In 2022, approximately 4.7 percent of the Mexican population were living on less than 3.20 U.S. dollars per day, a considerable decrease in comparison to the previous year. Furthermore, unemployment rate in this Latin American country during this period was at 3.2 percent. Poverty is considerably higher in the South In 2022, the three states with the highest poverty rate in the Aztec country were Chiapas, Guerrero, and Oaxaca, all in the southern region. In contrast, the top eight federal entities with the lowest were all in the North. The clear division is further accentuated by the Northern Border Free Zone, which encompasses 43 municipalities in the Mexico-U.S. border with higher minimum wages and lower taxes. Poverty in states such as Chiapas reaches over 67 percent, which means two out of three residents are under the poverty line and almost one out of three under extreme poverty conditions.
A country troubled by inequality Poverty and inequality are no news in Mexico. In the most recent data, around 80 percent of the total wealth of the country was concentrated in the top 10 percent of the population. Moreover, the bottom 50 percent had a negative share, meaning that half of the Mexican population had more debts than assets. But inequality does not only encompass wealth distribution, but Mexico also has a problem regarding gender inequality. The government has failed to achieve many of its goals to reduce the gap between genders.

The working poverty rate in Mexico, which refers to the percentage of the population with labor income below the cost of the food basket, rose to **** percent in the fourth quarter of 2024. The share of the Mexican population at working poverty peaked in the third quarter of 2020, at ** percent.

The number of people living in poverty in Mexico accounted for over 36 percent of the country's population in 2020. In that year, it was estimated that more than 46 million people in Mexico lived in a situation of poverty, a significant decrease of nearly nine millions when compared with 2020. During 2022, Chiapas was the state in Mexico with the highest poverty rate.

Mexico MX: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: % of Population data was reported at 43.600 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 46.200 % for 2014. Mexico MX: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 45.500 % from Dec 2008 (Median) to 2016, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 46.200 % in 2014 and a record low of 43.600 % in 2016. Mexico MX: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mexico – Table MX.World Bank.WDI: Poverty. National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty lines. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.; ; World Bank, Global Poverty Working Group. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.; ; This series only includes estimates that to the best of our knowledge are reasonably comparable over time for a country. Due to differences in estimation methodologies and poverty lines, estimates should not be compared across countries.

Mexico MX: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: Rural: % of Rural Population data was reported at 62.400 % in 2014. This records a decrease from the previous number of 62.800 % for 2012. Mexico MX: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: Rural: % of Rural Population data is updated yearly, averaging 62.950 % from Dec 2008 (Median) to 2014, with 4 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 65.900 % in 2010 and a record low of 62.400 % in 2014. Mexico MX: Poverty Headcount Ratio at National Poverty Lines: Rural: % of Rural Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mexico – Table MX.World Bank.WDI: Poverty. Rural poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the rural population living below the national poverty lines.; ; World Bank, Global Poverty Working Group. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.; ; This series only includes estimates that to the best of our knowledge are reasonably comparable over time for a country. Due to differences in estimation methodologies and poverty lines, estimates should not be compared across countries.

Mexico Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 60% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure: % data was reported at 1.060 % in 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.650 % for 2018. Mexico Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 60% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure: % data is updated yearly, averaging 0.680 % from Dec 2008 (Median) to 2020, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.060 % in 2020 and a record low of 0.370 % in 2016. Mexico Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 60% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mexico – Table MX.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. This indicator shows the fraction of a country’s population experiencing out-of-pocket health impoverishing expenditures, defined as expenditures without which the household they live in would have been above the 60% median consumption but because of the expenditures is below the poverty line. Out-of-pocket health expenditure is defined as any spending incurred by a household when any member uses a health good or service to receive any type of care (preventive, curative, rehabilitative, long-term or palliative care); provided by any type of provider; for any type of disease, illness or health condition; in any type of setting (outpatient, inpatient, at home).;Global Health Observatory. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2023. (https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/financial-protection);Weighted average;This indicator is related to Sustainable Development Goal 3.8.2 [https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/].

The poverty rate in Mexico accounted for almost 36 percent of the country's population in 2022, a decrease of 7.6 percentage points when compared with the rate from 2020. The state of Mexico was the state with the highest number of people living in poverty in 2022.

Poverty rate at $3.2 a day of Mexico sank by 40.63% from 9.60 % in 2020 to 5.70 % in 2022. Since the 10.00% jump in 2008, poverty rate at $3.2 a day plummeted by 69.52% in 2022. Population below $3.1 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.1 a day at 2005 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

The share of the indigenous population in Mexico that had an average per capita income below the poverty line reached 39.4 percent in 2022. In comparison to the beginning of the analyzed period, this represents a decrease of 34.9 percentage points. That year Mexico had one of the highest share of indigenous population living in poverty in Latin America.

Mexico MX: Proportion of Population Pushed Below the $1.90: Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: % data was reported at 0.284 % in 2012. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.234 % for 2010. Mexico MX: Proportion of Population Pushed Below the $1.90: Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: % data is updated yearly, averaging 0.365 % from Dec 1984 (Median) to 2012, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.955 % in 1994 and a record low of 0.000 % in 1992. Mexico MX: Proportion of Population Pushed Below the $1.90: Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mexico – Table MX.World Bank.WDI: Poverty. Proportion of population pushed below the $1.90 ($ 2011 PPP) poverty line by out-of-pocket health care expenditure, expressed as a percentage of a total population of a country; ; Wagstaff et al. Progress on Impoverishing Health Spending: Results for 122 Countries. A Retrospective Observational Study, Lancet Global Health 2017.; Weighted average;

Two out of every three persons in Chiapas lived under the poverty line in 2022, making it the federal entity with the largest share of poor population in Mexico. On average, about 36 percent of the Mexican population was living in poverty that year.

