What is the lowest participatory political institutions index recorded in Mexico?

The lowest recorded value was 0.019 in 1789.

How does Mexico rank for participatory political institutions index?

Mexico ranks 13th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is participatory political institutions index rising or falling in Mexico?

Over the last ten years it is up 17.5%. 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 Participatory Political Institutions Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Participatory Political Institutions Index in Mexico

Name: Participatory Political Institutions Index in Mexico
Creator: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Mexico: Participatory Political Institutions Index was 0.651 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.651

Change on year

up 4.8%

World rank

13th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.66

in 2023

All-time low

0.019

in 1789

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Participatory Political Institutions Index in Mexico, 1789–2025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2025, participatory political institutions index in Mexico stood at 0.651.

The figure is up 4.8% on the previous year and up 17.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, participatory political institutions index in Mexico peaked at 0.66 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.019, in 1789.

That places Mexico 13th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 237 years of available data.

Participatory Political Institutions Index in Mexico, year by year

Annual values for Participatory Political Institutions Index in Mexico, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.019	—
1790	0.019	+0.0%
1791	0.019	+0.0%
1792	0.019	+0.0%
1793	0.019	+0.0%
1794	0.019	+0.0%
1795	0.019	+0.0%
1796	0.019	+0.0%
1797	0.019	+0.0%
1798	0.019	+0.0%
1799	0.019	+0.0%
1800	0.019	+0.0%
1801	0.019	+0.0%
1802	0.019	+0.0%
1803	0.019	+0.0%
1804	0.019	+0.0%
1805	0.019	+0.0%
1806	0.019	+0.0%
1807	0.019	+0.0%
1808	0.019	+0.0%
1809	0.019	+0.0%
1810	0.019	+0.0%
1811	0.019	+0.0%
1812	0.019	+0.0%
1813	0.019	+0.0%
1814	0.019	+0.0%
1815	0.019	+0.0%
1816	0.019	+0.0%
1817	0.019	+0.0%
1818	0.019	+0.0%
1819	0.019	+0.0%
1820	0.019	+0.0%
1821	0.109	+473.7%
1822	0.213	+95.4%
1823	0.213	+0.0%
1824	0.258	+21.1%
1825	0.4	+55.0%
1826	0.4	+0.0%
1827	0.4	+0.0%
1828	0.4	+0.0%
1829	0.4	+0.0%
1830	0.4	+0.0%
1831	0.4	+0.0%
1832	0.4	+0.0%
1833	0.4	+0.0%
1834	0.4	+0.0%
1835	0.4	+0.0%
1836	0.221	-44.8%
1837	0.221	+0.0%
1838	0.221	+0.0%
1839	0.221	+0.0%
1840	0.221	+0.0%
1841	0.221	+0.0%
1842	0.221	+0.0%
1843	0.221	+0.0%
1844	0.221	+0.0%
1845	0.221	+0.0%
1846	0.221	+0.0%
1847	0.367	+66.1%
1848	0.367	+0.0%
1849	0.367	+0.0%
1850	0.367	+0.0%
1851	0.367	+0.0%
1852	0.367	+0.0%
1853	0.367	+0.0%
1854	0.367	+0.0%
1855	0.367	+0.0%
1856	0.367	+0.0%
1857	0.417	+13.6%
1858	0.417	+0.0%
1859	0.417	+0.0%
1860	0.379	-9.1%
1861	0.379	+0.0%
1862	0.379	+0.0%
1863	0.379	+0.0%
1864	0.367	-3.2%
1865	0.367	+0.0%
1866	0.367	+0.0%
1867	0.366	-0.3%
1868	0.382	+4.4%
1869	0.382	+0.0%
1870	0.382	+0.0%
1871	0.382	+0.0%
1872	0.382	+0.0%
1873	0.382	+0.0%
1874	0.382	+0.0%
1875	0.382	+0.0%
1876	0.324	-15.2%
1877	0.324	+0.0%
1878	0.324	+0.0%
1879	0.324	+0.0%
1880	0.324	+0.0%
1881	0.324	+0.0%
1882	0.324	+0.0%
1883	0.324	+0.0%
1884	0.324	+0.0%
1885	0.324	+0.0%
1886	0.324	+0.0%
1887	0.324	+0.0%
1888	0.324	+0.0%
1889	0.324	+0.0%
1890	0.324	+0.0%
1891	0.324	+0.0%
1892	0.324	+0.0%
1893	0.324	+0.0%
1894	0.324	+0.0%
1895	0.324	+0.0%
1896	0.324	+0.0%
1897	0.324	+0.0%
1898	0.324	+0.0%
1899	0.324	+0.0%
1900	0.328	+1.2%
1901	0.328	+0.0%
1902	0.328	+0.0%
1903	0.328	+0.0%
1904	0.328	+0.0%
1905	0.328	+0.0%
1906	0.328	+0.0%
1907	0.327	-0.3%
1908	0.327	+0.0%
1909	0.327	+0.0%
1910	0.335	+2.4%
1911	0.357	+6.6%
1912	0.371	+3.9%
1913	0.371	+0.0%
1914	0.371	+0.0%
1915	0.371	+0.0%
1916	0.371	+0.0%
1917	0.371	+0.0%
1918	0.371	+0.0%
1919	0.371	+0.0%
1920	0.348	-6.2%
1921	0.348	+0.0%
1922	0.348	+0.0%
1923	0.348	+0.0%
1924	0.348	+0.0%
1925	0.348	+0.0%
1926	0.348	+0.0%
1927	0.348	+0.0%
1928	0.348	+0.0%
1929	0.371	+6.6%
1930	0.371	+0.0%
1931	0.371	+0.0%
1932	0.371	+0.0%
1933	0.371	+0.0%
1934	0.371	+0.0%
1935	0.353	-4.9%
1936	0.353	+0.0%
1937	0.372	+5.4%
1938	0.372	+0.0%
1939	0.355	-4.6%
1940	0.368	+3.7%
1941	0.368	+0.0%
1942	0.368	+0.0%
1943	0.368	+0.0%
1944	0.368	+0.0%
1945	0.368	+0.0%
1946	0.365	-0.8%
1947	0.365	+0.0%
1948	0.355	-2.7%
1949	0.355	+0.0%
1950	0.355	+0.0%
1951	0.355	+0.0%
1952	0.359	+1.1%
1953	0.359	+0.0%
1954	0.36	+0.3%
1955	0.36	+0.0%
1956	0.36	+0.0%
1957	0.36	+0.0%
1958	0.36	+0.0%
1959	0.36	+0.0%
1960	0.36	+0.0%
1961	0.36	+0.0%
1962	0.36	+0.0%
1963	0.36	+0.0%
1964	0.36	+0.0%
1965	0.36	+0.0%
1966	0.36	+0.0%
1967	0.36	+0.0%
1968	0.365	+1.4%
1969	0.365	+0.0%
1970	0.369	+1.1%
1971	0.38	+3.0%
1972	0.38	+0.0%
1973	0.38	+0.0%
1974	0.38	+0.0%
1975	0.38	+0.0%
1976	0.38	+0.0%
1977	0.399	+5.0%
1978	0.397	-0.5%
1979	0.397	+0.0%
1980	0.397	+0.0%
1981	0.397	+0.0%
1982	0.397	+0.0%
1983	0.397	+0.0%
1984	0.397	+0.0%
1985	0.428	+7.8%
1986	0.444	+3.7%
1987	0.444	+0.0%
1988	0.445	+0.2%
1989	0.449	+0.9%
1990	0.445	-0.9%
1991	0.445	+0.0%
1992	0.445	+0.0%
1993	0.445	+0.0%
1994	0.471	+5.8%
1995	0.498	+5.7%
1996	0.498	+0.0%
1997	0.517	+3.8%
1998	0.517	+0.0%
1999	0.521	+0.8%
2000	0.566	+8.6%
2001	0.556	-1.8%
2002	0.556	+0.0%
2003	0.556	+0.0%
2004	0.554	-0.4%
2005	0.554	+0.0%
2006	0.554	+0.0%
2007	0.554	+0.0%
2008	0.554	+0.0%
2009	0.554	+0.0%
2010	0.558	+0.7%
2011	0.558	+0.0%
2012	0.558	+0.0%
2013	0.533	-4.5%
2014	0.528	-0.9%
2015	0.554	+4.9%
2016	0.558	+0.7%
2017	0.579	+3.8%
2018	0.575	-0.7%
2019	0.543	-5.6%
2020	0.544	+0.2%
2021	0.576	+5.9%
2022	0.652	+13.2%
2023	0.66	+1.2%
2024	0.621	-5.9%
2025	0.651	+4.8%

