Almost half of the Mexican population (45.8 percent) younger than 18 years old lived in poverty in 2022. The poverty rate among adults (aged 18 or older) was more than ten percentage points lower, standing at 32.5 percent. The poverty rate for both age groups presented a significant decreased when compared to 2020.

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.

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.

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.

Mexico Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data was reported at 22.500 % in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 24.700 % for 2020. Mexico Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 29.450 % from Dec 1989 (Median) to 2022, with 18 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 34.600 % in 1998 and a record low of 22.500 % in 2022. Mexico Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal 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: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line is the percentage of a population living in poverty according to the World Bank's Societal Poverty Line. The Societal Poverty Line is expressed in purchasing power adjusted 2017 U.S. dollars and defined as max($2.15, $1.15 + 0.5*Median). This means that when the national median is sufficiently low, the Societal Poverty line is equivalent to the extreme poverty line, $2.15. For countries with a sufficiently high national median, the Societal Poverty Line grows as countries’ median income grows.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

The COVID-19 pandemic affected the world and influenced the lives of many. The poverty rate in Mexico accounted for approximately 44 percent of the country's population in 2020. In that year, it was estimated that more than eight percent of the population of Mexico lived in a situation of extreme poverty, while 35.4 percent of the population were considered to live in moderate poverty. All severities of poverty in Mexico decreased in 2022.

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/].

Mexico MX: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: Female: % of female population data was reported at 44.400 % in 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 42.600 % for 2018. Mexico MX: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: Female: % of female population data is updated yearly, averaging 45.150 % from Dec 2010 (Median) to 2020, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 46.300 % in 2014 and a record low of 42.600 % in 2018. Mexico MX: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: Female: % of female 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: Social: Poverty and Inequality. ;Government statistical agencies. Data for EU countires are from the EUROSTAT;;

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 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.

Mexico MX: Poverty Gap at $3.65 a Day: 2017 PPP: % data was reported at 1.300 % in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2.300 % for 2020. Mexico MX: Poverty Gap at $3.65 a Day: 2017 PPP: % data is updated yearly, averaging 6.000 % from Dec 1989 (Median) to 2022, with 18 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 12.500 % in 1998 and a record low of 1.300 % in 2022. Mexico MX: Poverty Gap at $3.65 a Day: 2017 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. Poverty gap at $3.65 a day (2017 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $3.65 a day (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

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.

In 2020, it was estimated that more than ten million people in Mexico lived in a situation of extreme poverty, an increase when compared with 2018.

The moderate poverty rate in Mexico amounted to more than one third of the country's population in 2020. In that year, it was estimated that more than 35.4 percent of the Mexican population lived in a situation of moderate poverty, an increase when compared with the rate registered in 2018. Chiapas was the state in Mexico with the highest poverty rate that year.

Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 60% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure：百分比在12-01-2020达1.060%，相较于12-01-2018的0.650%有所增长。Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 60% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure：百分比数据按年更新，12-01-2008至12-01-2020期间平均值为0.680%，共7份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-2020，达1.060%，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-2016，为0.370%。CEIC提供的Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 60% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure：百分比数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于全球数据库的墨西哥 – Table MX.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality。

In 2020, in the Mexican city of Monterrey the most common situation for population due to their degree of poverty was for the non-vulnerable with **** percent. Nevertheless, the other **** percent of the population either lives in poverty conditions or is on the verge of it.

In 2020, the Mexican state of Chiapas experienced a prevailing situation characterized by moderate poverty, impacting approximately **** percent of its residents. It is noteworthy that the remaining ***** percent of the population either lived in poverty or faced challenging circumstances.

The COVID-19 pandemic affected directly the lives of many people. Approximately 11.23 million people in Mexico were considered vulnerable due to a low income or a lack of it in 2020. This represents an increase of 14 percent when compared with the number registered in 2018, which amounted to 9.88 million. The share of Mexican population in a vulnerable state due to a low income or a lack of it considerably decreased in 2022.

（停止更新）多维贫困率：女性：女性占总人口百分比在12-01-2020达44.400%，相较于12-01-2018的42.600%有所增长。（停止更新）多维贫困率：女性：女性占总人口百分比数据按年更新，12-01-2010至12-01-2020期间平均值为45.150%，共6份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-2014，达46.300%，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-2018，为42.600%。CEIC提供的（停止更新）多维贫困率：女性：女性占总人口百分比数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于全球数据库的墨西哥 – Table MX.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality。

In the year 2020, the Mexican state of Sinaloa experienced a prevailing situation of vulnerability due to social deprivations, which affected approximately **** percent of the residents. It is important to note that the remaining ***** percent of the population either lived in poverty or faced precarious circumstances.