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

In 2024, 11.0% of the people of Guerrero were neither poor nor vulnerable (2nd lowest of 32; Mexico 32.5%). 28.2% were not poor by income but lacked at least one social right, and 2.7% had adequate access to social rights but low incomes.

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

60.8% of the people of Guerrero had incomes below the poverty line in 2024 (2nd highest of 32; Mexico 35.4%), down from 71.9% in 2018, and 28.9% had incomes below the extreme poverty line, too little to buy the basic food basket (Mexico 9.3%).

How many people in Guerrero lack social security?

72.6% of the people of Guerrero lacked access to social security in 2024 (3rd highest of 32; Mexico 48.2%), down 2.7 percentage points since 2016.

What share of people in Guerrero lack access to food?

27.9% of the people of Guerrero lacked access to nutritious and quality food in 2024 (2nd highest of 32; Mexico 14.4%), against 36.1% in 2020. 47.4% had three or more social deprivations (Mexico 20.8%).

Poverty and living standards in Guerrero, Mexico: official figures

In 2024, 58.1% of the people of Guerrero were in multidimensional poverty, about 2,092,625 people (2nd highest of 32 federal entities; Mexico 29.6%). That is down 2.3 percentage points from 2022 and down 9.8 percentage points from 2018.

People in multidimensional poverty

58.1%

2024

Presumed homicides per 100,000 people

2025

How many people live in extreme poverty in Guerrero?

21.3% of the people of Guerrero lived in extreme poverty in 2024, about 768,998 people (2nd highest of 32; Mexico 5.3%), down 0.9 percentage points from 2022. Another 36.7% were in moderate poverty.

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How many homes in Guerrero lack basic services?

In 2024, 47.4% of the people of Guerrero lacked basic services in their homes such as piped water, drainage, electricity or a clean cooking fuel (2nd highest of 32; Mexico 14.1%), and 26.1% lived in housing of poor quality or overcrowded (Mexico 7.9%).

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What is the homicide rate in Guerrero?

INEGI recorded 1,410 presumed homicides in Guerrero in 2025 (preliminary), a rate of 39 per 100,000 inhabitants (8th highest of 32; Mexico 21). In 2024 there were 1,721 (48 per 100,000).

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Are homicides rising or falling in Guerrero?

Since 2012 the homicide rate in Guerrero was highest in 2012, at 75 per 100,000 (2,646 presumed homicides). It was 75 in 2012 and 39 in 2025.

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How many people are victims of crime in Guerrero?

INEGI's victimisation survey (ENVIPE 2026) estimates that 19,272 of every 100,000 people aged 18 and over in Guerrero were victims of a crime in 2025 (10th lowest of 32; Mexico 23,473), against 19,006 in 2024. The rate was 18,331 for women and 20,526 for men.

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How many crimes go unreported in Guerrero?

The ENVIPE survey estimates 778,347 crimes in Guerrero in 2025, or 31,496 per 100,000 people aged 18 and over (16th highest of 32; Mexico 34,442). 96.2% of them were not reported or not investigated, the "cifra oculta" (2nd highest of 32; Mexico 93.4%).

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Do people in Guerrero feel safe?

Between February and April 2026, 79.4% of adults in Guerrero said living in their state was unsafe because of crime (11th highest of 32; Mexico 74.0%), and 48.2% felt unsafe or very unsafe walking alone at night near their home (Mexico 56.4%).

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How Guerrero compares with other states

People in multidimensional poverty (2024)

Guerrero ranks 2 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)

Guerrero ranks 2 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)

Guerrero ranks 2 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)

Guerrero ranks 3 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)

Guerrero ranks 2 of 32, highest first. Mexico 14.4%

Rank	Region	People lacking access to nutritious food
1	Tabasco	32.7%
2	Guerrero	27.9%
3	Oaxaca	23.5%
4	Tlaxcala	20.8%
5	Chiapas	20.6%
6	Michoacan	20.4%
7	Puebla	17.0%

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Presumed homicides per 100,000 people (2025)

Guerrero ranks 8 of 32, highest first. Mexico 21; preliminary

Rank	Region	Presumed homicides per 100,000 people
5	Sonora	54
6	Chihuahua	53
7	Guanajuato	51
8	Guerrero	39
9	Tabasco	36
10	Michoacan	31
11	Quintana Roo	28

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

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

Rank	Region	Crime victims per 100,000 adults (ENVIPE)
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
26	Yucatan	18,634

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Adults who say their state is unsafe (2026)

Guerrero ranks 11 of 32, highest first. Mexico 74.0%; February-April 2026

Rank	Region	Adults who say their state is unsafe
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%
14	Tamaulipas	75.8%

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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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