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

In 2024, 44.4% of the people of Colima were neither poor nor vulnerable (9th highest of 32; Mexico 32.5%). 36.2% were not poor by income but lacked at least one social right, and 4.5% had adequate access to social rights but low incomes.

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

19.4% of the people of Colima had incomes below the poverty line in 2024 (5th lowest of 32; Mexico 35.4%), down from 36.6% in 2018, and 3.2% had incomes below the extreme poverty line, too little to buy the basic food basket (Mexico 9.3%).

How many people in Colima lack social security?

37.3% of the people of Colima lacked access to social security in 2024 (9th lowest of 32; Mexico 48.2%), down 7.6 percentage points since 2016.

What share of people in Colima lack access to food?

10.1% of the people of Colima lacked access to nutritious and quality food in 2024 (11th lowest of 32; Mexico 14.4%), against 17.7% in 2020. 11.1% had three or more social deprivations (Mexico 20.8%).

Poverty and living standards in Colima, Mexico: official figures

In 2024, 15.0% of the people of Colima were in multidimensional poverty, about 108,771 people (6th lowest of 32 federal entities; Mexico 29.6%). That is down 5.6 percentage points from 2022 and down 15.4 percentage points from 2018.

People in multidimensional poverty

15.0%

2024

Presumed homicides per 100,000 people

2025

How many people live in extreme poverty in Colima?

1.0% of the people of Colima lived in extreme poverty in 2024, about 6,916 people (5th lowest of 32; Mexico 5.3%), down 0.3 percentage points from 2022. Another 14.0% were in moderate poverty.

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How many homes in Colima lack basic services?

In 2024, 5.3% of the people of Colima lacked basic services in their homes such as piped water, drainage, electricity or a clean cooking fuel (9th lowest of 32; Mexico 14.1%), and 6.0% lived in housing of poor quality or overcrowded (Mexico 7.9%).

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What is the homicide rate in Colima?

INEGI recorded 644 presumed homicides in Colima in 2025 (preliminary), a rate of 89 per 100,000 inhabitants (the highest of 32; Mexico 21). In 2024 there were 910 (124 per 100,000).

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Are homicides rising or falling in Colima?

Since 2012 the homicide rate in Colima was highest in 2024, at 124 per 100,000 (910 presumed homicides). It was 38 in 2012 and 89 in 2025.

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How many people are victims of crime in Colima?

INEGI's victimisation survey (ENVIPE 2026) estimates that 19,316 of every 100,000 people aged 18 and over in Colima were victims of a crime in 2025 (11th lowest of 32; Mexico 23,473), against 18,882 in 2024. The rate was 18,130 for women and 20,665 for men.

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How many crimes go unreported in Colima?

The ENVIPE survey estimates 152,331 crimes in Colima in 2025, or 26,361 per 100,000 people aged 18 and over (10th lowest of 32; Mexico 34,442). 91.1% of them were not reported or not investigated, the "cifra oculta" (6th lowest of 32; Mexico 93.4%).

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Do people in Colima feel safe?

Between February and April 2026, 79.5% of adults in Colima said living in their state was unsafe because of crime (10th highest of 32; Mexico 74.0%), and 61.6% felt unsafe or very unsafe walking alone at night near their home (Mexico 56.4%).

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How Colima compares with other states

People in multidimensional poverty (2024)

Colima ranks 27 of 32, highest first. Mexico 29.6%

Rank	Region	People in multidimensional poverty
24	Sinaloa	17.0%
25	Queretaro	16.3%
26	Chihuahua	15.1%
27	Colima	15.0%
28	Sonora	14.1%
29	Coahuila	12.4%
30	Nuevo Leon	10.6%

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People in extreme poverty (2024)

Colima ranks 28 of 32, highest first. Mexico 5.3%

Rank	Region	People in extreme poverty
25	Jalisco	1.3%
26	Baja California Sur	1.2%
27	Queretaro	1.1%
28	Colima	1.0%
29	Coahuila	0.8%
30	Aguascalientes	0.6%
31	Nuevo Leon	0.5%

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People with income below the poverty line (2024)

Colima ranks 28 of 32, highest first. Mexico 35.4%

Rank	Region	People with income below the poverty line
25	Quintana Roo	22.1%
26	Queretaro	21.1%
27	Chihuahua	20.9%
28	Colima	19.4%
29	Sonora	18.6%
30	Nuevo Leon	17.9%
31	Baja California	14.8%

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People without social security (2024)

Colima ranks 24 of 32, highest first. Mexico 48.2%

Rank	Region	People without social security
21	Mexico City	38.0%
22	Tamaulipas	37.9%
23	Queretaro	37.4%
24	Colima	37.3%
25	Sinaloa	36.9%
26	Aguascalientes	32.8%
27	Baja California	32.0%

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People lacking access to nutritious food (2024)

Colima ranks 22 of 32, highest first. Mexico 14.4%

Rank	Region	People lacking access to nutritious food
19	Sinaloa	12.2%
20	San Luis Potosi	11.7%
21	Zacatecas	11.3%
22	Colima	10.1%
23	Queretaro	9.9%
24	Chihuahua	9.9%
25	Mexico City	9.9%

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Presumed homicides per 100,000 people (2025)

Colima ranks 1 of 32, highest first. Mexico 21; preliminary

Rank	Region	Presumed homicides per 100,000 people
1	Colima	89
2	Morelos	58
3	Sinaloa	57
4	Baja California	55
5	Sonora	54
6	Chihuahua	53
7	Guanajuato	51

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

Colima ranks 22 of 32, highest first. Mexico 23,473

Rank	Region	Crime victims per 100,000 adults (ENVIPE)
19	Sinaloa	20,015
20	Campeche	19,735
21	Baja California Sur	19,505
22	Colima	19,316
23	Guerrero	19,272
24	Durango	19,253
25	Tamaulipas	18,892

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Adults who say their state is unsafe (2026)

Colima ranks 10 of 32, highest first. Mexico 74.0%; February-April 2026

Rank	Region	Adults who say their state is unsafe
7	Michoacan	82.0%
8	Sinaloa	81.3%
9	Veracruz	80.9%
10	Colima	79.5%
11	Guerrero	79.4%
12	Jalisco	78.9%
13	Quintana Roo	76.1%

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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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