Mexico Remittance Flows at National, State, and Municipal Levels, 1995-2026

Montserrat Mora provides a structured dataset on remittance flows in Mexico, covering both inflows and outflows from 1995 to the present. The data is sourced from the Bank of Mexico (Banxico) and is organized across multiple geographic levels including national, state, municipal, and international scales. Supporting Python scripts and visualizations are included to facilitate data use and reproducibility.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term remittance trends in Mexico based on monthly inflow and outflow data from 1995.
• Study regional inequality and development based on quarterly remittance inflows by Mexican state.
• Examine international remittance corridors based on quarterly flows between Mexico and other countries.
• Model localized economic impacts based on quarterly remittance data at the municipal level.
• Visualize geographic patterns of remittances from the United States based on inflows disaggregated by U.S. state.

Strengths

• Data spans a long time series from 1995 to the present, with monthly data providing the longest coverage.
• Coverage includes multiple geographic scales: national, state, municipal, and international.
• Dataset includes supporting materials such as Python scripts for processing and visualization.
• Data is sourced from the official statistics portal of the Bank of Mexico (Banxico).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Outflow data are available only starting in January 2013, limiting historical outflow analysis.

Provenance

Source

Official statistics portal of the Bank of Mexico (Banxico).

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official financial transaction records.

Time Range

1995 to present, with specific series starting between 1995 and 2013.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 21:36:24; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Mexico (national, state, municipal) and international remittance corridors.