Mexico Remittance Map: Where Dollars Flow

What does Banxico data reveal about remittances?

Banco de Mexico’s SIE table CA11 shows Mexico received $61.791 billion in remittances in 2025 through 155.74 million operations, with an average remittance of $397. Banxico notes that remittance figures are preliminary and subject to later revision.

That total was 4.6% lower than 2024, the first annual decline since 2013. The flow is still large, but the direction changed after more than a decade of growth. Early 2026 data points back up, with first-quarter remittances of $14.45 billion, up 1.4% year on year.

That is not just a macro number. It is a household cash-flow map.

Mexico’s remittance data is unusually rich. Banxico publishes national totals, transaction counts, average remittance size, channel data, seasonally adjusted series, and state-level tables.

How did the money arrive in 2025?

Almost all of it moved electronically, then split at the point of payout between cash pickup and bank deposit.

Detail	2025 figure	Source
Sent electronically	99.1% of all remittance income	Banxico
Collected as cash	49.6% of electronic remittances	Banxico
Credited to account	50.4% of electronic remittances	Banxico
Cost to send $200	4.54% on the US to Mexico corridor	World Bank

The top recipient states were Guanajuato, Michoacán, and Jalisco, each taking roughly 8 to 9% of national remittance income. The cost figure matters too: the US to Mexico corridor at 4.54% is cheaper than the 6.36% global average, but still above the 3% target the UN set for 2030.

Why is this data hard to use?

Banxico’s data is public and excellent. It is also spread across dense Spanish-language SIE tables.

Useful tables include:

Banxico table	What it shows	Why Arca cares
CA11	National remittance income, transfers, average amount	Shows total household-scale dollar inflow
CE181	Seasonally adjusted remittance income data	Shows trend without seasonal noise
CE190	Electronic remittance, cash payment, and deposit-to-account data	Shows how channels are changing
CE100	Remittances by federal entity	Shows state-level exposure

This is exactly the kind of official data Arca can translate into practical research.

Why do remittances matter for dollar access?

Remittances are cross-border dollar flows that become household spending, savings, school fees, medical payments, home construction, and business capital.

When a sender pays a fee or gets a weak exchange rate, the loss is not abstract. It reduces what a family can use. That is why Arca already tracks where remittance money goes and exchange-rate markup.

The Mexico map adds a second layer: where the money lands.

What a state-level map shows

A state-level view answers questions a national total cannot:

Map layer	User question
Total remittance income by state	Which states receive the most dollars from abroad?
Remittances per household	Where are remittances most important relative to population?
Average transfer amount	Where do send sizes differ?
Channel mix	How much is electronic, cash, or account deposit?
Year-over-year change	Where are flows rising or falling?

This turns “Mexico receives billions in remittances” into “these specific communities rely on cross-border dollar movement.”

Where does a dollar wallet fit?

A dollar wallet fits when families want the choice to receive or hold dollar value before converting to local currency. That can matter when a provider hides cost in the exchange rate or when the recipient wants to save part of the transfer in dollars.

It does not mean every recipient should hold all funds in dollars. People in Mexico need pesos for daily spending. The advantage is control: receive, hold, compare, convert, and send with more transparency.

For corridor-specific costs, read US to Mexico remittance costs explained. For the broader mechanics, read how international money transfers work.

Why this data is trustworthy

Most remittance pages compare providers. Provider comparisons can be useful, but they change constantly and can become thin and quickly outdated.

Banxico data offers a stronger path:

• It is official.
• It is updated regularly.
• It has national and state-level detail.
• It includes transfer counts and average transaction size.
• It supports charts, maps, and clear summaries.

That makes the Mexico remittance map a durable reference.

Data as of

Figures use Banxico 2025 annual data from SIE table CA11, current as of June 2026. Banxico marks remittance figures as preliminary and revises them, so the linked tables hold the latest version.

Compare across countries

See the Latin America dollar-access data for the regional picture, or the full Dollar Access Data Center.

Sources

• Banxico SIE, Remesas summary CA11
• Banxico SIE, Ingresos por remesas CE181
• Banxico SIE, electronic remittance table CE190
• Banxico SIE, remittances by state CE100
• World Bank, Remittance Prices Worldwide: US to Mexico