Mexico business investment losses from insecurity 2025, Digi Mart USA News (Mexico): Insecurity led 14.5 percent of Mexican businesses to cancel investments in 2025 and generated costs equivalent to 0.46 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), according to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi). Extortion was reported as the most frequent crime.
The 2026 National Survey of Business Victimization (ENVE) showed that preventive measures taken by private establishments accounted for 51.2 percent of the economic cost, while losses from crimes accounted for 48.8 percent.
Inegi said the total cost of insecurity and crime for economic units was estimated at 115.1 billion pesos, roughly 6.208 billion U.S. dollars, equal to 0.46 percent of Mexico’s GDP.
The autonomous agency detailed these figures in its report.
Beyond canceling investments, 17.6 percent of establishments reduced production or sales hours. Another 19.2 percent abandoned or minimized the use of cash, 8.2 percent stopped doing business with other companies, and 5.7 percent canceled distribution routes.
