Extreme poverty rate in 2016: Mexican states ranked
Measure: Extreme poverty rate in 2016 (%). All 32 estados with data in Poverty trend 2016–2024 by state, Mexico, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2016.
National value: 7.2 (Mexico).
- Lowest: 1 to 2.1 %
- Group 2: 2.1 to 2.7 %
- Group 3: 2.7 to 5.9 %
- Group 4: 5.9 to 8.3 %
- Highest: 8.3 to 29.6 %
Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.
| 1 | Chiapas | 29.6 |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Oaxaca | 24.3 |
| 3 | Guerrero | 23.2 |
| 4 | Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | 14.8 |
| 5 | Tabasco | 11.5 |
| 6 | Hidalgo | 9.5 |
| 7 | Michoacán de Ocampo | 8.3 |
| 8 | Puebla | 8 |
| 9 | Nayarit | 7.8 |
| 10 | Campeche | 6.5 |
| 10 | Yucatán | 6.5 |
| 12 | San Luis Potosí | 6.4 |
| 13 | Tlaxcala | 5.9 |
| 14 | México | 5.7 |
| 15 | Morelos | 5.1 |
| 16 | Quintana Roo | 5 |
| 17 | Zacatecas | 3.8 |
| 18 | Guanajuato | 3.7 |
| 19 | Chihuahua | 3.3 |
| 20 | Durango | 2.7 |
| 20 | Tamaulipas | 2.7 |
| 22 | Sinaloa | 2.6 |
| 23 | Querétaro | 2.5 |
| 24 | Aguascalientes | 2.2 |
| 24 | Colima | 2.2 |
| 26 | Sonora | 2.1 |
| 27 | Coahuila de Zaragoza | 1.9 |
| 28 | Ciudad de México | 1.7 |
| 29 | Baja California Sur | 1.5 |
| 29 | Jalisco | 1.5 |
| 31 | Nuevo León | 1.3 |
| 32 | Baja California | 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 extreme poverty rate 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-extreme-poverty-rate-in-2016/