Mexico Poverty Rate 1984-2019
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 2016 was 34.80%, a 5.7% decline from 2014.
- Mexico poverty rate for 2014 was 40.50%, a 4.1% increase from 2012.
- Mexico poverty rate for 2012 was 36.40%, a 0.7% decline from 2010.
- Mexico poverty rate for 2010 was 37.10%, a 0.4% decline from 2008.
| Mexico Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2016 |
34.80% |
-5.70% |
| 2014 |
40.50% |
4.10% |
| 2012 |
36.40% |
-0.70% |
| 2010 |
37.10% |
-0.40% |
| 2008 |
37.50% |
3.80% |
| 2006 |
33.70% |
-7.30% |
| 2005 |
41.00% |
1.80% |
| 2004 |
39.20% |
-4.10% |
| 2002 |
43.30% |
-1.80% |
| 2000 |
45.10% |
-5.50% |
| 1998 |
50.60% |
-3.50% |
| 1996 |
54.10% |
10.60% |
| 1994 |
43.50% |
-0.20% |
| 1992 |
43.70% |
-0.30% |
| 1984 |
44.00% |
-0.30% |
