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Nearly Half of Mexico’s Young Children Live in Income Poverty, CEEY Finds

The think tank reports that 73% of those born in the poorest fifth remain poor as adults, signaling weak mobility.

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La pobreza infantil en México disminuye, pero sigue siendo más alta que la del resto de la población. Foto: Canvas / Milenio
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Overview

  • Using INEGI data, CEEY estimates that 49.1% of children aged 0–5 lived in income poverty in 2024.
  • The child rate stood nearly 14 percentage points above the national average of about 35.5% in 2024.
  • Child poverty fell from 61.1% in 2016, but the drop lagged the overall decline from 50.8% to 35.4%, widening the gap.
  • Mobility remains constrained as 73 of every 100 people born in the poorest quintile stay poor as adults, while only 1 of 100 from the richest falls into poverty.
  • INEGI reports total poverty fell from 46.8 million to 38.5 million people between 2022 and 2024, a shift linked to minimum-wage gains and social programs, and CEEY urges major investments in health and education to break the cycle.