Mexico Poverty Rate 1989-2020
NOTE: All 2020 and later data are UN projections and DO NOT include any impacts of the COVID-19 virus.
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.
| Similar Country Ranking | |
|---|---|
| Country Name | % Under US $5.50 Per Day |
| Armenia | 50.40% |
| Colombia | 27.80% |
| Ecuador | 24.20% |
| Mexico | 23.00% |
| Peru | 22.10% |
| Brazil | 19.90% |
| Paraguay | 17.00% |
| Dominican Republic | 13.80% |
| Costa Rica | 10.90% |
| Turkey | 9.20% |
| Thailand | 8.60% |
| Russia | 2.30% |
| Belarus | 0.40% |
| 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% |
