Rule of Law - Governance score in Mexico

Mexico: Rule of Law - Governance score was 37.11 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
37.11 0-100
Change on year
down 3.4%
World rank
173rd
of 206 countries
All-time high
53.83 0-100
in 2004
All-time low
37.11 0-100
in 2024
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Rule of Law - Governance score in Mexico, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 45.1 0-1001998: 45.6 0-1002000: 47.6 0-1002002: 52 0-1002003: 52.8 0-1002004: 53.8 0-1002005: 53.4 0-1002006: 53.4 0-1002007: 51.9 0-1002008: 47.6 0-1002009: 48.7 0-1002010: 48.2 0-1002011: 46.3 0-1002012: 46.7 0-1002013: 45.8 0-1002014: 46.9 0-1002015: 45.2 0-1002016: 45.5 0-1002017: 44.4 0-1002018: 43.1 0-1002019: 41.9 0-1002020: 40 0-1002021: 39.3 0-1002022: 38.3 0-1002023: 38.4 0-1002024: 37.1 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

Mexico recorded 37.11 0-100 for rule of law - governance score in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.

The figure is down 3.4% on the previous year and down 20.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rule of law - governance score in Mexico peaked at 53.83 0-100 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 37.11 0-100, in 2024.

Mexico ranks 173rd of 206 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 45.36 0-100 45.14 0-100 45.57 0-100 2
2000s 51.26 0-100 47.61 0-100 53.83 0-100 9
2010s 45.41 0-100 41.89 0-100 48.21 0-100 10
2020s 38.63 0-100 37.11 0-100 39.98 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Mexico

  1. 170 Mali 38.13 0-100 compare
  2. 171 Comoros 37.5 0-100 compare
  3. 172 Guinea 37.21 0-100 compare
  4. 174 Gabon 37.07 0-100 compare
  5. 175 Russia 37.06 0-100 compare
  6. 176 Angola 36.83 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is rule of law - governance score in Mexico?
Rule of law - governance score in Mexico was 37.11 0-100 in 2024, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
What is the highest rule of law - governance score recorded in Mexico?
The highest recorded value was 53.83 0-100 in 2004.
What is the lowest rule of law - governance score recorded in Mexico?
The lowest recorded value was 37.11 0-100 in 2024.
How does Mexico rank for rule of law - governance score?
Mexico ranks 173rd out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is rule of law - governance score rising or falling in Mexico?
Over the last ten years it is down 20.9%. 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 Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Rule of Law - Governance score (0-100)
Unit
0-100
Source
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
206 places, 5,270 data points, 1996–2024
Last refreshed

Rule of Law (RL) captures perceptions of the extent to which agents respect and follow the rules of society, including contract enforcement, property rights, the police, courts, and the likelihood of crime and violence. 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).