Latin America & Caribbean · OECD · G20
Data checked 28 Oct 2026 · next scheduled check 1 Jan 2027 · UN World Population Prospects (via World Bank) released 1 Jul 2026 · World Bank WDI released 8 Oct 2026
Total spending · 2024
30.3%
+17.1 pts since 1995
Welfare · 2024
Not available
Healthcare · 2024
Not available
Defence · 2024
1.13%
+0.7 pts since 1995
Education · 2024
Not available
Debt interest · 2024
Not available
Gross debt · 2025
61.7%
of GDP · +19 pts since 1996
Population · 2025
131.9m
45.2% since 1995
Public-sector employment
Not available: no official public-sector employment series is loaded for Mexico yet.
Not available: general-government welfare (COFOG 10) and COFOG debt transactions (01.7). No matching official observation was found in the sources checked; narrower-sector or differently defined figures are not substituted.
Healthcare rose from 1.9% to 3.2% of GDP between 2000 and 2020, then fell to 2.7% by 2023.
Defence rose from 0.4% to 0.7% of GDP between 1995 and 2025.
Education rose from 3.5% to 5.1% of GDP between 1995 and 2014, then fell to 4.1% by 2022.
Total spending rose from 13.3% to 30.3% of GDP between 1995 and 2024.
Gross debt fell from 42.5% to 35.5% of GDP between 1996 and 2007, then rose to 61.7% by 2025.
Population grew from 90.9 million in 1995 to 131.9 million in 2025; the UN projects 148.9 million by 2050.