Contents
- Internet access in Mexico statistics: national use and household connectivity
- Internet access in Mexico statistics by urban and rural residence
- Internet access in Mexico statistics across states and households
- internet access in Mexico: Internet use in Mexico by age, sex, and identity
- internet access in Mexico: Where and how people in Mexico connect to the internet
- internet access in Mexico: Internet use in Mexico for learning, work, shopping, and daily activities
- Sources
Internet access in Mexico statistics: national use and household connectivity
Mexico’s 2025 internet figures describe two related but different measures: people who used the internet and households with internet access. INEGI counted 104.9 million internet users, equal to 86.1% of the population aged 6 and older. The household measure was 31.1 million households, or 78.3% of the national household total. The report’s reference population is people aged 6 and older living permanently in private dwellings, and the household percentage uses households as its denominator. The figures therefore should not be read as interchangeable measures of individual use and household connectivity. INEGI, ENDUTIH 2025, pp. 3, 12
| Year | People using the internet | Share of people aged 6+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 61.4 million | 57.4% |
| 2022 | 93.1 million | — |
| 2023 | 100.2 million | 81.2% |
| 2024 | 101.0 million | 83.1% |
| 2025 | 104.9 million | 86.1% |
The report identifies an increase of 7.5 percentage points in internet use between 2022 and 2025, and 28.7 percentage points between 2015 and 2025. The user counts rose from 93.1 million in 2022 and 61.4 million in 2015 to 104.9 million in 2025. The table leaves the 2022 percentage unreported because the checked figures do not provide it. The sequence shows growth in both reported user counts and the stated use rate across the period; it does not by itself explain what drove that growth. INEGI, ENDUTIH 2025, p. 3
Household access also increased in the latest comparison: the 2025 rate of 78.3% was 4.7 percentage points higher than in 2024. INEGI estimated 39.7 million households nationally in 2025, including 31.6 million urban households and 8.1 million rural households. Those counts provide context for the national household measure, while the share with access describes the proportion of all households with internet. The number of connected households is not a count of individual users. INEGI, ENDUTIH 2025, pp. 12, 13
Internet access in Mexico statistics by urban and rural residence
Internet use was more common among urban than rural residents in 2025. Among people aged 6 and older, the urban rate was 88.9%, while the rural rate was 75.2%. INEGI reports that the difference between the two rates was 13.7 percentage points in 2025. These are residence-specific shares of people using the internet, not shares of all internet users who live in either type of area. INEGI, ENDUTIH 2025, pp. 3–4
| Year | Urban internet use among residents aged 6+ | Rural internet use among residents aged 6+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 81.6% | 39.2% |
| 2024 | 86.9% | — |
| 2025 | 88.9% | 75.2% |
In 2017, the urban-rural gap was 31.9 percentage points; by 2025 it was 13.7 percentage points. In the most recent annual comparison, urban use increased 2.0 percentage points from 2024 to 2025, and rural use increased 6.7 percentage points. The report’s printed trend also gives the urban 2024 rate, but the checked observations do not include a 2024 rural rate, so the table does not imply one. These rates and reported changes show a narrowing difference over the stated years, alongside increases in both areas between 2024 and 2025. They do not establish why the rates changed. INEGI, ENDUTIH 2025, pp. 3–4
Internet access in Mexico statistics across states and households
State-level figures show variation in the share of people using the internet and in the share of households with internet access. These are separate indicators with different denominators. In 2025, Nuevo León reported the highest listed state internet-use share, at 93.9%, followed by Baja California at 93.2% and Quintana Roo at 92.1%. Among the lowest listed shares were Oaxaca at 78.6% and Chiapas at 71.2%. INEGI, ENDUTIH 2025, p. 11
| State | People using the internet, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Nuevo León | 93.9% |
| Baja California | 93.2% |
| Quintana Roo | 92.1% |
| Oaxaca | 78.6% |
| Chiapas | 71.2% |
Household access presents a related but not identical state picture. Mexico City, reported as Ciudad de México, had the highest listed household internet access at 90.5%. Nuevo León followed at 89.9% and Baja California at 89.1%. At the lower end of the listed household rates, Veracruz was at 68.3%, Oaxaca at 64.0%, and Chiapas at 53.9%. These rates describe households with access in each state; they do not measure the proportion of individuals using the internet. INEGI, ENDUTIH 2025, p. 12
| State | Households with internet access, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Ciudad de México | 90.5% |
| Nuevo León | 89.9% |
| Baja California | 89.1% |
| Veracruz | 68.3% |
| Oaxaca | 64.0% |
| Chiapas | 53.9% |
The state data show why it helps to keep people’s use and household access separate. For example, the report places Nuevo León and Baja California among the highest listed states on both measures, while Oaxaca and Chiapas appear among the lower listed figures. This comparison does not establish that one indicator determines the other; it simply reports the values for different populations and measures. The values above are selected high and low observations, not a complete ranking of all states. INEGI, ENDUTIH 2025, pp. 11–12
