🇲🇽 Mexico · 2026 edition
Investing in Mexico City
Mexico City ranks 12 of 13 Latin American cities on the ProLatam Data Index with 40.2 of 100, and 12 of 13 on the ProLatam Score. Its strongest pillar is tax competitiveness (62), its weakest is english proficiency (11). A foreign shareholder pays 37.00% in total on repatriated profit.
ProLatam Data Index
40.2
Rank 12 of 13, balanced weighting
ProLatam Score
40.3
Rank 12 of 13, market-entry weighting
Strongest pillar
Tax Competitiveness
62 of 100
Weakest pillar
English Proficiency
11 of 100
How Mexico City scores on each pillar
Nine pillars, each normalized to 0 to 100 by a fixed published rule. A dash means the source does not cover Mexico City, which is not the same as a zero. Coverage of the weighted index for this city is 100%.
Swipe the table sideways for the reported value, the weights and the source.
What a foreign shareholder pays in Mexico
Corporate income tax plus the standard non-treaty withholding on the dividend paid out of what is left, which is the figure that actually reaches an owner abroad.
Total on repatriated profit
37.00%
Corporate income tax
30.0%
Dividend withholding
10.0%
Standard non-treaty rate
Compliance hours per year
240.5
World Bank Paying Taxes, 2018 data
Sources: PwC, Worldwide Tax Summaries, reviewed 2026 · World Bank (discontinued series), Doing Business, Paying Taxes, 2020 edition, 2018 data
Mexico taxes on a worldwide basis, so worldwide income is in scope. The 2025 Plan Mexico decree allows immediate deduction of 35% to 91% on new fixed assets and a 30% R&D credit. IMMEX waives duties on temporarily imported inputs that are re-exported.
Context, published but not scored
These shape a decision without belonging in the index. FDI inflows track the size of an economy rather than the appeal of a city, and a sovereign rating measures a government's ability to repay debt rather than a company's ability to operate.
GDP growth 2026
1.6%
IMF World Economic Outlook, national
FDI inflows
$43.2B
National, latest published year
Sovereign rating
BBB (Negative)
Long-term foreign currency
English proficiency
428 (Very low)
EF EPI city score, 1 to 800
Sources: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook, April 2026 · ECLAC (UN), Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2026 (2025 data) · S&P Global Ratings, Sovereign credit rating, as of September 2026 · EF Education First, English Proficiency Index, 2025 (15th edition). Used with permission of International Monetary Fund, from World Economic Outlook, International Monetary Fund, April 2026; permission conveyed through Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.
Where Mexico has moved since 2021
The rule of law pillar is the only one of the nine with a series comparable across five editions, so it is the only place this profile shows a direction rather than a snapshot. Scores are national, 0 to 1, higher is better.
2021
0.428
2022
0.423
2023
0.417
2024
0.415
2025
0.403
Over the period Mexico weakened, -0.025 points. A move under 0.005 is reported as flat rather than as a trend. Compare all 10 economies.
Source: World Justice Project, Rule of Law Index, 2025
Sectors with a documented presence
Headquarters & FDI Hub
Mexico City captured USD 22,381 M of foreign direct investment in 2025, 54.8% of the national total.
SourceFinancial Services & Fintech
Financial services absorbed 26.7% of Mexico’s 2025 FDI, second only to manufacturing, and Finnovista counts 795 active fintech companies nationwide.
SourceWhere Mexico's inbound FDI comes from
National statistics, share of inbound foreign direct investment.
- United States38.8%
- Spain10.8%
- Canada8.1%
- Netherlands5.8%
- Other36.5%
Secretaría de Economía, 2025 flows into Mexico (USD 40,871 M).
Citing the Mexico City figures
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Pro Latam. (2026). ProLatam Latin American City Investment Index 2026 (Version 2026.5) [Data set]. https://invest.pro-latam.orgSource: Pro Latam Investment Hub, ProLatam Data Index 2026 (https://invest.pro-latam.org). Updated 2026-09-04.
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