Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Mexico
Mexico: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.3855 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Mexico, 1984–2024
Source: Luxembourg Income Study (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Mexico is 0.3855, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.6% on the previous year and down 16.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Mexico peaked at 0.505 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0.3855, in 2024.
That places Mexico 9th out of 48 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.4514 | 0.434 | 0.4688 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.4988 | 0.4869 | 0.505 | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.4742 | 0.4558 | 0.4998 | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.4489 | 0.4259 | 0.4669 | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.4012 | 0.3855 | 0.4184 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More poverty & inequality data for Mexico
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 5 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.91 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,262 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 14.3% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.358 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.106 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.106 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1456 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 17.2% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2842 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Mexico?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Mexico was 0.3855 in 2024, according to Luxembourg Income Study (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 0.505 in 1998.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3855 in 2024.
- How does Mexico rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Mexico ranks 9th out of 48 countries with data for 2024.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mexico data come from?
- The figures come from Luxembourg Income Study (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Inequality is measured here in terms of income after taxes and benefits.