Mexico's changes in inventories (current LCU) was 72.35 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 34.21% from 109.98 billion in 2015 (4.1% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 72.35 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 31.1 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 109.98 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 150.27 billion | 2017 |
| Lowest | -734 million | 1986 |
| Average since 2016 | 87.13 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 2.61 million |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Mexico's changes in inventories (current LCU) rose 25.07 billion on 2024 (from 47.28 billion to 72.35 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −87.67 million and a typical year strayed about 36.28 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 75.06 billion in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 93.49 billion in 2023. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 10.17 billion a year. A straight line explains 45% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Mexico had the 31st highest value of the 109 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Mexico in the 2025 ranking
- Burkina Faso — 27th of 109: 74.62 billion
- Saudi Arabia — 28th of 109: 72.37 billion
- Germany — 29th of 109: 72.37 billion
- Benin — 31st of 109: 56.5 billion
- Serbia — 32nd of 109: 56.27 billion
- Guinea-Bissau — 33rd of 109: 51.76 billion
What this measures
Changes in inventories is the value of entries into inventories less the value of withdrawals and less the value of any recurrent losses of goods held in inventories during the accounting period.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 66 values
| Year | Changes in inventories (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 72,350,690,000 |
| 2024 | 47,278,088,000 |
| 2023 | 8,801,939,000 |
| 2022 | 102,287,291,000 |
| 2021 | 106,162,644,000 |
| 2020 | 31,103,541,000 |
| 2019 | 121,230,040,000 |
| 2018 | 103,964,583,000 |
| 2017 | 150,273,914,000 |
| 2016 | 127,806,247,000 |
Changes in inventories (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Argentina — 962.51 billion (2025)
- Bahamas, The — 163.2 million (2024)
- Belize — -86.25 million (2024)
- Bolivia — -3.38 billion (2024)
- Brazil — 30.19 billion (2025)
- Chile — -101.75 billion (2025)
- Colombia — 13.14 trillion (2025)
- Costa Rica — -243.26 billion (2025)
- Cuba — 124.29 billion (2024)
- Curaçao — 375.5 million (2018)
- Dominican Republic
More economic policy & debt data for Mexico
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$256.18 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$239.31 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$216.08 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 4.16 trillion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$162.1 billion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (constant LCU) — 2.9 trillion (2025)
- General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 11.79% (2025)
- Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$1.29 trillion (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Mexico's changes in inventories (current LCU)?
- 72.35 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 2.77 million% from 2.61 million in 1960 (17.04% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 150.27 billion in 2017 and the lowest -734 million in 1986.
- How does Mexico rank?
- 31st highest of 109 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in changes in inventories (current LCU) unusual for Mexico?
- In 2025, Mexico's changes in inventories (current LCU) rose 25.07 billion on 2024 (from 47.28 billion to 72.35 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −87.67 million and a typical year strayed about 36.28 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.GDI.STKB.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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