TABLE 3. Economic impact of crime and violence in Mexico in 2021 and proportion of Gross Domestic Product.

Direct costs to businesses	Cost in US dollars in 2021	% of GDP
Direct costs to businesses
Cost of security and preventive measures	4,387,219,109	0.33%
Cost due to direct crime-related losses	3,838,151,964	0.29%
Cost due to crime-related corruption	239,478,155	0.02%
Total direct cost to businesses	8,468,132,465	0.6%
Direct and indirect costs to government
Judicial system and imprisonment	12,139,895,325	0.92%
Military spending	14,742,972,841	1.12%
Internal security	4,089,830,406	0.31%
Fear of insecurity	2,467,721,806	0.19%
Crimes committed with a firearm	93,161,448,006	7.06%
Private security	12,521,843,222	0.95%
Total direct and indirect costs to government	139,123,711,607	10.55%
Direct cost to individuals (1)
Personal expenditure in private security	12,341,254,985	0.94%
Hospitalizations	7,130,968,503	0.54%
Emergency Trauma Care	6,338,638,669	0.48%
Annual living cost for disabled people	4,753,979,002	0.36%
Other crimes	2,410,009,152	0.18%
Rape	7,002,824,254	0.53%
Health expenditure associated with a crime	1,371,008,010	0.10%
Vehicle theft	726,316,583	0.06%
Other types of theft (not vehicle theft)	418,011,864	0.03%
Consumer fraud	928,616,223	0.07%
Loss of income from homicides	393,481,502	0.03%
Damage to others property	465,078,109	0.04%
Loss of income from involuntary manslaughter	218,512,670	0.02%
Passerby robbery	170,396,425	0.01%
Funerals for homicide victims	66,027,486	0.01%
Verbal threats	84,558,370	0.01%
Loss of income due to disappearance	41,315,558	0.00%
Physical injury from violence	53,479,292	0.00%
Kidnapping	7,464,327	0.00%
Extorsion	16,022,165	0.00%
Theft of car accessory	54,937,262	0.00%
Total cost to people	44,992,900,411	3.41%
Economic impact of violence and crime in 2021	192,584,744,483	14.6%

Note: Table prepared by authors based on personal calculations.