Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Mexico
Mexico: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.4001 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Mexico, 2012–2022
Source: OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Mexico is 0.4001, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.8% on the previous year and down 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Mexico peaked at 0.4593 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.4001, in 2022.
That places Mexico 5th out of 39 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Mexico, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0.4572 | — |
| 2014 | 0.4593 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.4587 | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.418 | -8.9% |
| 2020 | 0.4205 | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.4001 | -4.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4483 | 0.418 | 0.4593 | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.4103 | 0.4001 | 0.4205 | 2 |
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: gini coefficient before and after tax in Mexico?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Mexico was 0.4001 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 recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4593 in 2014.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4001 in 2022.
- How does Mexico rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Mexico ranks 5th out of 39 countries 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 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. 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.