Mexico: poverty headcount ratio at 3.20 U.S. dollars a day 1984-2022

In 2022, approximately 4.7 percent of the Mexican population were living on less than 3.20 U.S. dollars per day, a considerable decrease in comparison to the previous year. Furthermore, unemployment rate in this Latin American country during this period was at 3.2 percent.Poverty is considerably higher in the SouthIn 2022, the three states with the highest poverty rate in the Aztec country were Chiapas, Guerrero, and Oaxaca, all in the southern region. In contrast, the top eight federal entities with the lowest were all in the North. The clear division is further accentuated by the Northern Border Free Zone, which encompasses 43 municipalities in the Mexico-U.S. border with higher minimum wages and lower taxes. Poverty in states such as Chiapas reaches over 67 percent, which means two out of three residents are under the poverty line and almost one out of three under extreme poverty conditions.  A country troubled by inequalityPoverty and inequality are no news in Mexico. In the most recent data, around 80 percent of the total wealth of the country was concentrated in the top 10 percent of the population. Moreover, the bottom 50 percent had a negative share, meaning that half of the Mexican population had more debts than assets. But inequality does not only encompass wealth distribution, but Mexico also has a problem regarding gender inequality. The government has failed to achieve many of its goals to reduce the gap between genders.

在2022年，墨西哥约4.7%的人口日均生活费不足3.20美元，与上一年相比，这一比例有显著下降。此外，在该拉美国家此期间失业率维持在3.2%。贫困在南部分布更为严重。在阿兹特克国家中，2022年贫困率最高的三个州分别为恰帕斯、格雷罗和奥阿卡，均位于南部地区。相反，贫困率最低的前八个联邦单位均位于北部。这种明显的分界线在墨西哥与美国边境的43个市镇的北部边境自由区得到进一步强化，该区域具有更高的最低工资和更低的税率。在恰帕斯等州的贫困率超过67%，这意味着三分之二的人口生活在贫困线以下，几乎三分之一的人口生活在极端贫困条件下。墨西哥，一个饱受不平等困扰的国家，贫困与不平等并非墨西哥的新现象。根据最新数据，国家总财富的约80%集中在人口前10%。此外，最低50%的人口拥有负份额，这意味着墨西哥的一半人口负债高于资产。但不平等不仅体现在财富分配上，墨西哥还面临着性别不平等的问题。政府未能实现其减少性别差距的许多目标。