Mexico climbs rankings as the 19th country for foreign investment

In a survey conducted by the consulting firm Kearney, Mexico has risen from 25th to 19th place among the most attractive countries for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).

The survey gathers the opinions of executives and business leaders, and ranked the United States and Canada in first and second place, respectively; meanwhile, Japan rose from fourth to third place, while China moved up from sixth to fourth place.

Mexico had been excluded from the Business Confidence Index for five consecutive years, until 2024, when it returned to rank 24th among the most attractive economies for FDI.

Gerardo Rocha, managing partner of Kearney Mexico, explained that one of the reasons Mexico climbed so many positions from one year to the next was the fact that the country is part of a large regional platform alongside the United States and Canada, the highest-ranked countries on the list.

Despite the international environment, Kearney’s annual survey reflects greater global confidence, as 88% of the business leaders surveyed responded that they plan to increase their FDI over the next six years—six percentage points above last year’s level.