Mexico Poverty Rate 1989-2021
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 22.70%, a 2.7% decline from 2016.
- Mexico poverty rate for 2016 was 25.40%, a 7.9% decline from 2014.
- Mexico poverty rate for 2014 was 33.30%, a 1.7% increase from 2012.
- Mexico poverty rate for 2012 was 31.60%, a 1.7% decline from 2010.
| Mexico Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2018 |
22.70% |
-2.70% |
| 2016 |
25.40% |
-7.90% |
| 2014 |
33.30% |
1.70% |
| 2012 |
31.60% |
-1.70% |
| 2010 |
33.30% |
-0.10% |
| 2008 |
33.40% |
0.30% |
| 2006 |
33.10% |
-3.60% |
| 2005 |
36.70% |
-0.70% |
| 2004 |
37.40% |
-3.20% |
| 2002 |
40.60% |
-3.20% |
| 2000 |
43.80% |
-9.60% |
| 1998 |
53.40% |
-8.00% |
| 1996 |
61.40% |
16.10% |
| 1994 |
45.30% |
-0.40% |
| 1992 |
45.70% |
6.00% |
| 1989 |
39.70% |
6.00% |
