Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Mexico
4.1% of people in Mexico lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1984.
Mexico, 2024
4.1%
Change from 2022
−1.6percentage points
World, 2024
18.2%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024
2.6%
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Mexico over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Mexico | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.1% | 18.2% |
| 2023 | – | 19.3% |
| 2022 | 5.7% | 20.5% |
| 2021 | – | 21.4% |
| 2020 | 9.6% | 22.1% |
| 2018 | 9.1% | 22.3% |
| 2017 | – | 23.6% |
| 2016 | 10.5% | 24.9% |
| 2015 | – | 26.3% |
| 2014 | 15.1% | 27.9% |
| 2013 | – | 29.3% |
| 2012 | 15.3% | 32.0% |
| 2011 | – | 33.6% |
| 2010 | 16.3% | 35.8% |
| 2009 | – | 38.1% |
| 2008 | 18.7% | 39.3% |
| 2007 | – | 40.5% |
| 2006 | 17.0% | 42.2% |
| 2005 | 19.9% | 43.7% |
| 2004 | 19.7% | 45.4% |
| 2003 | – | 47.2% |
| 2002 | 23.2% | 48.6% |
| 2001 | – | 49.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 5.7% in 2022, a change of −1.6 percentage points.
- Since 2005, when it was 19.9%, the figure has changed by −15.8 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 18.2%.