Mexico - Poverty headcount ratio
Poverty headcount ratio at $2 a day (PPP) (% of population)
The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $2 a day (PPP) (% of population) in Mexico was 5.19 as of 2008. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 28.46 in 1984 and a minimum value of 4.94 in 2006.
Definition: Population below $2 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $2.00 a day at 2005 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1984 | 28.46 |
| 1989 | 6.55 |
| 1992 | 15.18 |
| 1994 | 13.95 |
| 1996 | 20.14 |
| 1998 | 20.09 |
| 2000 | 15.11 |
| 2002 | 13.47 |
| 2004 | 7.60 |
| 2006 | 4.94 |
| 2008 | 5.19 |
Poverty headcount ratio at $1.25 a day (PPP) (% of population)
The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $1.25 a day (PPP) (% of population) in Mexico was 1.15 as of 2008. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12.78 in 1984 and a minimum value of 0.68 in 2006.
Definition: Population below $1.25 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.25 a day at 2005 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1984 | 12.78 |
| 1989 | 3.98 |
| 1992 | 4.83 |
| 1994 | 3.56 |
| 1996 | 7.86 |
| 1998 | 8.62 |
| 2000 | 5.53 |
| 2002 | 3.90 |
| 2004 | 1.60 |
| 2006 | 0.68 |
| 2008 | 1.15 |
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of population)
The value for Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of population) in Mexico was 51.30 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 69.00 in 1996 and a minimum value of 42.70 in 2006.
Definition: National poverty rate is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.
Source: Global Poverty Working Group. Data are based on World Bank's country poverty assessments and country Poverty Reduction Strategies.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1984 | 53.00 |
| 1989 | 53.50 |
| 1992 | 53.10 |
| 1994 | 52.40 |
| 1996 | 69.00 |
| 1998 | 63.70 |
| 2000 | 53.60 |
| 2002 | 50.00 |
| 2004 | 47.20 |
| 2005 | 47.00 |
| 2006 | 42.70 |
| 2008 | 47.70 |
| 2010 | 51.30 |
Poverty headcount ratio at rural poverty line (% of rural population)
The value for Poverty headcount ratio at rural poverty line (% of rural population) in Mexico was 60.80 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 80.70 in 1996 and a minimum value of 54.10 in 2006.
Definition: Rural poverty rate is the percentage of the rural population living below the national rural poverty line.
Source: Global Poverty Working Group. Data are based on World Bank's country poverty assessments and country Poverty Reduction Strategies.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1992 | 66.50 |
| 1994 | 69.30 |
| 1996 | 80.70 |
| 1998 | 75.90 |
| 2000 | 69.20 |
| 2002 | 64.30 |
| 2004 | 57.40 |
| 2005 | 61.80 |
| 2006 | 54.10 |
| 2008 | 60.30 |
| 2010 | 60.80 |
Poverty headcount ratio at urban poverty line (% of urban population)
The value for Poverty headcount ratio at urban poverty line (% of urban population) in Mexico was 45.50 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 61.50 in 1996 and a minimum value of 35.60 in 2006.
Definition: Urban poverty rate is the percentage of the urban population living below the national urban poverty line.
Source: Global Poverty Working Group. Data are based on World Bank's country poverty assessments and country Poverty Reduction Strategies.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1992 | 44.30 |
| 1994 | 41.20 |
| 1996 | 61.50 |
| 1998 | 55.90 |
| 2000 | 43.70 |
| 2002 | 41.20 |
| 2004 | 41.10 |
| 2005 | 38.30 |
| 2006 | 35.60 |
| 2008 | 40.10 |
| 2010 | 45.50 |
Classification
Topic: Poverty Indicators
Sub-Topic: Poverty rates
