Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Mexico
Mexico: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 91.7% in 2022. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Mexico, 1984–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2022, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Mexico stood at 91.7%. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Mexico peaked at 96.6% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 91.7%, in 2022.
That places Mexico 65th out of 119 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Mexico, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 96.2% | — |
| 1989 | 96.4% | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 94.5% | -2.0% |
| 1994 | 93.8% | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 96.6% | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 96.2% | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 94.2% | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 94.6% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 94.5% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 94.4% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 93.5% | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 93.4% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 94.4% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 92.9% | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 93.9% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 92.8% | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 92.9% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 93.4% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 91.7% | -1.8% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 91.7% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.3%, 96% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 91.7% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 92.0%, 100% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 96.3% | 96.2% | 96.4% | 2 |
| 1990s | 95.3% | 93.8% | 96.6% | 4 |
| 2000s | 94.1% | 93.4% | 94.6% | 6 |
| 2010s | 93.4% | 92.8% | 94.4% | 5 |
| 2020s | 92.5% | 91.7% | 93.4% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More poverty & inequality data for Mexico
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 5 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Mexico?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Mexico was 91.7% in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 96.6% in 1996.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 91.7% in 2022.
- How does Mexico rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Mexico ranks 65th out of 119 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. 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 (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.