Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Mexico
Mexico: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population was 0.3981 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Mexico, 2012–2022
Source: OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2022, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Mexico stood at 0.3981. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is down 4.7% on the previous year and down 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Mexico peaked at 0.4684 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.3981, in 2022.
Mexico ranks 5th of 39 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Mexico, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0.4548 | — |
| 2014 | 0.4632 | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 0.4684 | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.4155 | -11.3% |
| 2020 | 0.4178 | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.3981 | -4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4505 | 0.4155 | 0.4684 | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.4079 | 0.3981 | 0.4178 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 2 Costa Rica 0.4486 compare
- 3 Brazil 0.4451 compare
- 4 Türkiye 0.4196 compare
- 6 United States of America 0.3863 compare
- 7 Bulgaria 0.3855 compare
- 8 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.3678 compare
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: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Mexico?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Mexico was 0.3981 in 2022, according to OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4684 in 2016.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3981 in 2022.
- How does Mexico rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population?
- Mexico ranks 5th out of 39 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mexico data come from?
- The figures come from OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population. 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.