Mexico compared with similar countries

Mexico's 0.651 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.524, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Mexico's 0.651 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.581, 1.1× the median. (25 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.019	0.019	0.019	1
1790s	0.019	0.019	0.019	10
1800s	0.019	0.019	0.019	10
1810s	0.019	0.019	0.019	10
1820s	0.2812	0.019	0.4	10
1830s	0.3284	0.221	0.4	10
1840s	0.2648	0.221	0.367	10
1850s	0.382	0.367	0.417	10
1860s	0.3747	0.366	0.382	10
1870s	0.3588	0.324	0.382	10
1880s	0.324	0.324	0.324	10
1890s	0.324	0.324	0.324	10
1900s	0.3277	0.327	0.328	10
1910s	0.366	0.335	0.371	10
1920s	0.3503	0.348	0.371	10
1930s	0.366	0.353	0.372	10
1940s	0.3648	0.355	0.368	10
1950s	0.3588	0.355	0.36	10
1960s	0.361	0.36	0.365	10
1970s	0.3842	0.369	0.399	10
1980s	0.4195	0.397	0.449	10
1990s	0.4802	0.445	0.521	10
2000s	0.5558	0.554	0.566	10
2010s	0.5544	0.528	0.579	10
2020s	0.6173	0.544	0.66	6

Countries ranked near Mexico

10 Germany 0.661 compare
11 Latvia 0.659 compare
12 Moldova 0.658 compare
13 Sweden 0.651 compare
15 Norway 0.65 compare
16 Belgium 0.647 compare
16 Romania 0.647 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is participatory political institutions index in Mexico?: Participatory political institutions index in Mexico was 0.651 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest participatory political institutions index recorded in Mexico?: The highest recorded value was 0.66 in 2023.
What is the lowest participatory political institutions index recorded in Mexico?: The lowest recorded value was 0.019 in 1789.
How does Mexico rank for participatory political institutions index?: Mexico ranks 13th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is participatory political institutions index rising or falling in Mexico?: Over the last ten years it is up 17.5%. 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 Participatory Political Institutions Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Participatory Political Institutions Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 29,844 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which citizens can engage in regional and local government, civil society organizations, and direct democracy.