Jennifer Mendoza
Research expert covering health, pharma and medtech
Mental health in Mexico - Statistics & Facts
The impact of mental health on a person’s life goes beyond handling emotions and dealing with social interactions. In fact, mental health is closely interlinked with physical well-being and can affect a person’s physical health and their capacity to preserve it. From a public health perspective, this means that an investment in mental health can additionally translate into an improvement in physical well-being. When it comes to investing in mental health, no region assigns more budget to this area than Europe. In 2024, Europeans allocated more than 50 U.S. dollars per person to mental health programs. This is nearly 45 U.S. dollars more than what was spent in the Americas. In the case of Mexico, despite a growing population, the expenditure budget designated to mental health programs has remained stable in recent years, going from around 3.5 to nearly four billion Mexican pesos between 2016 and 2024.Â
