Millions of Mexicans lifted out of poverty during Lpez Obrador presidency

Mexico’s president expressed great happiness at having brought the poverty rate down significantly, but some analysts say his programs have failed to focus on the poorest of the poor.

CODY COPELAND / August 11, 2023

MEXICO CITY (CN) — Mexico has experienced “historic” drops in rates of poverty and inequality, the country’s president said Friday.

“There is less poverty and less inequality in our country,” said President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said during his morning press conference in Mexico City. “This shows that our strategy has worked.”

He cited data analyzed by Mexico’s National Council of Social Development Policy Evaluation (Coneval) that show that the number of Mexican citizens living in poverty fell from 52.2 million in 2016 — two years before he took office — to 46.8 million in 2022.

Coneval issues its poverty measurement report every two years, basing its analyses on a survey of household earnings and expenditures from Mexico’s national statistics institute Inegi.

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