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

In 2024, 13.7% of the people of Oaxaca were neither poor nor vulnerable (3rd lowest of 32; Mexico 32.5%). 32.2% were not poor by income but lacked at least one social right, and 2.5% had adequate access to social rights but low incomes.

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

54.2% of the people of Oaxaca had incomes below the poverty line in 2024 (3rd highest of 32; Mexico 35.4%), down from 67.2% in 2018, and 22.3% had incomes below the extreme poverty line, too little to buy the basic food basket (Mexico 9.3%).

How many people in Oaxaca lack social security?

73.9% of the people of Oaxaca lacked access to social security in 2024 (2nd highest of 32; Mexico 48.2%), down 6.6 percentage points since 2016.

What share of people in Oaxaca lack access to food?

23.5% of the people of Oaxaca lacked access to nutritious and quality food in 2024 (3rd highest of 32; Mexico 14.4%), against 33.3% in 2020. 46.9% had three or more social deprivations (Mexico 20.8%).

Poverty and living standards in Oaxaca, Mexico: official figures

In 2024, 51.6% of the people of Oaxaca were in multidimensional poverty, about 2,203,484 people (3rd highest of 32 federal entities; Mexico 29.6%). That is down 6.8 percentage points from 2022 and down 12.7 percentage points from 2018.

People in multidimensional poverty

51.6%

2024

Presumed homicides per 100,000 people

2025

How many people live in extreme poverty in Oaxaca?

16.3% of the people of Oaxaca lived in extreme poverty in 2024, about 694,565 people (3rd highest of 32; Mexico 5.3%), down 4.0 percentage points from 2022. Another 35.3% were in moderate poverty.

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How many homes in Oaxaca lack basic services?

In 2024, 46.7% of the people of Oaxaca lacked basic services in their homes such as piped water, drainage, electricity or a clean cooking fuel (3rd highest of 32; Mexico 14.1%), and 18.9% lived in housing of poor quality or overcrowded (Mexico 7.9%).

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What is the homicide rate in Oaxaca?

INEGI recorded 767 presumed homicides in Oaxaca in 2025 (preliminary), a rate of 18 per 100,000 inhabitants (13th highest of 32; Mexico 21). In 2024 there were 860 (20 per 100,000).

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Are homicides rising or falling in Oaxaca?

Since 2012 the homicide rate in Oaxaca was highest in 2019, at 28 per 100,000 (1,164 presumed homicides). It was 18 in 2012 and 18 in 2025.

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How many people are victims of crime in Oaxaca?

INEGI's victimisation survey (ENVIPE 2026) estimates that 22,818 of every 100,000 people aged 18 and over in Oaxaca were victims of a crime in 2025 (13th highest of 32; Mexico 23,473), against 21,303 in 2024. The rate was 21,394 for women and 24,695 for men.

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How many crimes go unreported in Oaxaca?

The ENVIPE survey estimates 1,025,393 crimes in Oaxaca in 2025, or 34,691 per 100,000 people aged 18 and over (10th highest of 32; Mexico 34,442). 94.8% of them were not reported or not investigated, the "cifra oculta" (3rd highest of 32; Mexico 93.4%).

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Do people in Oaxaca feel safe?

Between February and April 2026, 72.2% of adults in Oaxaca said living in their state was unsafe because of crime (15th lowest of 32; Mexico 74.0%), and 41.7% felt unsafe or very unsafe walking alone at night near their home (Mexico 56.4%).

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How Oaxaca compares with other states

People in multidimensional poverty (2024)

Oaxaca ranks 3 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)

Oaxaca ranks 3 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)

Oaxaca ranks 3 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)

Oaxaca ranks 2 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)

Oaxaca ranks 3 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)

Oaxaca ranks 13 of 32, highest first. Mexico 21; preliminary

Rank	Region	Presumed homicides per 100,000 people
10	Michoacan	31
11	Quintana Roo	28
12	Baja California Sur	23
13	Oaxaca	18
14	Jalisco	16
15	Zacatecas	16
16	Puebla	15

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

Oaxaca ranks 13 of 32, highest first. Mexico 23,473

Rank	Region	Crime victims per 100,000 adults (ENVIPE)
10	Chihuahua	23,395
11	Baja California	23,095
12	Hidalgo	22,982
13	Oaxaca	22,818
14	Sonora	22,433
15	San Luis Potosi	22,163
16	Jalisco	21,908

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Adults who say their state is unsafe (2026)

Oaxaca ranks 18 of 32, highest first. Mexico 74.0%; February-April 2026

Rank	Region	Adults who say their state is unsafe
15	Tlaxcala	75.3%
16	Chihuahua	74.2%
17	Mexico City	74.1%
18	Oaxaca	72.2%
19	Baja California	71.2%
20	Chiapas	69.4%
21	Sonora	66.3%

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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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