In 2018, nearly 3.8 million people with an indigenous background in Mexico were considered socially vulnerable due to food deprivation. The number among the non-indigenous population amounted to 21.7 million. A total of 20.4 percent of the Mexican population was estimated to face food deprivation in that same year.
Number of people considered vulnerable due to food deprivation 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 considered vulnerable due to food deprivation in Mexico between 2014 and 2018, by ethnicity (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1047082/mexico-number-population-food-deprivation-ethnicity/
National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Mexico). "Number of people considered vulnerable due to food deprivation in Mexico between 2014 and 2018, by ethnicity (in millions)." Chart. July 31, 2019. Statista. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1047082/mexico-number-population-food-deprivation-ethnicity/
National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Mexico). (2019). Number of people considered vulnerable due to food deprivation in Mexico between 2014 and 2018, by ethnicity (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1047082/mexico-number-population-food-deprivation-ethnicity/
National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Mexico). "Number of People Considered Vulnerable Due to Food Deprivation in Mexico between 2014 and 2018, by Ethnicity (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jul 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1047082/mexico-number-population-food-deprivation-ethnicity/
National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Mexico), Number of people considered vulnerable due to food deprivation in Mexico between 2014 and 2018, by ethnicity (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1047082/mexico-number-population-food-deprivation-ethnicity/ (last visited November 22, 2024)
Number of people considered vulnerable due to food deprivation 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/1047082/mexico-number-population-food-deprivation-ethnicity/
