Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Mexico
Mexico: Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line was 21.4 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Mexico, 1984–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2024, share living with less than upper middle income poverty line 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, share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Mexico peaked at 65.57 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 21.4, in 2024.
That places Mexico 56th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 59.59 | 59.02 | 60.15 | 2 |
| 1990s | 58.88 | 53.25 | 65.57 | 4 |
| 2000s | 49.78 | 45.94 | 55.06 | 6 |
| 2010s | 42.01 | 35.33 | 46.56 | 5 |
| 2020s | 28.44 | 21.4 | 36.54 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More poverty & inequality data for Mexico
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 5 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.91 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 4,262 (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 revenues vs income inequality 14.27 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 6.19 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.358 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Mexico?
- Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Mexico was 21.4 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 65.57 in 1996.
- What is the lowest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.4 in 2024.
- How does Mexico rank for share living with less than upper middle income poverty line?
- Mexico ranks 56th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line 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 Our World in Data, published as part of Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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