Mexico. Informal Economy Hits Record High, Signaling Economic Resilience Amid Challenges

In a significant economic revelation for 2022, a country’s informal economy soared to 24.4% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in current values. This figure denotes an uptick of 0.4 percentage points, marking the highest since records began in 2003. The informal sector, chiefly composed of microbusinesses without basic legal registries, contributed 13.3% to the GDP, while other forms of informality added another 11.1%. The Implications of an Informal Economy Informal labour is defined by the lack of an official work...