Income inequality: Atkinson index in Mexico
Mexico: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.2842 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Mexico, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 0.2842 for income inequality: atkinson index in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 22.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Mexico peaked at 0.365 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.2842, in 2022.
That places Mexico 76th out of 174 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Mexico, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.3548 | — |
| 2011 | 0.3548 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.365 | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 0.365 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3601 | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.3601 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.3448 | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 0.3448 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.3138 | -9.0% |
| 2019 | 0.3138 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.305 | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 0.305 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2842 | -6.8% |
| 2023 | 0.2842 | +0.0% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 0.2842 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2515, 1.1× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 0.2842 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.3457, 82% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3477 | 0.3138 | 0.365 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2946 | 0.2842 | 0.305 | 4 |
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)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (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)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 7.9 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 14.27 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 14.3% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: atkinson index in Mexico?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Mexico was 0.2842 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 0.365 in 2012.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2842 in 2022.
- How does Mexico rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Mexico ranks 76th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mexico data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.