In 2018, it was estimated that nearly 8.4 million indigenous people in Mexico lived in a situation of poverty, up from 8.3 million two years earlier. In the non-indigenous population, the number has decreased by 1.1 million in the same period.
Number of people living in poverty in Mexico between 2014 and 2018, by ethnicity
(in millions)
According to the source, indigenous population includes any person who is part of an indigenous household, where the head of the household, his or her spouse and/or one of the ascendants (mother or father, stepmother or stepfather, grandparents, great-grandparents, great-great-grandparents or parents-in-law) declared that she or he spoke an indigenous language. In addition, it includes people who said they spoke an indigenous language and who were not part of these households.
The source does not provide data for the odd years.
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National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Mexico). (July 31, 2019). Number of people living in poverty in Mexico between 2014 and 2018, by ethnicity (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 05, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046414/mexico-number-people-living-poverty/
National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Mexico). "Number of people living in poverty in Mexico between 2014 and 2018, by ethnicity (in millions)." Chart. July 31, 2019. Statista. Accessed November 05, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046414/mexico-number-people-living-poverty/
National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Mexico). (2019). Number of people living in poverty in Mexico between 2014 and 2018, by ethnicity (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 05, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046414/mexico-number-people-living-poverty/
National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Mexico). "Number of People Living in Poverty in Mexico between 2014 and 2018, by Ethnicity (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jul 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046414/mexico-number-people-living-poverty/
National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Mexico), Number of people living in poverty in Mexico between 2014 and 2018, by ethnicity (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046414/mexico-number-people-living-poverty/ (last visited November 05, 2024)
Number of people living in poverty in Mexico between 2014 and 2018, by ethnicity (in millions) [Graph], National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Mexico), July 31, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1046414/mexico-number-people-living-poverty/
