Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Mexico
Mexico: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 91.2% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Mexico, 1984–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Mexico is 91.2%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Mexico peaked at 97.1% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 91.2%, in 2024.
That places Mexico 68th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Mexico, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 96.9% | — |
| 1989 | 96.9% | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 95.3% | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 94.5% | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 97.1% | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 96.8% | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 95.3% | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 95.2% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 95.4% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 95.3% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 94.4% | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 94.5% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 95.2% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 93.9% | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 94.9% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 93.9% | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 94.0% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 94.5% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 93.1% | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 91.2% | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 96.9% | 96.9% | 96.9% | 2 |
| 1990s | 95.9% | 94.5% | 97.1% | 4 |
| 2000s | 95.0% | 94.4% | 95.4% | 6 |
| 2010s | 94.4% | 93.9% | 95.2% | 5 |
| 2020s | 92.9% | 91.2% | 94.5% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More poverty & inequality data for Mexico
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 5 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Mexico?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Mexico was 91.2% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 97.1% in 1996.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 91.2% in 2024.
- How does Mexico rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Mexico ranks 68th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.