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Latest publications on Labour poverty

Mexico | Working poverty near its lowest level, but there are increases in rural poverty

5 March 2025

In the fourth quarter of 2024, the National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Coneval) estimated that 35.4% of the population in Mexico was in a situation of working poverty, which represents an increase of 0.3 percentage points compared to the previous quarter.

Mexico | By 2024-III, the trend of decreasing labor poverty is interrupted

6 December 2024

In a context of extinction of the National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development (Coneval), as the agency in charge of measuring poverty among other evaluation activities, this note presents some of the results of labor poverty as of the third quarter of 2024 published last December 3.

LATAM | Poverty Outlook

22 November 2024

Poverty in LATAM represents a complex and diverse challenge. On average, monetary poverty affects 37% of the population in Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. A Multidimensional Poverty Index constructed for these countries identifies key deprivations linked to health coverage, economic dependency, and education.

Mexico | More than a third of the population in labor poverty, according to Coneval

9 September 2024

This note analyzes the latest measurement regarding the proportion of the population in Mexico that is in labor poverty in the second quarter of 2024, carried out by the National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Coneval).

Mexico | How poor is the population that is in labor poverty?

2 July 2024

In the 2024-I quarter, on average, the population in labor poverty was able to cover only 42.3% of the food basket with their labor income. In Baja California, Guerrero and Oaxaca, people in labor poverty can purchase less than 1/3 of the food basket.

Mexico | Labor poverty at its lowest level for 17 years

29 May 2024

The labor poverty indicator in Mexico was 35.8% during the first quarter of 2024, reaching its lowest level in nearly 17 years, specifically, since the third quarter of 2007, when it was 35.2%.

Mexico | Labor poverty continues downward and below pre-pandemic levels at national level

4 March 2024

With this note we analyze some indicators at the national level and by federal entities of the proportion of the population in labor poverty, based on the last quarterly update carried out by the National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Coneval).

Mexico | In 3Q-23, labor poverty did not improve compared to pre-pandemic

30 November 2023

Coneval updated its quarterly calculation of the proportion of the population that is in labor poverty. In the third quarter of 2023, the proportion of the population in labor poverty, at the national level and in the urban areas, did not improve compared to the proportion that existed before the pandemic emergency began.

Mexico | Food basket inflation dilutes 30% increases in labor income

4 September 2023

37.8% of the population in Mexico was in a situation of working poverty as of the second quarter of 2023, that is, close to 49.6 million people in the country were not capable of covering the cost of the food basket with their labor income.

Mexico | Labor poverty recovers faster in rural areas than in urban areas

31 May 2023

As of the first quarter of 2023, labor poverty decreased by 1.1 percentage points in annual terms. Thus, 37.7% of the population in Mexico is in labor poverty, which implies that 48.6 million people cannot buy a food basket with their labor income.

Mexico | After 3 years, urban labor poverty is already showing levels below pre-pandemic

24 February 2023

Regarding the recent Coneval report, the main labor poverty indicators updated to the fourth quarter of 2022 are presented. Additionally, an analysis of the population in labor poverty condition by urban and rural area, state, and formal-informal employment situation is included.

Mexico | Inflation wipes out progress in reduction of labor poverty

30 November 2022

After three consecutive quarters of decline, the percentage of population living in labor poverty increased by 1.8 percentage points (from 38.3% in 2Q 2022 to 40.1% in 3Q 2022), caused by the drop in average labor income and the increase in food-basket prices.

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