Sheinbaum's administration has spent 281 billion pesos less than budgeted; it has cut scholarships and health care.

MEXICO CITY (apro).- In the first six months of the year, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo's administration spent 281 billion pesos less than planned in the 2025 Federal Expenditure Budget; the reduction was observed in virtually all state departments, primarily in the Ministry of Welfare, which spent 40.944 billion pesos less, and in Pemex, with 38 billion pesos.

The only agencies that spent more than the 2025 PEF budget included the Ministry of the Interior (Segob), which spent 1.507 billion pesos more on migration; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE), which obtained additional resources for consular services to respond to the anti-immigrant attacks launched by the US administration of Donald Trump; and the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP).

In contrast to Andrés Manuel López Obrador's six-year term, in which the military spent more than the already abundant public resources allocated through the PEF, between January and June 2025 the Ministry of National Defense (Sedena) spent 11.406 billion pesos less than planned – 14% of the contemplated amount –, largely due to lower expenses on the Mayan Train, and the Ministry of the Navy (Semar) did not spend 6.913 billion pesos, or 20.5% of the PEF provisions.

According to the Quarterly Report on the Economic Situation, Public Finances, and Public Debt, virtually the entire public administration implemented a significant reduction in planned spending.

The Ministry of Welfare spent 40 billion pesos less on social programs, the Ministry of Public Education (SEP) spent less on scholarships and upper secondary education, and Pemex cut its investments in physical assets, general services, and materials and supplies.

The government also cut its health spending, with a reduction of 12.745 billion pesos in the Ministry of Health (SSA)—derived from lower expenditures in the Health Care program and the lack of resources for strengthening state health services—and another 6.487 billion pesos in IMSS-Bienestar programs.