Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Mexico
Mexico: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.4263 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Mexico, 1984–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2024, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Mexico stood at 0.4263. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and down 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Mexico peaked at 0.5342 in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.4263, in 2024.
That places Mexico 19th out of 120 regions 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 | 0.4932 | 0.4853 | 0.5011 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.5275 | 0.5197 | 0.5342 | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.5097 | 0.4971 | 0.534 | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.4781 | 0.4595 | 0.496 | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.4356 | 0.4263 | 0.4459 | 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)
- 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 vs. gdp per capita in Mexico?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Mexico was 0.4263 in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5342 in 1994.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4263 in 2024.
- How does Mexico rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Mexico ranks 19th out of 120 regions with data for 2024.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mexico data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. 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.