Mexicans Lacking Access to Health Services, 2024

Mexico health-service deprivation; million people, 2024.

What the Data Shows

INEGI estimated that 44.5 million people in Mexico lacked access to health services in 2024. The count is part of the country’s multidimensional-poverty measurement. The official release describes the result as roughly one in three residents. The measure concerns access deprivation, not the quality or use of health care.

Data table

Lacking Health Access 44.5M
Period 2024 official reference period
Coverage Mexico measurement universe
Unit M people measurement basis
Source INEGI official statistics

Sources

Source 1: Social deprivations and inequality

Publisher: INEGI

Dataset/table: Pobreza multidimensional 2024 — carencias sociales / ENIGH

Units: million persons / Gini index

Date checked: 2026-07-18

Evidence: Supports the source-backed values used for Mexicans Lacking Access to Health Services, 2024.

Data notes & caveats

Values follow the official scope and definitions.

Methodology

Values follow the official INEGI definitions, periods and units. Where the release provides selected observations, the page reports them without interpolation.

Source consistency notes

All consequential values come from INEGI. Each value retains its official period, unit and measurement basis.

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