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Montevideo, April 24th 2024 - 15:25 UTC

Tag: poverty in Mexico

  • Saturday, August 7th 2021 - 08:21 UTC

    Some 44% of Mexicans, 56 million, were considered poor at the end of 2020

    In Mexico poverty income is defined at US$ 111 per month for rural residents and US$ 170 for those living in urban areas

    Of the 126 million Mexican population, almost 44% were considered poor at the end of 2020, according to official data from the government. In effect, 3,8 million Mexicans fell below the official poverty line last year to reach 56 million compared with the end of 2018, when current president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador took office.

  • Wednesday, July 31st 2013 - 05:49 UTC

    In Mexico, Latam second largest economy over half the are catalogued as poor

    Last year 53.3 million our of 117.3m Mexicans were poor and 11.5 million lived in extreme poverty

    Poverty in Mexico, including extreme cases, decreased slightly between 2010 and 2012, reported the National Council for Evaluation of Social Development Policy. Official stats show that poverty in Mexico, Latam’ second largest economy went from 46.1% of the population in 2010 to 45.5% in 2012, while extreme poverty fell from 11.3% to 9.8%.