More than 47 percent of Mexico's population lives in poverty

El Economista

More than fifty million Mexicans live in poverty, 47.4 percent of the population, according to a report released Monday by the Government of National Assessment of Social Policy Development (Coneval).

Between 2006 and 2008, the percentage of the poor has risen almost 5 percent. In total. 50,6 millon of Mexico's 107 million people cannot meet their needs for health care, education, food, shelter, clothing and public transport, according to the study.

Figures for 2008 show an almost 5 percent increase - or an additional 5.1 million - who have fallen into the ranks of the impoverished since 2006.

According to statistics, 7.2 million people lacking enough money for food live in urban areas of Mexico (towns of 15,000 or more inhabitants), while 12.2 million live in rural areas of the country.

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