Which has higher private civil liberties index, Mexico or Papua New Guinea?

Papua New Guinea, at 0.761 against 0.749 in Mexico as of 2025.

What is the difference in private civil liberties index between Mexico and Papua New Guinea?

0.012, with Papua New Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Papua New Guinea?

126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Private Civil Liberties Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Mexico vs Papua New Guinea: Private Civil Liberties Index

Mexico

0.749

in 2025

Papua New Guinea

0.761

in 2025

Mexico rank

89th

Papua New Guinea rank

88th

Private Civil Liberties Index over time

Mexico
Papua New Guinea

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.761 against 0.749 in Mexico, a difference of 0.012.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Mexico ahead.

Mexico ranks 89th and Papua New Guinea ranks 88th of 176 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 9 and Papua New Guinea in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mexico	Papua New Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1900s	0.445	0.183	0.262	Mexico
1910s	0.4478	0.183	0.2648	Mexico
1920s	0.3766	0.183	0.1936	Mexico
1930s	0.5065	0.183	0.3235	Mexico
1940s	0.61	0.2553	0.3547	Mexico
1950s	0.634	0.346	0.288	Mexico
1960s	0.663	0.378	0.285	Mexico
1970s	0.663	0.6135	0.0495	Mexico
1980s	0.6638	0.799	0.1352	Papua New Guinea
1990s	0.7192	0.799	0.0798	Papua New Guinea
2000s	0.7484	0.799	0.0506	Papua New Guinea
2010s	0.7785	0.79	0.0115	Papua New Guinea
2020s	0.788	0.7597	0.0283	Mexico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher private civil liberties index, Mexico or Papua New Guinea?: Papua New Guinea, at 0.761 against 0.749 in Mexico as of 2025.
What is the difference in private civil liberties index between Mexico and Papua New Guinea?: 0.012, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Papua New Guinea?: 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Mexico and Papua New Guinea rank globally for private civil liberties index?: Mexico ranks 89th and Papua New Guinea ranks 88th of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Private Civil Liberties Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Mexico vs Papua New Guinea: Private Civil Liberties Index. Statizoid, drawing on V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 29 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/private-civil-liberties-index/mexico/papua-new-guinea/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/private-civil-liberties-index/mexico/papua-new-guinea/">Mexico vs Papua New Guinea: Private Civil Liberties Index</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Private Civil Liberties Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,494 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Central estimate the extent to which people are free from forced labor, have property rights, and enjoy freedom of movement and religion.