What do Mexican people think about wealth taxes?
Economic axis · 🇲🇽 Mexico · measured continuously, published only above 100 responses.
68% of Mexican respondents take the position “When a few people hold so much wealth, taxes should bring it back down.”, against 13% for “Big private fortunes are earned, and should not be capped.”, with 19% choosing neither. n = 114, margin of error ±9.4, weighted to Mexico's adult population.
Where Mexico sits on economic
What is measured about Mexico on this axis. These are facts about the country, not what its people think about them — that is the part of this page waiting on a sample.
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Income inequality (Gini)
World Bank PovcalNet/PIP · 2024
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42.6 0–100 |
higher than most countries
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Income per person
World Bank / ICP · 2025
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$21,911 |
close to the middle
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Tax revenue
IMF Government Finance Statistics · 2024
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14.8% |
somewhat below the middle
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Ranked against every country with a published figure for the same series. Sources: World Bank World Development Indicators, which republish UN, ILO, UNESCO, WHO, SIPRI, IISS and UNODC data.
The questions that bear on wealth taxes
Asked as a forced choice between two written positions, in randomised order, with the sides flipped for half of respondents.
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A · Big private fortunes are earned, and should not be capped.
B · When a few people hold so much wealth, taxes should bring it back down.
World, unweighted: 23% A ·
20% neither ·
57% B · n = 4739
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68% B 🇲🇽 n=114 |
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A · What you leave your children is your own business.
B · What one person leaves behind should be taxed heavily.
World, unweighted: 23% A ·
23% neither ·
54% B · n = 4753
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64% B 🇲🇽 n=114 |
A national figure appears only once that nation clears 100 responses on the question. The world column is a raw count of every answer received and is not post-stratified — it is shown because withholding it would say less, not more.
Asked another way
The same question, as people put it.
- Mexico public opinion on wealth taxes
- Wealth taxes poll mexico
- What do mexican people think about wealth taxes
- What percentage of mexican people support wealth taxes
Each has one answer on this page, and it is the same answer.