Mexico Poverty Rate 1989-2025

Mexico poverty rate for 2022 was 21.80%, a 8.5% decline from 2020.
  • Mexico poverty rate for 2020 was 30.30%, a 1.5% increase from 2018.
  • Mexico poverty rate for 2018 was 28.80%, a 2.6% decline from 2016.
  • Mexico poverty rate for 2016 was 31.40%, a 8.9% decline from 2014.
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.

Percent Under US 5.50 Per Day

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Annual Change

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