Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Mexico
Mexico: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.4% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Mexico, 2014–2022
Source: World Bank – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Mexico stood at 0.4%. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is down 4.7% on the previous year and down 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Mexico peaked at 0.5% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2022.
That places Mexico 4th out of 35 regions with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 3 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 1 Costa Rica 0.5% compare
- 2 Chile 0.5% compare
- 3 Turkey 0.4% compare
- 5 United States 0.4% compare
- 6 United Kingdom 0.4% compare
- 7 Lithuania 0.4% compare
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)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 17.2% (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)
- 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 0.4% in 2022, according to World Bank – processed 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 0.5% in 2016.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2022.
- How does Mexico rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Mexico ranks 4th out of 35 regions with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mexico data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank – processed 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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Redistributive impact of fiscal policy, Gini index (%)