Mexico’s cultural sector contributed 865.682 billion pesos to the national economy in 2024, representing 2.8 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to data from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi).
In fact, Inegi’s figures show that the cultural sector’s GDP grew compared to 2023, when it totaled 820.963 billion pesos (2.7 percent of GDP).
Although the cultural sector accounted for 2.8 percent of the national GDP, each state showed different levels of contribution. In 2024, Mexico City, Guerrero, Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Tlaxcala, and Yucatán recorded a cultural sector participation above 2.8 percent.
The areas with the highest growth in the cultural sector were music and concerts (14.9 percent); design and creative services (7.7 percent); and visual and plastic arts (5.3 percent). By contrast, the areas with the greatest declines were handicrafts (3.8 percent) and audiovisual media (3.6 percent).
Economic activities within the cultural sector generated 1,430,528 jobs in 2024, equivalent to 3.5 percent of total employment in the national economy. Compared with 2023, this represented a decrease of 0.2 percent — a loss of 2,852 jobs.
