What is the social lag index of Tijuana?

CONEVAL's 2020 Social Lag Index rated Tijuana "very low" in social lag, ranking it 2,320th of 2,469 municipalities (1st = most lagging); 0.9% of homes had no drainage and 1.2% no piped public water (national: 4.3% and 3.5%).

Poverty and living standards in Tijuana, Mexico: official figures

CONEVAL estimated that 23.7% of people in Tijuana, 453,508 in all, were in poverty in 2020, 19th lowest of 107 Mexican cities on this site; across all municipalities combined the rate was 44.5%.

People in poverty (CONEVAL)

23.7%

2020

How has poverty in Tijuana changed since 2010?

The poverty rate in Tijuana was 31.1% in 2010 and 29.5% in 2015, so by 2020 it was down 7.4 points on 2010 (all municipalities combined: 46.1% in 2010).

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How many people live in extreme poverty in Tijuana?

1.9% of people in Tijuana, 35,510 in all, lived in extreme poverty in 2020, 17th lowest of 107 Mexican cities on this site (all municipalities combined: 9.0%); a further 21.8% were in moderate poverty.

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How many people in Tijuana have incomes below the poverty line?

In 2020, 30.5% of people in Tijuana had an income below CONEVAL's poverty line, 10th lowest of 107 Mexican cities on this site, and 6.6% were below the extreme poverty (food basket) line; the shares for all municipalities combined were 52.2% and 20.3%.

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How many people in Tijuana lack access to food?

13.6% of people in Tijuana lacked access to adequate food in 2020, 25th lowest of 107 Mexican cities on this site (all municipalities combined: 20.8%).

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How many people in Tijuana are vulnerable to poverty?

31.4% of people in Tijuana were neither poor nor vulnerable in 2020, 34th highest of 107 Mexican cities on this site; 38.1% were vulnerable because of a social deprivation and 6.8% because of low income (all municipalities combined: 21.5% neither poor nor vulnerable).

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How many people in Tijuana lack basic housing services?

In 2020, 6.5% of people in Tijuana lived in housing lacking adequate quality or space and 3.3% lacked basic services at home (all municipalities combined: 9.4% and 18.0%).

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How many homes in Tijuana lack a toilet?

In 2020, 0.7% of homes in Tijuana had no toilet, 2.2% had dirt floors and 4.4% had no refrigerator (national: 1.9%, 3.5% and 12.4%).

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How Tijuana compares with other cities in Mexico

People in poverty (CONEVAL) (2020)

Tijuana ranks 89 of 107, highest first.

Rank	City	People in poverty (CONEVAL)
86	Cuauhtemoc	24.7%
87	Querétaro	24.7%
88	Juárez	23.7%
89	Tijuana	23.7%
90	Aguascalientes	23.7%
91	Ciudad Acuña	23.4%
92	Zacatecas-Guadalupe	23.4%

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People in extreme poverty (CONEVAL) (2020)

Tijuana ranks 91 of 107, highest first.

Rank	City	People in extreme poverty (CONEVAL)
88	Victoria de Durango	2.0%
89	Aguascalientes	2.0%
90	La Paz	1.9%
91	Tijuana	1.9%
92	Monterrey	1.8%
93	Culiacán Rosales	1.7%
94	Piedras Negras	1.7%

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Income below the poverty line (CONEVAL) (2020)

Tijuana ranks 98 of 107, highest first.

Rank	City	Income below the poverty line (CONEVAL)
95	Colima-Villa de Álvarez	31.4%
96	Hermosillo	31.3%
97	Culiacán Rosales	30.8%
98	Tijuana	30.5%
99	San Luis Potosí-Soledad de Graciano Sánchez	30.0%
100	Mazatlán	29.4%
101	Tepic	29.3%

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Lacking access to adequate food (CONEVAL) (2020)

Tijuana ranks 83 of 107, highest first.

Rank	City	Lacking access to adequate food (CONEVAL)
80	Zacatecas-Guadalupe	14.1%
81	Heroica Nogales	14.1%
82	Querétaro	13.7%
83	Tijuana	13.6%
84	Ciudad Guzmán	13.5%
85	Nuevo Laredo	13.1%
86	Tampico	13.0%

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Neither poor nor vulnerable (CONEVAL) (2020)

Tijuana ranks 34 of 107, highest first.

Rank	City	Neither poor nor vulnerable (CONEVAL)
31	Heroica Nogales	31.9%
32	Morelia	31.8%
33	Mérida	31.5%
34	Tijuana	31.4%
35	Ensenada	31.3%
36	Hidalgo del Parral	31.3%
37	Los Mochis	31.2%

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Sources

Consejo Nacional de Evaluación de la Política de Desarrollo Social (CONEVAL): Índice de Rezago Social 2000-2020 by state and municipality: total population and census indicators of schooling, health coverage and housing (from the 2010 and 2020 Population and Housing Censuses and the 2015 Intercensal Survey), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 9191f6c16ec2…)
Consejo Nacional de Evaluación de la Política de Desarrollo Social (CONEVAL): Poverty measurement by municipality 2010-2020: concentrated poverty indicators (Concentrado_indicadores_de_pobreza_2020.xlsx), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 644d19a9ff6d…)

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