What share of people in Chiapas are neither poor nor vulnerable?

In 2024, 9.9% of the people of Chiapas were neither poor nor vulnerable (the lowest of 32; Mexico 32.5%). 20.0% were not poor by income but lacked at least one social right, and 4.1% had adequate access to social rights but low incomes.

What share of people in Chiapas have incomes below the poverty line?

70.0% of the people of Chiapas had incomes below the poverty line in 2024 (the highest of 32; Mexico 35.4%), down from 81.0% in 2018, and 35.3% had incomes below the extreme poverty line, too little to buy the basic food basket (Mexico 9.3%).

How many people in Chiapas lack social security?

76.4% of the people of Chiapas lacked access to social security in 2024 (the highest of 32; Mexico 48.2%), down 5.5 percentage points since 2016.

What share of people in Chiapas lack access to food?

20.6% of the people of Chiapas lacked access to nutritious and quality food in 2024 (5th highest of 32; Mexico 14.4%), against 24.5% in 2020. 54.5% had three or more social deprivations (Mexico 20.8%).

Poverty and living standards in Chiapas, Mexico: official figures

In 2024, 66.0% of the people of Chiapas were in multidimensional poverty, about 3,865,978 people (the highest of 32 federal entities; Mexico 29.6%). That is down 1.4 percentage points from 2022 and down 12.0 percentage points from 2018.

People in multidimensional poverty

66.0%

2024

Presumed homicides per 100,000 people

2025

How many people live in extreme poverty in Chiapas?

27.1% of the people of Chiapas lived in extreme poverty in 2024, about 1,589,725 people (the highest of 32; Mexico 5.3%), down 1.1 percentage points from 2022. Another 38.8% were in moderate poverty.

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How many homes in Chiapas lack basic services?

In 2024, 48.6% of the people of Chiapas lacked basic services in their homes such as piped water, drainage, electricity or a clean cooking fuel (the highest of 32; Mexico 14.1%), and 19.0% lived in housing of poor quality or overcrowded (Mexico 7.9%).

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What is the homicide rate in Chiapas?

INEGI recorded 427 presumed homicides in Chiapas in 2025 (preliminary), a rate of 7 per 100,000 inhabitants (tied for 4th lowest of 32; Mexico 21). In 2024 there were 932 (16 per 100,000).

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Are homicides rising or falling in Chiapas?

Since 2012 the homicide rate in Chiapas was highest in 2024, at 16 per 100,000 (932 presumed homicides). It was 8 in 2012 and 7 in 2025.

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How many people are victims of crime in Chiapas?

INEGI's victimisation survey (ENVIPE 2026) estimates that 13,462 of every 100,000 people aged 18 and over in Chiapas were victims of a crime in 2025 (the lowest of 32; Mexico 23,473), against 15,576 in 2024. The rate was 13,025 for women and 14,003 for men.

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How many crimes go unreported in Chiapas?

The ENVIPE survey estimates 696,555 crimes in Chiapas in 2025, or 17,728 per 100,000 people aged 18 and over (the lowest of 32; Mexico 34,442). 92.6% of them were not reported or not investigated, the "cifra oculta" (14th lowest of 32; Mexico 93.4%).

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Do people in Chiapas feel safe?

Between February and April 2026, 69.4% of adults in Chiapas said living in their state was unsafe because of crime (13th lowest of 32; Mexico 74.0%), and 48.7% felt unsafe or very unsafe walking alone at night near their home (Mexico 56.4%).

