‘Mexicans, without Chamba’: Poverty in Employment Rises to 35.1% in the Second Quarter of 2025; Reports in Rural Areas
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In the second quarter of 2025 labor poverty rose from 35 percent to 35.1 percent at the national level in its comparison with the same period of 2024, where for the rural sector it increased from 47.6 to 49.1 percent and, for the urban sector there was a slight decrease from 30.9 to 30.8 percent.What states lead labor poverty in Mexico?According to the indicator of Labor Poverty provided by the INEGI, between the second quarter of 2024 and the s…
In Mexico, during the second quarter of 2025, 45.8 million people were in a situation of labor poverty, in other words, 35.1% of Mexicans did not have enough income for their work to purchase the food basket for each household member, Inegi reported for the first time. Therefore, labor poverty in the country remains below the 36.6% level reported prior to the COVID19 pandemic, however, 1.2 percentage points are located above the 33.9% measured i…
MEXICO CITY.— In the second quarter of 2025, labor poverty - a situation in which the income obtained from the work of the members of a household is not sufficient to cover the cost of the food basket - rose from 35 percent to 35.1 percent at the national level, in its comparison with the same period of 2024, reported the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi). • In the rural area, the population with labor poverty increased 1.5 …
As it stood at 35.1%, the proportion of Mexicans in labor poverty registered a slight increase of 0.1 percentage points in the second quarter of 2025 compared to the same period of 2024 and, compared to the first quarter of this year, it rose 1.2 percentage points.This figure means that about 45.8 million inhabitants cannot acquire the food basket for all household members with their work income, according to a report issued this Wednesday by Me…
Labor poverty in Mexico accelerated during the second quarter of the year, a phenomenon that was reflected in 22 entities of the country, according to figures published on Wednesday by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi). At the end of the period that lasted from April to June, labor poverty stood at 35.1%, from 33.9% in the first quarter. This indicator refers to the population with work income lower than the cost of the …
Mexico, August 27, 2025.- In the second quarter of 2025 labor poverty rose from 35 percent to 35.1 percent at the national level in its comparison with the same period of 2024, where for the rural sector it increased from 47.6 to 49.1 percent and, for the urban sector it was shown... Read more →
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