Mexico MX: Proportion of Population Pushed Below the $3.10: Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: % data was reported at 0.690 USD in 2012. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.480 USD for 2010. Mexico MX: Proportion of Population Pushed Below the $3.10: Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: % data is updated yearly, averaging 1.066 USD from Dec 1984 (Median) to 2012, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.891 USD in 1996 and a record low of 0.000 USD in 1992. Mexico MX: Proportion of Population Pushed Below the $3.10: Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mexico – Table MX.World Bank.WDI: Poverty. Proportion of population pushed below the $3.10 ($ 2011 PPP) poverty line by out-of-pocket health care expenditure, expressed as a percentage of a total population of a country; ; Wagstaff et al. Progress on Impoverishing Health Spending: Results for 122 Countries. A Retrospective Observational Study, Lancet Global Health 2017.; Weighted average;

Chiapas was the state in Mexico with the highest average extreme poverty rate in 2022. It was estimated that almost three out of ten people in Chiapas lived in a situation of extreme poverty. In contrast, Baja California was the state with the lowest extreme poverty rate, with 0.8 percent, well below the national average, which stood at 7.1 percent. The share of population living in poverty in Mexico amounted to 36.3 percent in 2022.

Mexico MX: Proportion of Population Pushed Below the $3.20: Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: % data was reported at 0.133 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.432 % for 2014. Mexico MX: Proportion of Population Pushed Below the $3.20: Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: % data is updated yearly, averaging 0.379 % from Dec 2008 (Median) to 2016, with 4 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.522 % in 2008 and a record low of 0.133 % in 2016. Mexico MX: Proportion of Population Pushed Below the $3.20: Poverty Line by Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure: 2011 PPP: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mexico – Table MX.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Proportion of population pushed below the $3.20 ($2011 PPP) poverty line by out-of-pocket health care expenditure. This indicator shows the fraction of a country’s population experiencing out-of-pocket health impoverishing expenditures, defined as expenditures without which the household they live in would have been above the $3.20 poverty line, but because of the expenditures is below the poverty line. Out-of-pocket health expenditure is defined as any spending incurred by a household when any member uses a health good or service to receive any type of care (preventive, curative, rehabilitative, long-term or palliative care); provided by any type of provider; for any type of disease, illness or health condition; in any type of setting (outpatient, inpatient, at home).; ; World Health Organization and World Bank. 2021. Global Monitoring Report on Financial Protection in Health 2021.; Weighted Average; This indicator is related to Sustainable Development Goal 3.8.2 [https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/].

The extreme poverty rate in Mexico accounted for less than one tenth of the country's population between 2012 and 2022. In the latter, it was estimated that 7.1 percent of the population of Mexico lived in a situation of extreme poverty, an considerable decrease when compared to 2020. Further, Chiapas was the state in Mexico with the highest average extreme poverty rate in 2022.

IntroductionThe epidemiological pattern of prediabetes in adolescents is understudied. In Mexico, adolescents are exposed to social adversity conditions, including poverty and violence. Therefore, understanding their clinical profiles and how the social determinants of health impose barriers to access to health services is important to address detection, in those who, by their vulnerability, remain a hidden population.AimThis study aimed to describe undiagnosed prediabetes in Mexican adolescents under poverty in violent contexts and to compare the clinical features among health services users and hidden population.MethodsThis cross-sectional study included 371 adolescents from difficult access locations in violent contexts. Poverty, lack of health services access, and perceived vulnerability were determined in all samples. Endocrine markers (BMI, HOMA-IR, HbA1c, and cortisol) were measured in those with high violence perception.ResultsA total of 61.7% of the adolescents had a suburban grid and urban cluster residence, and 77.7–85.7% of them belonged to locations where 35–50% of their population lived below the poverty line. In total, 40–75% had a lack of 10–20% access to health services, and 18.8% had a high perceived vulnerability due to collective violence and were screened. Overall, 61.9% of respondents were newly diagnosed with prediabetes and showed the worst HbA1c (p = 0.001) compared to the health services subsample, which showed the highest BMI (p = 0.031) and insulin resistance (p = 0.025).ConclusionThere is a prediabetes hidden population living in violent contexts under poverty. These social determinants promote poor outcomes in perceived vulnerability and endocrine response and represent barriers to access to health services.

Puebla was the state in Mexico with the highest average moderate poverty rate in 2018. It was estimated that over half of the population in Puebla lived in a situation of moderate poverty. On the other hand, Nuevo León was the state with the lowest moderate poverty rate, with **** percent, well below the national average, which stood at almost **** percent. The share of population living in poverty in Mexico amounted to ** percent in 2018.

Chiapas was the state in Mexico with the highest number of people living in extreme poverty in 2022. It was estimated that more than 1.6 million people in Chiapas lived in a situation of extreme poverty, out of a total of 9.1 million people at the national level. On the other hand, Baja California Sur was the state with the lowest number of people living in extreme poverty, with 6,400. Baja California Sur was also among the Mexican state with the lowest number of people living in poverty.

Men in Mexico were sligthly less likely to face extreme poverty than women. In 2022, it was estimated that 7.2 percent of the female population in Mexico lived in extreme poverty, while 6.9 percent of men were considered to be in the same situation. Regarding poverty, Mexican women that year were also more likely to face it.

41,9 (%) in 2018. National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty lines. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.