Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, it was reported that 3.4 million indigenous people in Mexico lived in extreme poverty, while the number of people in that situation among the non-indigenous population amounted to 7.4 million. The quantity of indigenous Mexicans suffering from extreme poverty has increased nearly ten percent since 2016, whereas among the non-indigenous the number has increased by 32 percent.
Number of people living in extreme poverty in Mexico between 2014 and 2020, by ethnicity (in millions)
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Statistics on Poverty and inequality in Mexico
Overview
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Income distribution
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Poverty
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- Basic Statistic Mexico: people living in poverty 2020, by state
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Extreme poverty
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- Basic Statistic Mexico: people living in extreme poverty 2008-2020
- Basic Statistic Mexico: population living in extreme poverty 2008-2020
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- Basic Statistic Mexico: extreme poverty rate by gender 2014-2020
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- Basic Statistic Mexico: people living in extreme poverty 2014-2020, by ethnicity
Vulnerability of the population
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- Mexico: share of population with social deprivation 2014-2018, by ethnicity
- Mexico: population living in poverty 2014-2020, by ethnicity
- Mexico: population living in extreme poverty 2014-2018, by ethnicity
- Mexico: share of people lacking basic housing services by ethnicity 2014-2018
- Mexico: vulnerable population due to income 2014-2018, by ethnicity
- Mexico: neither poor nor vulnerable population 2014-2018, by ethnicity
- Mexico: number of people in moderate poverty 2014-2018, by ethnicity
- Mexico: number of vulnerable people due to income 2014-2018, by ethnicity
- Mexico: number of socially vulnerable people 2014-2018, by ethnicity
- Mexico: people lacking basic housing services by ethnicity 2014-2018
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- Mexico: share of people who are not poor or vulnerable 2014-2018, by ethnicity
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- Mexico: share of population in poverty 2020, by severity & ethnicity
- Mexico: neither poor nor vulnerable population 2014-2018, by language spoken
- Mexico: vulnerable people due to income 2014-2018, by disability condition
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- Mexico: population suffering social deprivations 2014-2018, by disability condition
- Mexico: number of vulnerable people due to income by gender 2014-2018
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National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Mexico). (November 30, 2021). Number of people living in extreme poverty in Mexico between 2014 and 2020, by ethnicity (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 02, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046387/mexico-number-people-extreme-poverty-ethnicity/
National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Mexico). "Number of people living in extreme poverty in Mexico between 2014 and 2020, by ethnicity (in millions)." Chart. November 30, 2021. Statista. Accessed February 02, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046387/mexico-number-people-extreme-poverty-ethnicity/
National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Mexico). (2021). Number of people living in extreme poverty in Mexico between 2014 and 2020, by ethnicity (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 02, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046387/mexico-number-people-extreme-poverty-ethnicity/
National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Mexico). "Number of People Living in Extreme Poverty in Mexico between 2014 and 2020, by Ethnicity (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046387/mexico-number-people-extreme-poverty-ethnicity/
National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Mexico), Number of people living in extreme poverty in Mexico between 2014 and 2020, by ethnicity (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046387/mexico-number-people-extreme-poverty-ethnicity/ (last visited February 02, 2023)
Number of people living in extreme poverty in Mexico between 2014 and 2020, by ethnicity (in millions) [Graph], National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Mexico), November 30, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046387/mexico-number-people-extreme-poverty-ethnicity/