Mexico attracted $40.906 billion in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) during the third quarter of 2025 (3Q25) , a 15% increase compared to the same period in 2024, announced Marcelo Ebrard, head of the Ministry of Economy (SE) , who considered the figure reached in the period a new record .
“We are going to reach almost 41 billion dollars, that’s what we have this last quarter. If we compare it to 2024, it grew 15%,” Ebrard highlighted at the morning press conference this Wednesday.
This pace of FDI, he explained, “means that investors from all over the world are deciding to invest in Mexico in a greater proportion than we had even expected.”
Of the total FDI in the period, the federal official highlighted that new investments were the area that showed the greatest dynamism in the cycle, going from two billion dollars to six billion five hundred million dollars .
“New investments in a country. That is, they are not reinvestments, but new investments,” he emphasized, adding that the sectors that will benefit are energy, data centers, infrastructure projects, and the financial sector.
Meanwhile, manufacturing accounted for 37.1% of total FDI, followed by financial services with 25.1%, construction with 5%; and transportation, postal and storage services with 4.8%, according to figures presented by Ebrard.
According to SE data, as of the third quarter of 2025, reinvestment of profits accounted for 68%, new investments for 16%, and intercompany accounts for 16%.
The United States accounted for 39.46% of total investment flows, confirming its strategic importance as Mexico’s main investment partner. It was followed by Spain with 14.09%, Japan with 7.05%, the Netherlands with 6.31%, and Canada with 5.61%.
By state, Mexico City remains the top destination for foreign investment, accounting for 55.77% of the total. It was followed by Nuevo León with 10.15%, the State of Mexico with 7.74%, Baja California with 4.36%, and Coahuila with 2.88% as of Q3 2025.
From 2018 to 2025, foreign direct investment in Mexico has grown by 69%, the Secretary of Economy pointed out, emphasizing that this represents “constant growth, but it is accelerating.”
He explained that the figure reached in the period means that investors have confidence in the Mexican government and consolidates a trend of growth in FDI in the country, since good results were also obtained in the previous quarter, with an FDI of 34 billion 265 million dollars .
Ebrard also reported that Mexican exports continue to rise , despite an adverse economic and geopolitical environment, framed by the United States’ tariff policy.
In that regard, he indicated that shipments of goods abroad grew 48% from 2020 to 2024 , going from 417 billion dollars to 617 billion dollars , with an annual growth rate of 10.5% in the reference period.
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