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4w ago

INEGI Data Show Poverty at Lowest Level in 40 Years as Health Access Worsens

Experts warn that the government’s reliance on wage increases alongside cash transfers could strain public finances without deeper structural reforms

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La mandataria enfatizó los datos del INEGI, que en país registró más de 13 millones de personas que dejaron su condición de pobreza en los últimos seis años
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Overview

  • INEGI’s ENIGH-based survey shows multidimensional poverty fell from 51.9 million (41.9%) in 2018 to 38.5 million (29.6%) in 2024, marking the lowest level in around 40 years.
  • Policymakers attribute the reduction to real minimum-wage increases exceeding 100% since 2018, expanded pensions and cash transfers, and record public and private investment that narrowed income inequality from a 38:1 gap to 14:1.
  • Despite income gains, health-service access deteriorated sharply—rising from 16.2% lacking coverage in 2018 to 34.2% in 2024, affecting about 44.5 million people—and the proportion vulnerable to social deprivations climbed to 32.2%.
  • Socioeconomic disparities persist geographically, with the Estado de México, Chiapas, Veracruz, Puebla, Oaxaca and Guerrero registering the highest poverty rates in 2024.
  • Analysts caution that without productivity-boosting structural reforms, reliance on transfers and wage policies may overburden budgets and jeopardize the sustainability of recent poverty reductions.