Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Mexico

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Mexico in 2024 — 21.4%. Ranked 13 in the world out of 25. Since 1984, the indicator has fallen by 37.6 pp.

2024 21.4% −6 pp vs 2022
World rank 13of 25
Period maximum 65.6%1996
Period minimum 21.4%2024

Trend over time

1984–2024 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Mexico, 1984–2024020406080198419881992199620002004200820122016202020241984: 59%1989: 60.2%1992: 54.5%1994: 53.3%1996: 65.6%1998: 62.2%2000: 55.1%2002: 52.9%2004: 50.4%2005: 48.4%2006: 45.9%2008: 46%2010: 46.3%2012: 44.1%2014: 46.6%2016: 37.8%2018: 35.3%2020: 36.5%2022: 27.4%2024: 21.4%
Change over the period: −37.6 pp Annual average: -0.94 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mexico

Mexico 21.4%
World 46.1%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Mexico, by year Mexico All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 21.4
2022 27.4
2020 36.5
2018 35.3
2016 37.8
2014 46.6
2012 44.1
2010 46.3
2008 46
2006 45.9 −2.5 pp
2005 48.4 −2 pp
2004 50.4
2002 52.9
2000 55.1
1998 62.2
1996 65.6
1994 53.3
1992 54.5
1989 60.2
1984 59

Central America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $6.85 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity — the highest of the three international lines of the World Bank. It is this line that shows how much more modest the fall in world poverty looks than the extreme line suggests: nearly half the population of the planet lives below this level, and over recent decades that share has been falling more slowly than the share of the destitute.

Important: It matches the typical national poverty lines of upper-middle-income countries. For rich countries even this line is low — there poverty is measured relative to median income rather than by an absolute amount.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.