Income below the poverty line, 2016: Mexican states ranked
Measure: Share with income below the poverty line in 2016 (%). All 32 estados with data in Income below the poverty line 2016–2024 by state, Mexico, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2016.
National value: 50.8 (Mexico).
- Lowest: 28.1 to 38.1 %
- Group 2: 38.1 to 43.1 %
- Group 3: 43.1 to 52.5 %
- Group 4: 52.5 to 62.5 %
- Highest: 62.5 to 81.5 %
Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.
| 1 | Chiapas | 81.5 |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Guerrero | 70.2 |
| 3 | Oaxaca | 70 |
| 4 | Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | 65.2 |
| 5 | Tlaxcala | 65 |
| 6 | Puebla | 63.7 |
| 7 | Hidalgo | 62.5 |
| 8 | Zacatecas | 60.1 |
| 9 | Michoacán de Ocampo | 59.1 |
| 10 | Tabasco | 57 |
| 11 | México | 56.7 |
| 12 | Morelos | 53.7 |
| 13 | Yucatán | 52.5 |
| 14 | San Luis Potosí | 51.4 |
| 15 | Campeche | 51.2 |
| 16 | Durango | 48 |
| 17 | Guanajuato | 46.9 |
| 18 | Nayarit | 44.5 |
| 19 | Chihuahua | 43.5 |
| 20 | Coahuila de Zaragoza | 43.1 |
| 21 | Tamaulipas | 42.6 |
| 22 | Aguascalientes | 40.5 |
| 23 | Colima | 39.3 |
| 24 | Jalisco | 38.4 |
| 25 | Querétaro | 38.3 |
| 26 | Sinaloa | 38.1 |
| 27 | Quintana Roo | 38 |
| 28 | Sonora | 35.4 |
| 29 | Ciudad de México | 34 |
| 30 | Baja California | 30.3 |
| 31 | Baja California Sur | 30.2 |
| 32 | Nuevo León | 28.1 |
Source: INEGI, Pobreza multidimensional 2024, tabulados: indicadores de pobreza según entidad federativa, 2016–2024 (pm_ef_2024.xlsx). Reference period: 2024.
Cite this ranking
Mexican estados ranked by share with income below the poverty line in 2016 (%) (2016). Data: INEGI, Pobreza multidimensional (PM) 2024, tabulados: indicadores de pobreza según entidad federativa (ENIGH 2024, CONEVAL methodology; 2016–2022 values as published by CONEVAL); rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-10. https://quadranac.com/rankings/mx-estados-by-share-with-income-below-the-poverty-line-in-2016/