internet access in Mexico: Internet use in Mexico by age, sex, and identity
Internet use varied substantially by age in 2025. The highest reported age-group rate was 97.6% among people aged 15–24. Use was 96.5% among those aged 25–34 and 94.3% among those aged 35–44. At older ages, the report gives 57.8% for people aged 65–74 and 30.3% for those aged 75 and older. The 75-and-older rate was 3.0% in 2015, compared with 30.3% in 2025. Each rate refers to internet use within the specified age group. INEGI, ENDUTIH 2025, p. 5
| Age group | Internet use, 2025 |
|---|---|
| 15–24 | 97.6% |
| 25–34 | 96.5% |
| 35–44 | 94.3% |
| 65–74 | 57.8% |
| 75 and older | 30.3% |
The sex-specific figures were closer together than the age-group rates: 85.6% of women aged 6 and older used the internet in 2025, compared with 86.6% of men. INEGI reports that the gap narrowed from 6.0 percentage points in 2015 to 1.0 percentage point in 2025, a reported reduction of 5.0 percentage points. These are rates within each sex group, not the composition of all internet users. INEGI, ENDUTIH 2025, p. 4
Identity figures use a different denominator: internet users in 2025. Among them, 26.6% self-identified as Indigenous and 5.1% as Afro-Mexican or Afro-descendant. Those percentages describe the identity reported by people who used the internet; they are not internet-use rates for Indigenous or Afro-Mexican populations. Keeping that denominator clear is necessary when comparing these figures with age- or sex-specific usage rates. INEGI, ENDUTIH 2025, pp. 5–6
internet access in Mexico: Where and how people in Mexico connect to the internet
Among internet users in 2025, 95.6% connected from home. Other reported access locations included another person’s home, at 43.4%; work, at 41.6%; a public site, with or without a fee, at 17.5%; and school, at 16.7%. A separate connection category says 54.7% used a mobile connection from any location. These percentages are not exclusive: a person could connect from multiple places or through more than one kind of connection, so they should not be expected to add up to 100%. INEGI, ENDUTIH 2025, pp. 6–7
| Access location or connection | Share of internet users, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Home | 95.6% |
| Any location using a mobile connection | 54.7% |
| Another person’s home | 43.4% |
| Work | 41.6% |
| Public site, with or without a fee | 17.5% |
| School | 16.7% |
The historical comparison for selected locations shows a change in reported access patterns. Home access among internet users was 70.8% in 2015 and 95.6% in 2025. Public-site access, where the category includes sites with or without a fee, was 50.0% in 2015 and 17.5% in 2025. These figures are shares of internet users reporting those places, not household access rates or measures of the amount of time spent at each location. INEGI, ENDUTIH 2025, p. 6
The smartphone was the most commonly reported device in the checked figures: 97.3% of internet users connected with one in 2025. Other reported devices were smart TVs, at 50.0%; computers, at 36.2%; and videogame consoles, at 7.7%. These device percentages are also nonexclusive because users may connect with multiple devices. They describe devices used for connection, not the share of all devices in Mexico or the proportion of households owning each device. INEGI, ENDUTIH 2025, p. 8
internet access in Mexico: Internet use in Mexico for learning, work, shopping, and daily activities
The checked activity figures cover online purchases and differences in selected uses between urban and rural internet users. In 2025, 37.3% of internet users reported making purchases online. Among internet users who made online purchases, the listed products and services included personal-use and hygiene products at 78.7%, household goods at 50.6%, and platform-based transport services at 38.2%. The product percentages use the group of internet users reporting online purchases as their denominator. They are not percentages of all internet users. INEGI, ENDUTIH 2025, p. 10
| Online purchase measure | Share, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Internet users reporting online purchases | 37.3% of internet users |
| Personal-use and hygiene products | 78.7% of online purchasers |
| Household goods | 50.6% of online purchasers |
| Platform-based transport services | 38.2% of online purchasers |
The report also identifies urban-rural differences in selected activities among internet users. In 2025, the difference between urban and rural users was 21.7 percentage points for online payments, 20.9 percentage points for online purchases of products or services, and 20.7 percentage points for online banking operations. These are reported differences between the corresponding urban and rural usage rates; the checked figures do not provide the component rates here, so they do not support stating which rate applied in each area or calculating additional comparisons. INEGI, ENDUTIH 2025, p. 9
The survey was collected from 25 August to 17 October 2025. INEGI notes that reference periods vary by question: some refer to the three to twelve months before collection, while others refer to the prior week. The reported activities should therefore be interpreted within the survey’s question-specific time frames, rather than as a single uniform period of online behavior. INEGI, ENDUTIH 2025, pp. 2, 9–10