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State Poverty Rate (2012) Poverty Rate (2010) 1 Chiapas: 74.7% 78.5% 2 Guerrero: 69.7% 67.6% 3 Puebla: 64.5% 61.5% 4 Oaxaca: 61.9% 67.0% 5 Tlaxcala: 57.9% 60.3% 6 Michoacán: 54.4% 54.7% 7 Zacatecas: 54.2% 60.2% 8 Hidalgo: 52.8% 54.7% 9 Veracruz: 52.6% 57.6% 10 San Luis Potosí: 50.5% 52.4% 11 Durango: 50.1% 51.6% 12 Tabasco: 49.7% 57.1% 13 ...
Dec 21, 2023 · In contrast, states in the north, including Baja California Sur and Nuevo Leon, ranked with the lowest moderate and extreme poverty rates. Northern states represent some of the most...
- Southern Mexico Is Poorer
- Why so?
- The Future of Poverty in Mexico
Although poverty exists in every part of Mexico, much of it is concentrated in the southern part of the country, especially in three particular states: Chiapas, Guerrero, and Oaxaca. These states, respectively, have the first, second, and third highest poverty rates in Mexico. Collectively, the three states have an average poverty rate of 69.8%, wh...
Southern Mexico is generally poorer than the more developed northern part of the country for a number of reasons. Firstly, the three states contain larger indigenous populations compared to other Mexican states. Indigenous people in Mexico tend to be poorer than Mexicans of non-indigenous descent, and have been consistently marginalized politically...
Mexico is still a developing country with many of its people still living in poverty. In fact, the national poverty rate between 2008 and 2018 only fell 2.5%, so poverty alleviation in the country remains slow. In addition, discontent among the poor masses, especially in the south of the country, where the three poorest states are located, has boil...
Aug 10, 2023 · Updated 12:37 PM PDT, August 10, 2023. MEXICO CITY (AP) — The poverty rate in Mexico has declined from 49.9% of the population in 2018 to 43.5% in 2022, according to a study published Thursday by the country’s poverty analysis agency. The study by the agency, known as Coneval, showed a decline in a key measure of poverty over the four-year ...
Aug 5, 2021 · Some 3.8 million more Mexicans fell below the official poverty line in 2020 to reach a total of nearly 56 million, compared with the end of 2018 when President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador took ...
Between 2019 and 2021, the five highest states, but not Mexico City, all dropped below the 0.800 threshold, while three other states near the bottom dropped below 0.700. Mexican States. See also. List of Mexican states by poverty rate. List of Mexican states by unemployment. References. ^ Permanyer, Iñaki; Smits, Jeroen (31 May 2018).
Sep 6, 2023 · According to the latest census, from 2018 to 2022 monetary poverty declined from 41.9% to 36.3%, mostly due to an increase in the minimum wage. "The Mexican government’s most successful policy regarding poverty reduction has been the minimum wage policy.” -John Scott
