Mexico Poverty Rate 1989-2024
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 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 rate for 2022 was 21.80%, a 8.5% decline from 2020.
- Mexico poverty rate for 2020 was 30.30%, a 1.5% increase from 2018.
- Mexico poverty rate for 2018 was 28.80%, a 2.6% decline from 2016.
- Mexico poverty rate for 2016 was 31.40%, a 8.9% decline from 2014.
| Mexico Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2022 |
21.80% |
-8.50% |
| 2020 |
30.30% |
1.50% |
| 2018 |
28.80% |
-2.60% |
| 2016 |
31.40% |
-8.90% |
| 2014 |
40.30% |
3.00% |
| 2012 |
37.30% |
-2.90% |
| 2010 |
40.20% |
0.00% |
| 2008 |
40.20% |
0.50% |
| 2006 |
39.70% |
-3.20% |
| 2005 |
42.90% |
-1.30% |
| 2004 |
44.20% |
-2.80% |
| 2002 |
47.00% |
-2.90% |
| 2000 |
49.90% |
-6.80% |
| 1998 |
56.70% |
-3.70% |
| 1996 |
60.40% |
12.80% |
| 1994 |
47.60% |
-1.40% |
| 1992 |
49.00% |
-4.50% |
| 1989 |
53.50% |
-4.50% |
