“There is a lot to celebrate: look, record in Foreign Direct Investment. Celebration! All older adults have a universal pension. Celebration! The salary increase of 125 percent of the minimum wage. It is something to celebrate!” said the president on November 19.
And while there are positive figures in several areas, there are also setbacks. Here we present figures from the 7 years of Morenoist governments.
Presidential approval
The presidents emanating from Morena have enjoyed high citizen approval in their governments. In the case of former President López Obrador, 65% was the lowest level of citizen support that his administration had and that was in year four of his administration.
In the case of President Claudia Sheinbaum, her first year it was 76%, above the approval that her predecessor had in the first 12 months of his administration, who had a support of 71%.
Homicides go down and disappearances go up
Although the violence crisis did not begin with the Morena governments, homicides have continued to rise. Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s six-year term ended as the most violent since Felipe Calderón’s administration, when the so-called “war on drug trafficking” was declared.
In contrast, under President Claudia Sheinbaum, homicides show a reduction and if the trend continues, 2025 will end as the least violent since the so-called Q4 began.
While homicides decrease, a crime that registered an increase is the disappearance of people, which exceeds 30,000 each year.
Fight poverty
Under the motto, “For the good of all, the poor first,” both governments have sought to reduce poverty. According to data from Coneval and Inegi, between 2018 and 2024 the goal was achieved and 13.4 million people escaped poverty.
Both López Obrador and the current president relate the reduction of poverty to the social programs they promoted.
In terms of social spending, both governments allocated more than 20 billion pesos with programs such as the Pension for the Well-being of the Elderly, the Universal Scholarship for Benito Juárez High School Students and Sembrando Vida.
More salary
One of the achievements that the Morena governments most celebrate is the increase in the Minimum Wage. In 2018 it was 88 pesos, but by 2025 it rose to 278 pesos.
In the coming days, the federal government is expected to announce a new increase in the Minimum Wage for 2026.
Although the increase has been well received by workers, economists point out that the limit is approaching, since labor productivity has practically returned to 2018 levels and, although the employment rate remains at a minimum of around 2.9% of the employed population, informality is beginning to gain ground and already represents 55% of employees.
