Mercado Libre Accounts payable and other current liabilities (Note 11) increased by 11.9% to $5.04B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 51.3%, from $3.33B to $5.04B. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Accounts payable and other current liabilities (Note 11) shows an upward trend with a 42.5% CAGR.
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| Value | $857.62M | $906.39M | $1.04B | $1.03B | $1.13B | $1.16B | $1.39B | $1.60B | $1.83B | $1.91B | $2.12B | $2.20B | $2.56B | $2.94B | $3.20B | $3.33B | $3.88B | $4.05B | $4.50B | $5.04B |
| QoQ Change | — | +5.7% | +14.3% | -0.9% | +10.1% | +2.1% | +20.6% | +14.6% | +14.7% | +4.3% | +10.8% | +4.1% | +16.0% | +15.0% | +8.7% | +4.2% | +16.4% | +4.6% | +11.1% | +11.9% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +31.9% | +27.4% | +34.5% | +55.5% | +61.9% | +65.4% | +52.0% | +37.9% | +39.6% | +53.9% | +51.0% | +51.2% | +51.6% | +37.9% | +40.9% | +51.3% |