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

In 2024, 21.3% of the people of Tabasco were neither poor nor vulnerable (8th lowest of 32; Mexico 32.5%). 39.4% 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 Tabasco have incomes below the poverty line?

39.3% of the people of Tabasco had incomes below the poverty line in 2024 (11th highest of 32; Mexico 35.4%), down from 59.7% in 2018, and 10.0% had incomes below the extreme poverty line, too little to buy the basic food basket (Mexico 9.3%).

How many people in Tabasco lack social security?

54.8% of the people of Tabasco lacked access to social security in 2024 (9th highest of 32; Mexico 48.2%), down 8.0 percentage points since 2016.

What share of people in Tabasco lack access to food?

32.7% of the people of Tabasco lacked access to nutritious and quality food in 2024 (the highest of 32; Mexico 14.4%), against 43.3% in 2020. 33.3% had three or more social deprivations (Mexico 20.8%).

Poverty and living standards in Tabasco, Mexico: official figures

In 2024, 34.8% of the people of Tabasco were in multidimensional poverty, about 881,517 people (11th highest of 32 federal entities; Mexico 29.6%). That is down 11.7 percentage points from 2022 and down 21.5 percentage points from 2018.

People in multidimensional poverty

34.8%

2024

Presumed homicides per 100,000 people

2025

How many people live in extreme poverty in Tabasco?

6.5% of the people of Tabasco lived in extreme poverty in 2024, about 164,169 people (6th highest of 32; Mexico 5.3%), down 4.7 percentage points from 2022. Another 28.3% were in moderate poverty.

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How many homes in Tabasco lack basic services?

In 2024, 33.8% of the people of Tabasco lacked basic services in their homes such as piped water, drainage, electricity or a clean cooking fuel (4th highest of 32; Mexico 14.1%), and 9.8% lived in housing of poor quality or overcrowded (Mexico 7.9%).

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What is the homicide rate in Tabasco?

INEGI recorded 909 presumed homicides in Tabasco in 2025 (preliminary), a rate of 36 per 100,000 inhabitants (9th highest of 32; Mexico 21). In 2024 there were 844 (33 per 100,000).

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Are homicides rising or falling in Tabasco?

The 2025 homicide rate in Tabasco, 36 per 100,000, is the highest INEGI has recorded there since 2012, when it was 8 (195 presumed homicides that year).

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How many people are victims of crime in Tabasco?

INEGI's victimisation survey (ENVIPE 2026) estimates that 23,529 of every 100,000 people aged 18 and over in Tabasco were victims of a crime in 2025 (9th highest of 32; Mexico 23,473), against 24,874 in 2024. The rate was 22,139 for women and 25,099 for men.

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How many crimes go unreported in Tabasco?

The ENVIPE survey estimates 628,998 crimes in Tabasco in 2025, or 33,306 per 100,000 people aged 18 and over (13th highest of 32; Mexico 34,442). 93.9% of them were not reported or not investigated, the "cifra oculta" (12th highest of 32; Mexico 93.4%).

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Do people in Tabasco feel safe?

Between February and April 2026, 87.6% of adults in Tabasco said living in their state was unsafe because of crime (3rd highest of 32; Mexico 74.0%), and 66.0% felt unsafe or very unsafe walking alone at night near their home (Mexico 56.4%).

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How Tabasco compares with other states

People in multidimensional poverty (2024)

Tabasco ranks 11 of 32, highest first. Mexico 29.6%

Rank	Region	People in multidimensional poverty
8	Zacatecas	36.4%
9	Morelos	35.4%
10	Hidalgo	35.3%
11	Tabasco	34.8%
12	Michoacan	34.3%
13	State of Mexico	31.2%
14	San Luis Potosi	30.4%

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People in extreme poverty (2024)

Tabasco ranks 6 of 32, highest first. Mexico 5.3%

Rank	Region	People in extreme poverty
3	Oaxaca	16.3%
4	Veracruz	8.8%
5	Puebla	7.3%
6	Tabasco	6.5%
7	Campeche	5.8%
8	Hidalgo	5.7%
9	Michoacan	5.4%

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People with income below the poverty line (2024)

Tabasco ranks 11 of 32, highest first. Mexico 35.4%

Rank	Region	People with income below the poverty line
8	Campeche	44.1%
9	Morelos	41.3%
10	Hidalgo	41.1%
11	Tabasco	39.3%
12	Michoacan	38.4%
13	State of Mexico	38.3%
14	Durango	35.4%

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People without social security (2024)

Tabasco ranks 9 of 32, highest first. Mexico 48.2%

Rank	Region	People without social security
6	Michoacan	61.2%
7	Veracruz	60.2%
8	Tlaxcala	58.7%
9	Tabasco	54.8%
10	Morelos	54.7%
11	Zacatecas	52.9%
12	San Luis Potosi	51.2%

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People lacking access to nutritious food (2024)

Tabasco ranks 1 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)

Tabasco ranks 9 of 32, highest first. Mexico 21; preliminary

Rank	Region	Presumed homicides per 100,000 people
6	Chihuahua	53
7	Guanajuato	51
8	Guerrero	39
9	Tabasco	36
10	Michoacan	31
11	Quintana Roo	28
12	Baja California Sur	23

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

Tabasco ranks 9 of 32, highest first. Mexico 23,473

Rank	Region	Crime victims per 100,000 adults (ENVIPE)
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
12	Hidalgo	22,982

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Adults who say their state is unsafe (2026)

Tabasco ranks 3 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…)
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