Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index in Mexico
Mexico: Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index was 0.536 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
0.536
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
119th
of 176 countries
All-time high
0.625
in 2018
All-time low
0.182
in 1913
Years of data
237
1789–2025
Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index in Mexico, 1789–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 0.536 for individual liberties and equality before the law index in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and down 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, individual liberties and equality before the law index in Mexico peaked at 0.625 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.182, in 1913.
Mexico ranks 119th of 176 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 237 years of available data.
Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index in Mexico, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1789 | 0.2 | — |
| 1790 | 0.2 | +0.0% |
| 1791 | 0.2 | +0.0% |
| 1792 | 0.2 | +0.0% |
| 1793 | 0.2 | +0.0% |
| 1794 | 0.2 | +0.0% |
| 1795 | 0.2 | +0.0% |
| 1796 | 0.2 | +0.0% |
| 1797 | 0.2 | +0.0% |
| 1798 | 0.2 | +0.0% |
| 1799 | 0.2 | +0.0% |
| 1800 | 0.2 | +0.0% |
| 1801 | 0.2 | +0.0% |
| 1802 | 0.2 | +0.0% |
| 1803 | 0.2 | +0.0% |
| 1804 | 0.2 | +0.0% |
| 1805 | 0.2 | +0.0% |
| 1806 | 0.2 | +0.0% |
| 1807 | 0.2 | +0.0% |
| 1808 | 0.2 | +0.0% |
| 1809 | 0.259 | +29.5% |
| 1810 | 0.233 | -10.0% |
| 1811 | 0.233 | +0.0% |
| 1812 | 0.233 | +0.0% |
| 1813 | 0.221 | -5.2% |
| 1814 | 0.221 | +0.0% |
| 1815 | 0.221 | +0.0% |
| 1816 | 0.222 | +0.5% |
| 1817 | 0.222 | +0.0% |
| 1818 | 0.222 | +0.0% |
| 1819 | 0.222 | +0.0% |
| 1820 | 0.214 | -3.6% |
| 1821 | 0.204 | -4.7% |
| 1822 | 0.204 | +0.0% |
| 1823 | 0.204 | +0.0% |
| 1824 | 0.204 | +0.0% |
| 1825 | 0.271 | +32.8% |
| 1826 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1827 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1828 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1829 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1830 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1831 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1832 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1833 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1834 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1835 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1836 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1837 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1838 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1839 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1840 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1841 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1842 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1843 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1844 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1845 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1846 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1847 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1848 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1849 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1850 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1851 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1852 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1853 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1854 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1855 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1856 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1857 | 0.291 | +7.4% |
| 1858 | 0.227 | -22.0% |
| 1859 | 0.227 | +0.0% |
| 1860 | 0.268 | +18.1% |
| 1861 | 0.276 | +3.0% |
| 1862 | 0.276 | +0.0% |
| 1863 | 0.276 | +0.0% |
| 1864 | 0.276 | +0.0% |
| 1865 | 0.276 | +0.0% |
| 1866 | 0.276 | +0.0% |
| 1867 | 0.286 | +3.6% |
| 1868 | 0.294 | +2.8% |
| 1869 | 0.294 | +0.0% |
| 1870 | 0.305 | +3.7% |
| 1871 | 0.305 | +0.0% |
| 1872 | 0.305 | +0.0% |
| 1873 | 0.305 | +0.0% |
| 1874 | 0.305 | +0.0% |
| 1875 | 0.305 | +0.0% |
| 1876 | 0.316 | +3.6% |
| 1877 | 0.273 | -13.6% |
| 1878 | 0.273 | +0.0% |
| 1879 | 0.273 | +0.0% |
| 1880 | 0.273 | +0.0% |
| 1881 | 0.273 | +0.0% |
| 1882 | 0.273 | +0.0% |
| 1883 | 0.273 | +0.0% |
| 1884 | 0.273 | +0.0% |
| 1885 | 0.273 | +0.0% |
| 1886 | 0.273 | +0.0% |
| 1887 | 0.273 | +0.0% |
| 1888 | 0.273 | +0.0% |
| 1889 | 0.273 | +0.0% |
| 1890 | 0.273 | +0.0% |
| 1891 | 0.273 | +0.0% |
| 1892 | 0.273 | +0.0% |
| 1893 | 0.273 | +0.0% |
| 1894 | 0.273 | +0.0% |
| 1895 | 0.273 | +0.0% |
| 1896 | 0.273 | +0.0% |
| 1897 | 0.273 | +0.0% |
| 1898 | 0.273 | +0.0% |
| 1899 | 0.273 | +0.0% |
| 1900 | 0.269 | -1.5% |
| 1901 | 0.269 | +0.0% |
| 1902 | 0.269 | +0.0% |
| 1903 | 0.269 | +0.0% |
| 1904 | 0.269 | +0.0% |
| 1905 | 0.269 | +0.0% |
| 1906 | 0.269 | +0.0% |
| 1907 | 0.269 | +0.0% |
| 1908 | 0.269 | +0.0% |
| 1909 | 0.269 | +0.0% |
| 1910 | 0.245 | -8.9% |
| 1911 | 0.224 | -8.6% |
| 1912 | 0.216 | -3.6% |
| 1913 | 0.182 | -15.7% |
| 1914 | 0.182 | +0.0% |
| 1915 | 0.194 | +6.6% |
| 1916 | 0.218 | +12.4% |
| 1917 | 0.236 | +8.3% |
| 1918 | 0.271 | +14.8% |
| 1919 | 0.271 | +0.0% |
| 1920 | 0.265 | -2.2% |
| 1921 | 0.316 | +19.2% |
| 1922 | 0.316 | +0.0% |
| 1923 | 0.315 | -0.3% |
| 1924 | 0.315 | +0.0% |
| 1925 | 0.299 | -5.1% |
| 1926 | 0.286 | -4.3% |
| 1927 | 0.286 | +0.0% |
| 1928 | 0.286 | +0.0% |
| 1929 | 0.31 | +8.4% |
| 1930 | 0.383 | +23.5% |
| 1931 | 0.383 | +0.0% |
| 1932 | 0.4 | +4.4% |
| 1933 | 0.4 | +0.0% |
| 1934 | 0.399 | -0.3% |
| 1935 | 0.41 | +2.8% |
| 1936 | 0.41 | +0.0% |
| 1937 | 0.419 | +2.2% |
| 1938 | 0.419 | +0.0% |
| 1939 | 0.441 | +5.3% |
| 1940 | 0.458 | +3.9% |
| 1941 | 0.458 | +0.0% |
| 1942 | 0.458 | +0.0% |
| 1943 | 0.458 | +0.0% |
| 1944 | 0.458 | +0.0% |
| 1945 | 0.458 | +0.0% |
| 1946 | 0.458 | +0.0% |
| 1947 | 0.458 | +0.0% |
| 1948 | 0.458 | +0.0% |
| 1949 | 0.458 | +0.0% |
| 1950 | 0.458 | +0.0% |
| 1951 | 0.458 | +0.0% |
| 1952 | 0.458 | +0.0% |
| 1953 | 0.458 | +0.0% |
| 1954 | 0.478 | +4.4% |
| 1955 | 0.478 | +0.0% |
| 1956 | 0.478 | +0.0% |
| 1957 | 0.478 | +0.0% |
| 1958 | 0.47 | -1.7% |
| 1959 | 0.463 | -1.5% |
| 1960 | 0.471 | +1.7% |
| 1961 | 0.471 | +0.0% |
| 1962 | 0.471 | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.471 | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.454 | -3.6% |
| 1965 | 0.454 | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.454 | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.454 | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.454 | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.454 | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.454 | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.454 | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.454 | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.454 | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.454 | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.462 | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 0.462 | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.499 | +8.0% |
