Overview

• Official INEGI data show people in poverty fell from 51.9 million (41.9%) in 2018 to 38.5 million (29.6%) in 2024, with extreme poverty down from 7% to 5.3%.
• Welfare Secretary Ariadna Montiel acknowledged access to public health services is the only social lag that has increased and called it an urgent priority, saying the indicator has begun to improve since 2022 and announcing a plan focused on eastern State of Mexico.
• The health coverage shortfall reached 44.5 million people in 2024 versus 18.8 million in 2016, and educational lag rose to 24.2 million from 22.3 million over the same period, according to the measurement cited in the reports.
• The NGO Acción Ciudadana Frente a la Pobreza found lower‑income households face 3.5 times more health deprivation than higher‑income households and said the share of people with key social shortfalls climbed from 26% to 32%.
• Experts attribute most recent gains to higher labor incomes and social transfers but caution those levers have limits, highlighting persistent geographic gaps with Baja California, Baja California Sur and Nuevo León lowest in poverty and Chiapas, Guerrero and Oaxaca highest.