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How Chiapas compares with other states

People in multidimensional poverty (2024)

Chiapas ranks 1 of 32, highest first. Mexico 29.6%

Rank	Region	People in multidimensional poverty
1	Chiapas	66.0%
2	Guerrero	58.1%
3	Oaxaca	51.6%
4	Veracruz	44.5%
5	Puebla	43.4%
6	Tlaxcala	40.8%
7	Campeche	36.7%

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People in extreme poverty (2024)

Chiapas ranks 1 of 32, highest first. Mexico 5.3%

Rank	Region	People in extreme poverty
1	Chiapas	27.1%
2	Guerrero	21.3%
3	Oaxaca	16.3%
4	Veracruz	8.8%
5	Puebla	7.3%
6	Tabasco	6.5%
7	Campeche	5.8%

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People with income below the poverty line (2024)

Chiapas ranks 1 of 32, highest first. Mexico 35.4%

Rank	Region	People with income below the poverty line
1	Chiapas	70.0%
2	Guerrero	60.8%
3	Oaxaca	54.2%
4	Tlaxcala	50.4%
5	Veracruz	50.2%
6	Puebla	49.2%
7	Zacatecas	44.8%

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People without social security (2024)

Chiapas ranks 1 of 32, highest first. Mexico 48.2%

Rank	Region	People without social security
1	Chiapas	76.4%
2	Oaxaca	73.9%
3	Guerrero	72.6%
4	Puebla	67.7%
5	Hidalgo	61.9%
6	Michoacan	61.2%
7	Veracruz	60.2%

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People lacking access to nutritious food (2024)

Chiapas ranks 5 of 32, highest first. Mexico 14.4%

Rank	Region	People lacking access to nutritious food
2	Guerrero	27.9%
3	Oaxaca	23.5%
4	Tlaxcala	20.8%
5	Chiapas	20.6%
6	Michoacan	20.4%
7	Puebla	17.0%
8	Campeche	16.9%

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Presumed homicides per 100,000 people (2025)

Chiapas ranks 28 of 32, highest first. Mexico 21; preliminary

Rank	Region	Presumed homicides per 100,000 people
25	Hidalgo	9
26	Tlaxcala	9
27	Tamaulipas	8
28	Chiapas	7
29	Queretaro	7
30	Durango	6
31	Coahuila	3

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Crime victims per 100,000 adults (ENVIPE) (2025)

Chiapas ranks 32 of 32, highest first. Mexico 23,473

Rank	Region	Crime victims per 100,000 adults (ENVIPE)
26	Yucatan	18,634
27	Michoacan	18,307
28	Coahuila	18,058
29	Nayarit	16,080
30	Zacatecas	15,733
31	Veracruz	14,171
32	Chiapas	13,462

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Adults who say their state is unsafe (2026)

Chiapas ranks 20 of 32, highest first. Mexico 74.0%; February-April 2026

Rank	Region	Adults who say their state is unsafe
17	Mexico City	74.1%
18	Oaxaca	72.2%
19	Baja California	71.2%
20	Chiapas	69.4%
21	Sonora	66.3%
22	San Luis Potosi	64.5%
23	Campeche	63.0%

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Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia (INEGI): Defunciones por homicidio, reporte de resultados 28/26 (3 August 2026): Tabla 1 and Tabla 2, presumed homicides and rate per 100,000 by state of registration, 2012-2025 (2025 preliminary); Tabla 4, population by state on 30 June 2020-2025, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 2575008d23fb…)
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia (INEGI): ENVIPE 2026 tabulados basicos, I. Nivel de victimizacion y delincuencia: cuadros 1.1 (victims per 100,000 by state and sex, 2025) and 1.12 (crimes per 100,000 by state of occurrence, 2025), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 0a4b86a7fbf1…)
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia (INEGI): ENVIPE 2026 tabulados basicos, III. Denuncia del delito: cuadro 3.3, crimes by state and the share not reported or not investigated (cifra oculta), 2025, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 d1d6efe5db3a…)
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia (INEGI): ENVIPE 2026 tabulados basicos, V. Percepcion sobre la seguridad publica: cuadros 5.13 (perceived safety in the state) and 5.21 (safety walking alone at night near home), February-April 2026, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 354f0437fa98…)
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia (INEGI): Pobreza Multidimensional (PM) 2024: indicadores de pobreza segun entidad federativa, 2016-2024 (poverty, extreme poverty, vulnerability, social deprivations and income lines by state; CONEVAL methodology, ENIGH 2024), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 8ea643bcb158…)

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