Mexico attracted a document US $40.87 billion in overseas direct funding (FDI) in 2025, a ten.8% year-on-year enhance, the Financial system Ministry (SE) reported on Wednesday.
In a press launch, the SE stated the expansion — primarily based on initially revealed figures — displays a progress development for the fifth consecutive 12 months.
“Mexico is positioning itself as a strategic vacation spot for international productive capital, in an setting wherein FDI flows to creating economies confirmed a 2% drop in 2025,” it stated.
The info signifies the USA remained Mexico’s principal funding associate, producing FDI flows of US $15.88 billion, 38.8% of the entire.
Spain ranked second at US $4.4 billion (10.8%) with Canada (US $3.3 billion, 8.1% ), the Netherlands (US $2.4 billion, or 5.8%) and Japan (US $2.3 billion, or 5.6%) filling out the remainder of the highest 5.
The SE reported that reinvestment of income registered the most important share of FDI flows getting into Mexico in 2025 — almost 68% — adopted by new investments (18%), and intercompany accounts (14.3%).
New investments grew almost 133%, to US $7.38 billion in 2025, offering the most important bounce to the entire FDI stream.
The SE described the efficiency of recent investments final 12 months as “entailing a higher capability for Mexico to draw new capital that may promote the adoption of cutting-edge applied sciences and productiveness progress within the nationwide trade.”
The reinvestment of income contracted barely, falling 3.7% from US $28.7 billion to US $27.6 billion, which the SE attributed to a higher distribution of dividends.
As for intercompany accounts, they registered annualized progress of 17%, rising from US $4.99 billion in 2024 to US $5.8 billion in 2025. The SE stated that is related to the dynamics of capital reorganization in company teams.
Intercompany accounts are transactions originating from money owed between Mexican corporations that maintain FDI of their share capital and related corporations overseas.
As soon as once more, Mexico Metropolis was the highest vacation spot for FDI in 2025, receiving US $22.38 billion, roughly 55% of the entire. This represented a 55% enhance over 2024.
Second place went to Nuevo León, which acquired US $3.63 billion, or 8.9% of the entire and an almost 73% enhance in comparison with final 12 months.
México state ranked third, receiving US $3.28 billion, or 8%, a 24% year-on-year enchancment.
With experiences from El Economista, El Financiero, La Jornada and El País
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