Overview

• In new results presented this week, INEGI reports multidimensional poverty fell to 29.6% in 2024 from 43.2% in 2016, the lowest level in the series.
• The Consorcio por la Medición y la Evidencia says higher minimum wages and transfers drove most of the decline and calls for better targeting, noting two of three households receive no government support and among the poorest five million get aid while ten million do not.
• Access to health services deteriorated notably, with the number of people lacking coverage rising from 20.1 million in 2018 to 44.5 million in 2024, which experts highlight as a major concern despite income gains.
• Analysts caution that recent questionnaire and method changes—especially for health and water indicators—complicate comparisons with prior years and ask INEGI to fully document and explain the adjustments.
• Civil‑society groups press for sustained public funding, citing health spending near 2.7% of GDP and education near 3.0%, and point to research showing out‑of‑pocket health costs have climbed about 60% since 2018.