Overview

• Constitutional reforms will transfer responsibility for poverty measurement from Coneval to INEGI following recent dissolution of the former agency.
• Real minimum wage more than doubled since 2016, contributing to a 36 percent income increase for the poorest decile and lifting 9 to 10 million people out of labor poverty.
• Forty percent of Mexican families do not own the homes they occupy and the poorest households spend up to 32.6 percent of their income on rent.
• In 2024, 12.85 million households faced difficulties affording food, 11.3 million feared running out of meals, and 3.14 million went without food at least one day due to lack of resources.
• The average household size shrank from 3.7 to 3.35 people between 2016 and 2024 as lower fertility and a growing share of residents aged 65 and over reshape social support needs.