| 1978 | 0.499 | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.499 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.499 | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.506 | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 0.506 | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.509 | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 0.509 | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.509 | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.509 | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.509 | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.509 | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.516 | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 0.529 | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 0.534 | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 0.551 | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 0.551 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.572 | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 0.587 | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 0.587 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.593 | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 0.593 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.593 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.6 | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.608 | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 0.608 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.608 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.608 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.608 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.588 | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 0.596 | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.596 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.592 | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.585 | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.585 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.588 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.588 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.582 | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.606 | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 0.606 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.621 | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 0.625 | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.596 | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 0.599 | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.567 | -5.3% |
| 2022 | 0.573 | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.589 | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 0.533 | -9.5% |
| 2025 | 0.536 | +0.6% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 0.536 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.713, 75% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 0.536 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.763, 70% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1780s | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1 |
| 1790s | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 10 |
| 1800s | 0.2059 | 0.2 | 0.259 | 10 |
| 1810s | 0.225 | 0.221 | 0.233 | 10 |
| 1820s | 0.2385 | 0.204 | 0.271 | 10 |
| 1830s | 0.271 | 0.271 | 0.271 | 10 |
| 1840s | 0.271 | 0.271 | 0.271 | 10 |
| 1850s | 0.2642 | 0.227 | 0.291 | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.2798 | 0.268 | 0.294 | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.2965 | 0.273 | 0.316 | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.273 | 0.273 | 0.273 | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.273 | 0.273 | 0.273 | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.269 | 0.269 | 0.269 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.2239 | 0.182 | 0.271 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.2994 | 0.265 | 0.316 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.4064 | 0.383 | 0.441 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.458 | 0.458 | 0.458 | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.4677 | 0.458 | 0.478 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.4608 | 0.454 | 0.471 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.4691 | 0.454 | 0.499 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5081 | 0.499 | 0.516 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.569 | 0.529 | 0.593 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6012 | 0.588 | 0.608 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5982 | 0.582 | 0.625 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5662 | 0.533 | 0.599 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More reference data data for Mexico
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 4.11 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 16.66 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 32.65 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.75 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 32.65 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 13.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 7.36 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 84.69 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 157.18 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 9.55 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is individual liberties and equality before the law index in Mexico?
- Individual liberties and equality before the law index in Mexico was 0.536 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest individual liberties and equality before the law index recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 0.625 in 2018.
- What is the lowest individual liberties and equality before the law index recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.182 in 1913.
- How does Mexico rank for individual liberties and equality before the law index?
- Mexico ranks 119th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Is individual liberties and equality before the law index rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico data come from?
- The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Individual Liberties and Equality before the Law Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Central estimate of the extent to which extent to which citizens enjoy physical integrity rights, freedoms of religion, of movement, and from forced labor, as well as access to justice, laws are transparent, and public administration is impartial.