Number of people in extreme poverty by ethnicity in Mexico 2020

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)

Characteristic	Indigenous population	Non-indigenous population
2020	3.4	7.4
2018	3.2	5.5
2016*	3.1	5.6
2014	3.8	7.7

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Release date

November 2021

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Region

Mexico

Survey time period

2014 to 2020

Supplementary notes

* Figures prior to 2016 were taken from previous releases.
According to the source, indigenous population includes any person who is part of an indigenous household, where the head of the household, his or her spouse and/or one of the ascendants (mother or father, stepmother or stepfather, grandparents, great-grandparents, great-great-grandparents or parents-in-law) declared that she or he spoke an indigenous language. In addition, it includes people who said they spoke an indigenous language and who were not part of these households.

The source does not provide data for the odd years.

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