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Mexico’s Multidimensional Poverty Falls to Four-Decade Low, Opposition Challenges Figures

Opposition lawmakers have demanded INEGI explain its ENIGH-based findings after the institute cited a 13.4 million-person poverty reduction from 2018 to 2024, against a backdrop of persistent health and social security shortfalls.

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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

  • The August report by INEGI—its first high-profile poverty measurement since assuming Coneval’s evaluative role—shows multidimensional poverty dropped by 13.4 million people between 2018 and 2024, including an 8.3 million-person dip between 2022 and 2024.
  • President Claudia Sheinbaum hailed the findings as the lowest poverty rate in four decades, attributing the decline to record minimum-wage increases and constitutionalized social transfers.
  • UNAM economists corroborate that real wage gains and expanded pensions were the primary drivers of the poverty reduction.
  • Opposition deputies led by PRI’s Rubén Moreira have formally summoned INEGI president Graciela Márquez to explain the ENIGH-based methodology in the face of concerns over data integrity.
  • Despite income gains, INEGI data reveal 44.5 million Mexicans lack health services, 62.7 million have no social security, and the share of population classified as vulnerable rose to 32.2%, prompting warnings about fiscal sustainability and service quality.