Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Mexico
Mexico: Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) was 51.47 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Regulatory Quality - Governance score in Mexico, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 51.47 0-100 for regulatory quality - governance score in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.5% on the previous year and down 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, regulatory quality - governance score in Mexico peaked at 65.56 0-100 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 51.47 0-100, in 2025.
That places Mexico 115th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100) (Regulatory score 0-100) in Mexico, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 59.64 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 60.92 0-100 | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 60.56 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 65.56 0-100 | +8.2% |
| 2003 | 65.25 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 62.87 0-100 | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 62.15 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 62.95 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 62.45 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 62.25 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 62.18 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 58.49 0-100 | -5.9% |
| 2011 | 59.06 0-100 | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 61.1 0-100 | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 61.12 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 60.13 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 59.54 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 59.34 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 59.44 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 56.69 0-100 | -4.6% |
| 2019 | 56.29 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 54.96 0-100 | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 53.62 0-100 | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 54.2 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 52.96 0-100 | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 52.78 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2025 | 51.47 0-100 | -2.5% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 51.47 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 53.89 0-100, 96% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 51.47 0-100 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 53.98 0-100, 95% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 60.28 0-100 | 59.64 0-100 | 60.92 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 62.91 0-100 | 60.56 0-100 | 65.56 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 59.12 0-100 | 56.29 0-100 | 61.12 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.33 0-100 | 51.47 0-100 | 54.96 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More reference data data for Mexico
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- 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 regulatory quality - governance score in Mexico?
- Regulatory quality - governance score in Mexico was 51.47 0-100 in 2025, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
- What is the highest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 65.56 0-100 in 2002.
- What is the lowest regulatory quality - governance score recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.47 0-100 in 2025.
- How does Mexico rank for regulatory quality - governance score?
- Mexico ranks 115th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is regulatory quality - governance score rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mexico data come from?
- The figures come from The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of Regulatory Quality - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Regulatory Quality (RQ) captures perceptions of the government’s ability to design and implement policies and regulations that promote private sector development. Governance score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) confidence intervals (lower and upper bound). The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance score (respectively the underlying governance estimate) is based. The confidence intervals include the lower and upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Confidence intervals are a statistical range of values that likely contain the true value (of what is being estimated).