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

In 2024, 30.6% of the people of Guanajuato were neither poor nor vulnerable (14th lowest of 32; Mexico 32.5%). 37.4% were not poor by income but lacked at least one social right, and 6.1% had adequate access to social rights but low incomes.

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

32.1% of the people of Guanajuato had incomes below the poverty line in 2024 (16th highest of 32; Mexico 35.4%), down from 49.3% in 2018, and 5.0% had incomes below the extreme poverty line, too little to buy the basic food basket (Mexico 9.3%).

How many people in Guanajuato lack social security?

46.0% of the people of Guanajuato lacked access to social security in 2024 (16th highest of 32; Mexico 48.2%), down 7.2 percentage points since 2016.

What share of people in Guanajuato lack access to food?

16.9% of the people of Guanajuato lacked access to nutritious and quality food in 2024 (9th highest of 32; Mexico 14.4%), against 24.6% in 2020. 17.0% had three or more social deprivations (Mexico 20.8%).

Poverty and living standards in Guanajuato, Mexico: official figures

In 2024, 26.0% of the people of Guanajuato were in multidimensional poverty, about 1,642,852 people (16th lowest of 32 federal entities; Mexico 29.6%). That is down 7.0 percentage points from 2022 and down 15.5 percentage points from 2018.

People in multidimensional poverty

26.0%

2024

Presumed homicides per 100,000 people

2025

How many people live in extreme poverty in Guanajuato?

1.7% of the people of Guanajuato lived in extreme poverty in 2024, about 109,101 people (12th lowest of 32; Mexico 5.3%), down 1.5 percentage points from 2022. Another 24.3% were in moderate poverty.

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How many homes in Guanajuato lack basic services?

In 2024, 6.0% of the people of Guanajuato lacked basic services in their homes such as piped water, drainage, electricity or a clean cooking fuel (12th lowest of 32; Mexico 14.1%), and 4.8% lived in housing of poor quality or overcrowded (Mexico 7.9%).

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What is the homicide rate in Guanajuato?

INEGI recorded 3,249 presumed homicides in Guanajuato in 2025 (preliminary), a rate of 51 per 100,000 inhabitants (7th highest of 32; Mexico 21). In 2024 there were 4,035 (64 per 100,000).

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Are homicides rising or falling in Guanajuato?

Since 2012 the homicide rate in Guanajuato was highest in 2020, at 87 per 100,000 (5,370 presumed homicides). It was 12 in 2012 and 51 in 2025.

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How many people are victims of crime in Guanajuato?

INEGI's victimisation survey (ENVIPE 2026) estimates that 21,824 of every 100,000 people aged 18 and over in Guanajuato were victims of a crime in 2025 (16th lowest of 32; Mexico 23,473), against 20,490 in 2024. The rate was 20,981 for women and 22,859 for men.

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How many crimes go unreported in Guanajuato?

The ENVIPE survey estimates 1,494,339 crimes in Guanajuato in 2025, or 31,574 per 100,000 people aged 18 and over (15th highest of 32; Mexico 34,442). 92.3% of them were not reported or not investigated, the "cifra oculta" (10th lowest of 32; Mexico 93.4%).

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Do people in Guanajuato feel safe?

Between February and April 2026, 85.9% of adults in Guanajuato said living in their state was unsafe because of crime (4th highest of 32; Mexico 74.0%), and 63.5% felt unsafe or very unsafe walking alone at night near their home (Mexico 56.4%).

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How Guanajuato compares with other states

People in multidimensional poverty (2024)

Guanajuato ranks 17 of 32, highest first. Mexico 29.6%

Rank	Region	People in multidimensional poverty
14	San Luis Potosi	30.4%
15	Durango	27.9%
16	Yucatan	26.6%
17	Guanajuato	26.0%
18	Nayarit	23.5%
19	Tamaulipas	20.2%
20	Mexico City	19.7%

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People in extreme poverty (2024)

Guanajuato ranks 21 of 32, highest first. Mexico 5.3%

Rank	Region	People in extreme poverty
18	Quintana Roo	2.6%
19	Chihuahua	2.2%
20	Mexico City	1.8%
21	Guanajuato	1.7%
22	Sonora	1.5%
23	Tamaulipas	1.5%
24	Sinaloa	1.5%

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People with income below the poverty line (2024)

Guanajuato ranks 16 of 32, highest first. Mexico 35.4%

Rank	Region	People with income below the poverty line
13	State of Mexico	38.3%
14	Durango	35.4%
15	San Luis Potosi	35.3%
16	Guanajuato	32.1%
17	Yucatan	32.0%
18	Nayarit	28.1%
19	Tamaulipas	26.9%

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People without social security (2024)

Guanajuato ranks 16 of 32, highest first. Mexico 48.2%

Rank	Region	People without social security
13	Campeche	51.2%
14	Nayarit	49.0%
15	State of Mexico	48.8%
16	Guanajuato	46.0%
17	Yucatan	42.3%
18	Durango	42.2%
19	Jalisco	40.3%

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People lacking access to nutritious food (2024)

Guanajuato ranks 9 of 32, highest first. Mexico 14.4%

Rank	Region	People lacking access to nutritious food
6	Michoacan	20.4%
7	Puebla	17.0%
8	Campeche	16.9%
9	Guanajuato	16.9%
10	Morelos	16.9%
11	Hidalgo	16.4%
12	Yucatan	14.7%

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Presumed homicides per 100,000 people (2025)

Guanajuato ranks 7 of 32, highest first. Mexico 21; preliminary

Rank	Region	Presumed homicides per 100,000 people
4	Baja California	55
5	Sonora	54
6	Chihuahua	53
7	Guanajuato	51
8	Guerrero	39
9	Tabasco	36
10	Michoacan	31

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

Guanajuato ranks 17 of 32, highest first. Mexico 23,473

Rank	Region	Crime victims per 100,000 adults (ENVIPE)
14	Sonora	22,433
15	San Luis Potosi	22,163
16	Jalisco	21,908
17	Guanajuato	21,824
18	Morelos	21,635
19	Sinaloa	20,015
20	Campeche	19,735

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Adults who say their state is unsafe (2026)

Guanajuato ranks 4 of 32, highest first. Mexico 74.0%; February-April 2026

Rank	Region	Adults who say their state is unsafe
1	State of Mexico	90.0%
2	Morelos	88.7%
3	Tabasco	87.6%
4	Guanajuato	85.9%
5	Zacatecas	83.3%
6	Puebla	82.4%
7	Michoacan	82.0%

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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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