 86.5 |
| 1985 | 57.8 |
| 1984 | 65.4 |
| 1983 | 101.8 |
| 1982 | 59.1 |
| 1981 | 28 |
| 1980 | 26.5 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Mexico |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.8 |
| 2027 | 3.6 |
| 2028 | 3.1 |
| 2029 | 3 |
| 2030 | 3 |
| 2031 | 3 |
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending0.74% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$13.8B in 2025
- Military spending per person$104 in 2025
- Military share of state spending2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel341,000 people in 2020
- National power1.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports9 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2019