CURRENT figures on child poverty in Mexico

Poverty in Mexico is a topic that affects everyone. The latest figures reveal the state of the country, especially among children. Here are the data:

Between 2016 and 2024, the percentage of children aged 0 to 5 living in income poverty decreased from 61.1% to 49.1%. , according to data from the poverty measurement recently published by Inegi.

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The reduction was smaller than that observed in the general population, where income poverty fell from 50.8% in 2016 to 35.4% in 2024. This means that, Despite the progress, in 2024 child poverty was almost 14 percentage points higher than that of the rest of the population (while in 2016 the gap was almost 10 percentage points) , highlighted the Espinosa Yglesias Study Center (CEEY).

This outlook is even more worrying considering the data from the CEEY's 2025 Social Mobility Report in Mexico, which reveals that 73 out of every 100 people born into the 20% of households with the lowest economic resources fail to overcome income poverty in adulthood. .

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Breaking this high intergenerational transmission of poverty and expanding social mobility options requires a comprehensive public policy that, in addition to guaranteeing sufficient income in households where children are growing, ensures their access to quality education and health services , CEEY researchers warned.

Only in this way will it be possible for girls and boys to have the necessary tools for a future with more and better opportunities, without their development being conditioned by the home in which they were born, the specialists added.

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