Mexico Poverty Rate 1989-2024
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- Mexico poverty rate for 2020 was 32.50%, a 1.4% increase from 2018.
- Mexico poverty rate for 2018 was 31.10%, a 2.5% decline from 2016.
- Mexico poverty rate for 2016 was 33.60%, a 4.7% decline from 2014.
- Mexico poverty rate for 2014 was 38.30%, a 2.9% increase from 2012.
| Mexico Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2020 |
32.50% |
1.40% |
| 2018 |
31.10% |
-2.50% |
| 2016 |
33.60% |
-4.70% |
| 2014 |
38.30% |
2.90% |
| 2012 |
35.40% |
-2.70% |
| 2010 |
38.10% |
0.30% |
| 2008 |
37.80% |
0.60% |
| 2006 |
37.20% |
-3.70% |
| 2005 |
40.90% |
-1.20% |
| 2004 |
42.10% |
-3.20% |
| 2002 |
45.30% |
-2.90% |
| 2000 |
48.20% |
-7.00% |
| 1998 |
55.20% |
-8.10% |
| 1996 |
63.30% |
16.70% |
| 1994 |
46.60% |
-1.00% |
| 1992 |
47.60% |
-6.10% |
| 1989 |
53.70% |
-6.10% |
