Mexico Poverty Rate 1989-2020
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 2018 was 23.00%, a 2.7% decline from 2016.
- Mexico poverty rate for 2016 was 25.70%, a 7.9% decline from 2014.
- Mexico poverty rate for 2014 was 33.60%, a 1.8% increase from 2012.
- Mexico poverty rate for 2012 was 31.80%, a 1.9% decline from 2010.
| Mexico Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2018 |
23.00% |
-2.70% |
| 2016 |
25.70% |
-7.90% |
| 2014 |
33.60% |
1.80% |
| 2012 |
31.80% |
-1.90% |
| 2010 |
33.70% |
0.10% |
| 2008 |
33.60% |
0.30% |
| 2006 |
33.30% |
-3.50% |
| 2005 |
36.80% |
-0.80% |
| 2004 |
37.60% |
-3.40% |
| 2002 |
41.00% |
-3.00% |
| 2000 |
44.00% |
-9.60% |
| 1998 |
53.60% |
-8.00% |
| 1996 |
61.60% |
16.10% |
| 1994 |
45.50% |
-0.60% |
| 1992 |
46.10% |
6.00% |
| 1989 |
40.10% |
6.00% |
