What share of people in Nuevo Leon are neither poor nor vulnerable?

In 2024, 53.5% of the people of Nuevo Leon were neither poor nor vulnerable (the highest of 32; Mexico 32.5%). 28.6% were not poor by income but lacked at least one social right, and 7.4% had adequate access to social rights but low incomes.

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

17.9% of the people of Nuevo Leon had incomes below the poverty line in 2024 (3rd lowest of 32; Mexico 35.4%), down from 31.3% in 2018, and 2.5% had incomes below the extreme poverty line, too little to buy the basic food basket (Mexico 9.3%).

How many people in Nuevo Leon lack social security?

24.7% of the people of Nuevo Leon lacked access to social security in 2024 (2nd lowest of 32; Mexico 48.2%), down 6.4 percentage points since 2016.

What share of people in Nuevo Leon lack access to food?

9.3% of the people of Nuevo Leon lacked access to nutritious and quality food in 2024 (5th lowest of 32; Mexico 14.4%), against 14.7% in 2020. 6.5% had three or more social deprivations (Mexico 20.8%).

Poverty and living standards in Nuevo Leon, Mexico: official figures

In 2024, 10.6% of the people of Nuevo Leon were in multidimensional poverty, about 648,457 people (3rd lowest of 32 federal entities; Mexico 29.6%). That is down 5.5 percentage points from 2022 and down 8.8 percentage points from 2018.

People in multidimensional poverty

10.6%

2024

Presumed homicides per 100,000 people

2025

How many people live in extreme poverty in Nuevo Leon?

0.5% of the people of Nuevo Leon lived in extreme poverty in 2024, about 29,574 people (2nd lowest of 32; Mexico 5.3%), down 0.6 percentage points from 2022. Another 10.1% were in moderate poverty.

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How many homes in Nuevo Leon lack basic services?

In 2024, 1.9% of the people of Nuevo Leon lacked basic services in their homes such as piped water, drainage, electricity or a clean cooking fuel (the lowest of 32; Mexico 14.1%), and 2.6% lived in housing of poor quality or overcrowded (Mexico 7.9%).

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What is the homicide rate in Nuevo Leon?

INEGI recorded 732 presumed homicides in Nuevo Leon in 2025 (preliminary), a rate of 12 per 100,000 inhabitants (13th lowest of 32; Mexico 21). In 2024 there were 1,678 (27 per 100,000).

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Are homicides rising or falling in Nuevo Leon?

Since 2012 the homicide rate in Nuevo Leon was highest in 2012, at 37 per 100,000 (1,832 presumed homicides). It was 37 in 2012 and 12 in 2025.

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How many people are victims of crime in Nuevo Leon?

INEGI's victimisation survey (ENVIPE 2026) estimates that 23,536 of every 100,000 people aged 18 and over in Nuevo Leon were victims of a crime in 2025 (8th highest of 32; Mexico 23,473), against 23,133 in 2024. The rate was 23,221 for women and 23,868 for men.

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How many crimes go unreported in Nuevo Leon?

The ENVIPE survey estimates 1,555,603 crimes in Nuevo Leon in 2025, or 33,367 per 100,000 people aged 18 and over (12th highest of 32; Mexico 34,442). 92.4% of them were not reported or not investigated, the "cifra oculta" (12th lowest of 32; Mexico 93.4%).

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Do people in Nuevo Leon feel safe?

Between February and April 2026, 58.9% of adults in Nuevo Leon said living in their state was unsafe because of crime (8th lowest of 32; Mexico 74.0%), and 56.5% felt unsafe or very unsafe walking alone at night near their home (Mexico 56.4%).

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How Nuevo Leon compares with other states

People in multidimensional poverty (2024)

Nuevo Leon ranks 30 of 32, highest first. Mexico 29.6%

Rank	Region	People in multidimensional poverty
26	Chihuahua	15.1%
27	Colima	15.0%
28	Sonora	14.1%
29	Coahuila	12.4%
30	Nuevo Leon	10.6%
31	Baja California Sur	10.2%
32	Baja California	9.9%

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People in extreme poverty (2024)

Nuevo Leon ranks 31 of 32, highest first. Mexico 5.3%

Rank	Region	People in extreme poverty
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%
32	Baja California	0.4%

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People with income below the poverty line (2024)

Nuevo Leon ranks 30 of 32, highest first. Mexico 35.4%

Rank	Region	People with income below the poverty line
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%
32	Baja California Sur	14.2%

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People without social security (2024)

Nuevo Leon ranks 31 of 32, highest first. Mexico 48.2%

Rank	Region	People without social security
26	Aguascalientes	32.8%
27	Baja California	32.0%
28	Sonora	31.4%
29	Chihuahua	30.9%
30	Baja California Sur	28.5%
31	Nuevo Leon	24.7%
32	Coahuila	23.4%

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People lacking access to nutritious food (2024)

Nuevo Leon ranks 28 of 32, highest first. Mexico 14.4%

Rank	Region	People lacking access to nutritious food
25	Mexico City	9.9%
26	Tamaulipas	9.7%
27	Baja California Sur	9.6%
28	Nuevo Leon	9.3%
29	Coahuila	9.0%
30	Aguascalientes	8.7%
31	Baja California	8.1%

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Presumed homicides per 100,000 people (2025)

Nuevo Leon ranks 20 of 32, highest first. Mexico 21; preliminary

Rank	Region	Presumed homicides per 100,000 people
17	Nayarit	15
18	State of Mexico	14
19	San Luis Potosi	13
20	Nuevo Leon	12
21	Veracruz	10
22	Aguascalientes	10
23	Campeche	10

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

Nuevo Leon ranks 8 of 32, highest first. Mexico 23,473

Rank	Region	Crime victims per 100,000 adults (ENVIPE)
5	Queretaro	25,944
6	Aguascalientes	24,846
7	Quintana Roo	24,494
8	Nuevo Leon	23,536
9	Tabasco	23,529
10	Chihuahua	23,395
11	Baja California	23,095

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Adults who say their state is unsafe (2026)

Nuevo Leon ranks 25 of 32, highest first. Mexico 74.0%; February-April 2026

Rank	Region	Adults who say their state is unsafe
22	San Luis Potosi	64.5%
23	Campeche	63.0%
24	Hidalgo	61.3%
25	Nuevo Leon	58.9%
26	Nayarit	56.1%
27	Durango	55.9%
28	Baja California Sur	49.2%

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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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