Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Mexico
Mexico: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day was 21.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 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
In 2024, poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Mexico stood at 21.4%. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 21.9% on the previous year and down 54.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Mexico peaked at 65.6% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 21.4%, in 2024.
That places Mexico 57th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Mexico, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 59.0% | — |
| 1989 | 60.2% | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 54.5% | -9.3% |
| 1994 | 53.3% | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 65.6% | +23.1% |
| 1998 | 62.2% | -5.2% |
| 2000 | 55.1% | -11.4% |
| 2002 | 52.9% | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 50.4% | -4.8% |
| 2005 | 48.4% | -3.9% |
| 2006 | 45.9% | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 46.0% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 46.3% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 44.1% | -4.9% |
| 2014 | 46.6% | +5.7% |
| 2016 | 37.8% | -18.9% |
| 2018 | 35.3% | -6.4% |
| 2020 | 36.5% | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 27.4% | -25.1% |
| 2024 | 21.4% | -21.9% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 21.4% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21.4%, 100% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 21.4% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 22.1%, 97% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 59.6% | 59.0% | 60.2% | 2 |
| 1990s | 58.9% | 53.3% | 65.6% | 4 |
| 2000s | 49.8% | 45.9% | 55.1% | 6 |
| 2010s | 42.0% | 35.3% | 46.6% | 5 |
| 2020s | 28.4% | 21.4% | 36.5% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More poverty & inequality data for Mexico
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 5 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $8.30 a day in Mexico?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Mexico was 21.4% 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 $8.30 a day recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 65.6% in 1996.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.4% in 2024.
- How does Mexico rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day?
- Mexico ranks 57th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 $8.30 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 $8.30 per day.