Poverty & Inequality in Mexico 113 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Mexico. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 5 surveys 2025 unchanged 59th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 8.2% 124th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 33.8% 135th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.91 live births per woman 2023 down 15.8% 122nd Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,262 kg per hectare 2023 up 25.8% 56th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 6.9% 165th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 7.9 % change on previous year 2023 up 510.2% 35th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 14.27 2023 up 44.4% 129th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 14.3% 2023 up 44.4% 129th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 up 6.8% 179th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 6.19 % change on previous year 2023 up 8.5% 51st Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year 2025 up 100.0% 1st Gender Inequality Index 0.358 2023 down 8.2% 81st Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 17.2% 2023 down 0.4% 124th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.106 2023 down 2.9% 108th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.106 2023 down 2.9% 108th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1456 2023 up 0.4% 77th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 1.6% 2024 down 77.8% 59th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.4% 2024 down 81.0% 65th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 4.1% 2024 down 72.8% 61st Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 21.4% 2024 down 54.1% 58th Prosperity gap 2.5 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2024 down 40.5% 62nd Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2842 2023 down 22.1% 76th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 1.1% 2024 down 76.6% 60th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 22.1% 2024 down 19.3% 57th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 6.4% 2024 down 64.2% 60th Population living in slums 17.6% 2022 down 19.5% 81st Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.646 2023 up 9.7% 73rd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.646 2023 up 9.7% 73rd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.646 2023 up 9.7% 73rd Proportion of population below international poverty line 1.6% 2024 down 77.8% 61st Three metrics of inequality 70.87 2022 down 6.5% 5th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.7087 2022 down 6.5% 5th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 313.8 2023 up 25.8% 54th Income share held by second 20% 10.0% 2024 up 16.3% 102nd Income share held by third 20% 14.3% 2024 up 12.6% 107th Income share held by fourth 20% 21.1% 2024 up 9.3% 101st Income share held by highest 20% 48.9% 2024 down 10.8% 18th Income share held by highest 10% 33.4% 2024 down 15.4% 16th Income share held by lowest 10% 2.1% 2024 up 23.5% 95th Income share held by lowest 20% 5.6% 2024 up 19.1% 98th Gini index 42.6 2024 down 12.9% 19th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 15.7% 2024 down 6.5% 32nd Total shortfall from extreme poverty 635.50 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2024 down 76.9% 35th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.4% 2024 down 78.9% 63rd Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0005 2024 down 43.6% 155th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.6742 2022 down 5.9% 2nd Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.6742 2022 down 5.9% 2nd Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.0% 2024 — 129th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 16,309 2017 up 19.4% 62nd Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 59.1% 2022 down 7.4% 9th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 25.6% 2022 down 23.6% 6th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 1.6% 2024 down 77.1% 57th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.4263 2024 down 12.8% 19th Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 2.15 million people 2024 down 75.0% 33rd Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 1.6% 2024 down 77.1% 57th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 1.6% 2024 down 77.1% 57th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 1.6% 2024 down 77.1% 57th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 91.84 million people 2024 up 76.7% 7th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 1.6% 2024 down 77.1% 57th Page 1 of 2 Next →