Income share held by lowest 10% in Mexico
Mexico: Income share held by lowest 10% was 2.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Income share held by lowest 10% in Mexico, 1984–2024
Source: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 2.1% for income share held by lowest 10% in 2024. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of up 23.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income share held by lowest 10% in Mexico peaked at 2.1% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 1998.
That places Mexico 95th out of 122 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.7% | 2 |
| 1990s | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.4% | 4 |
| 2000s | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 6 |
| 2010s | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.9% | 5 |
| 2020s | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More poverty & inequality data for Mexico
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 5 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.91 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 4,262 (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 14.27 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.358 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 17.15 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.106 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.106 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income share held by lowest 10% in Mexico?
- Income share held by lowest 10% in Mexico was 2.1% in 2024, according to World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ.
- What is the highest income share held by lowest 10% recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 2.1% in 2022.
- What is the lowest income share held by lowest 10% recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 1998.
- How does Mexico rank for income share held by lowest 10%?
- Mexico ranks 95th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is income share held by lowest 10% rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income econ, published as part of Income share held by lowest 10%. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage share of income or consumption is the share that accrues to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles.