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

In 2024, 31.5% of the people of Yucatan were neither poor nor vulnerable (16th lowest of 32; Mexico 32.5%). 36.6% were not poor by income but lacked at least one social right, and 5.3% had adequate access to social rights but low incomes.

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

32.0% of the people of Yucatan had incomes below the poverty line in 2024 (16th lowest of 32; Mexico 35.4%), down from 51.4% in 2018, and 6.5% had incomes below the extreme poverty line, too little to buy the basic food basket (Mexico 9.3%).

How many people in Yucatan lack social security?

42.3% of the people of Yucatan lacked access to social security in 2024 (16th lowest of 32; Mexico 48.2%), down 9.4 percentage points since 2016.

What share of people in Yucatan lack access to food?

14.7% of the people of Yucatan lacked access to nutritious and quality food in 2024 (12th highest of 32; Mexico 14.4%), against 24.6% in 2020. 22.9% had three or more social deprivations (Mexico 20.8%).

Poverty and living standards in Yucatan, Mexico: official figures

In 2024, 26.6% of the people of Yucatan were in multidimensional poverty, about 633,644 people (16th highest of 32 federal entities; Mexico 29.6%). That is down 12.1 percentage points from 2022 and down 17.4 percentage points from 2018.

People in multidimensional poverty

26.6%

2024

Presumed homicides per 100,000 people

2025

How many people live in extreme poverty in Yucatan?

3.6% of the people of Yucatan lived in extreme poverty in 2024, about 85,298 people (16th highest of 32; Mexico 5.3%), down 2.0 percentage points from 2022. Another 23.1% were in moderate poverty.

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How many homes in Yucatan lack basic services?

In 2024, 29.6% of the people of Yucatan lacked basic services in their homes such as piped water, drainage, electricity or a clean cooking fuel (5th highest of 32; Mexico 14.1%), and 10.6% lived in housing of poor quality or overcrowded (Mexico 7.9%).

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What is the homicide rate in Yucatan?

INEGI recorded 42 presumed homicides in Yucatan in 2025 (preliminary), a rate of 2 per 100,000 inhabitants (the lowest of 32; Mexico 21). In 2024 there were 65 (3 per 100,000).

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Are homicides rising or falling in Yucatan?

Since 2012 the homicide rate in Yucatan was highest in 2024, at 3 per 100,000 (65 presumed homicides). It was 2 in 2012 and 2 in 2025.

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How many people are victims of crime in Yucatan?

INEGI's victimisation survey (ENVIPE 2026) estimates that 18,634 of every 100,000 people aged 18 and over in Yucatan were victims of a crime in 2025 (7th lowest of 32; Mexico 23,473), against 21,073 in 2024. The rate was 17,481 for women and 19,850 for men.

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How many crimes go unreported in Yucatan?

The ENVIPE survey estimates 500,147 crimes in Yucatan in 2025, or 26,628 per 100,000 people aged 18 and over (11th lowest of 32; Mexico 34,442). 91.0% of them were not reported or not investigated, the "cifra oculta" (5th lowest of 32; Mexico 93.4%).

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Do people in Yucatan feel safe?

Between February and April 2026, 35.5% of adults in Yucatan said living in their state was unsafe because of crime (2nd lowest of 32; Mexico 74.0%), and 37.9% felt unsafe or very unsafe walking alone at night near their home (Mexico 56.4%).

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How Yucatan compares with other states

People in multidimensional poverty (2024)

Yucatan ranks 16 of 32, highest first. Mexico 29.6%

Rank	Region	People in multidimensional poverty
13	State of Mexico	31.2%
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%

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People in extreme poverty (2024)

Yucatan ranks 16 of 32, highest first. Mexico 5.3%

Rank	Region	People in extreme poverty
13	Durango	4.3%
14	Nayarit	3.7%
15	State of Mexico	3.7%
16	Yucatan	3.6%
17	Zacatecas	3.5%
18	Quintana Roo	2.6%
19	Chihuahua	2.2%

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People with income below the poverty line (2024)

Yucatan ranks 17 of 32, highest first. Mexico 35.4%

Rank	Region	People with income below the poverty line
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%
20	Mexico City	25.7%

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People without social security (2024)

Yucatan ranks 17 of 32, highest first. Mexico 48.2%

Rank	Region	People without social security
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%
20	Quintana Roo	39.5%

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People lacking access to nutritious food (2024)

Yucatan ranks 12 of 32, highest first. Mexico 14.4%

Rank	Region	People lacking access to nutritious food
9	Guanajuato	16.9%
10	Morelos	16.9%
11	Hidalgo	16.4%
12	Yucatan	14.7%
13	State of Mexico	14.6%
14	Durango	14.5%
15	Sonora	14.2%

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Presumed homicides per 100,000 people (2025)

Yucatan ranks 32 of 32, highest first. Mexico 21; preliminary

Rank	Region	Presumed homicides per 100,000 people
26	Tlaxcala	9
27	Tamaulipas	8
28	Chiapas	7
29	Queretaro	7
30	Durango	6
31	Coahuila	3
32	Yucatan	2

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

Yucatan ranks 26 of 32, highest first. Mexico 23,473

Rank	Region	Crime victims per 100,000 adults (ENVIPE)
23	Guerrero	19,272
24	Durango	19,253
25	Tamaulipas	18,892
26	Yucatan	18,634
27	Michoacan	18,307
28	Coahuila	18,058
29	Nayarit	16,080

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Adults who say their state is unsafe (2026)

Yucatan ranks 31 of 32, highest first. Mexico 74.0%; February-April 2026

Rank	Region	Adults who say their state is unsafe
26	Nayarit	56.1%
27	Durango	55.9%
28	Baja California Sur	49.2%
29	Queretaro	44.6%
30	Aguascalientes	41.0%
31	Yucatan	35.5%
32	Coahuila	27.8%

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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…)
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