What is human rights index in Mexico?

Human rights index in Mexico was 0.626 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest human rights index recorded in Mexico?

The highest recorded value was 0.721 in 2018.

What is the lowest human rights index recorded in Mexico?

The lowest recorded value was 0.216 in 1789.

How does Mexico rank for human rights index?

Mexico ranks 109th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is human rights index rising or falling in Mexico?

Over the last ten years it is down 9.3%. 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 Human Rights Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Human Rights Index in Mexico

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

Mexico: Human Rights Index was 0.626 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.626

Change on year

down 0.6%

World rank

109th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.721

in 2018

All-time low

0.216

in 1789

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Human Rights Index in Mexico, 1789–2025

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

Analysis

Mexico recorded 0.626 for human rights index in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 9.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, human rights index in Mexico peaked at 0.721 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.216, in 1789.

That places Mexico 109th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Human Rights Index in Mexico, year by year

Annual values for Human Rights Index in Mexico, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.216	—
1790	0.216	+0.0%
1791	0.216	+0.0%
1792	0.216	+0.0%
1793	0.216	+0.0%
1794	0.216	+0.0%
1795	0.216	+0.0%
1796	0.216	+0.0%
1797	0.216	+0.0%
1798	0.216	+0.0%
1799	0.216	+0.0%
1800	0.216	+0.0%
1801	0.216	+0.0%
1802	0.216	+0.0%
1803	0.216	+0.0%
1804	0.216	+0.0%
1805	0.216	+0.0%
1806	0.216	+0.0%
1807	0.216	+0.0%
1808	0.216	+0.0%
1809	0.305	+41.2%
1810	0.29	-4.9%
1811	0.29	+0.0%
1812	0.324	+11.7%
1813	0.317	-2.2%
1814	0.317	+0.0%
1815	0.317	+0.0%
1816	0.274	-13.6%
1817	0.274	+0.0%
1818	0.274	+0.0%
1819	0.274	+0.0%
1820	0.304	+10.9%
1821	0.398	+30.9%
1822	0.384	-3.5%
1823	0.384	+0.0%
1824	0.382	-0.5%
1825	0.424	+11.0%
1826	0.424	+0.0%
1827	0.424	+0.0%
1828	0.424	+0.0%
1829	0.424	+0.0%
1830	0.424	+0.0%
1831	0.424	+0.0%
1832	0.424	+0.0%
1833	0.424	+0.0%
1834	0.424	+0.0%
1835	0.424	+0.0%
1836	0.424	+0.0%
1837	0.424	+0.0%
1838	0.424	+0.0%
1839	0.424	+0.0%
1840	0.424	+0.0%
1841	0.424	+0.0%
1842	0.424	+0.0%
1843	0.424	+0.0%
1844	0.424	+0.0%
1845	0.424	+0.0%
1846	0.424	+0.0%
1847	0.424	+0.0%
1848	0.424	+0.0%
1849	0.424	+0.0%
1850	0.375	-11.6%
1851	0.375	+0.0%
1852	0.375	+0.0%
1853	0.375	+0.0%
1854	0.433	+15.5%
1855	0.433	+0.0%
1856	0.433	+0.0%
1857	0.454	+4.8%
1858	0.332	-26.9%
1859	0.332	+0.0%
1860	0.37	+11.4%
1861	0.378	+2.2%
1862	0.378	+0.0%
1863	0.378	+0.0%
1864	0.378	+0.0%
1865	0.378	+0.0%
1866	0.378	+0.0%
1867	0.374	-1.1%
1868	0.404	+8.0%
1869	0.404	+0.0%
1870	0.421	+4.2%
1871	0.421	+0.0%
1872	0.421	+0.0%
1873	0.421	+0.0%
1874	0.421	+0.0%
1875	0.421	+0.0%
1876	0.361	-14.3%
1877	0.328	-9.1%
1878	0.323	-1.5%
1879	0.323	+0.0%
1880	0.323	+0.0%
1881	0.323	+0.0%
1882	0.323	+0.0%
1883	0.323	+0.0%
1884	0.323	+0.0%
1885	0.323	+0.0%
1886	0.323	+0.0%
1887	0.323	+0.0%
1888	0.323	+0.0%
1889	0.323	+0.0%
1890	0.323	+0.0%
1891	0.323	+0.0%
1892	0.323	+0.0%
1893	0.323	+0.0%
1894	0.323	+0.0%
1895	0.323	+0.0%
1896	0.323	+0.0%
1897	0.323	+0.0%
1898	0.323	+0.0%
1899	0.323	+0.0%
1900	0.308	-4.6%
1901	0.308	+0.0%
1902	0.308	+0.0%
1903	0.308	+0.0%
1904	0.308	+0.0%
1905	0.308	+0.0%
1906	0.308	+0.0%
1907	0.308	+0.0%
1908	0.308	+0.0%
1909	0.308	+0.0%
1910	0.307	-0.3%
1911	0.347	+13.0%
1912	0.35	+0.9%
1913	0.274	-21.7%
1914	0.267	-2.6%
1915	0.29	+8.6%
1916	0.316	+9.0%
1917	0.323	+2.2%
1918	0.325	+0.6%
1919	0.33	+1.5%
1920	0.324	-1.8%
1921	0.361	+11.4%
1922	0.361	+0.0%
1923	0.359	-0.6%
1924	0.359	+0.0%
1925	0.347	-3.3%
1926	0.317	-8.6%
1927	0.317	+0.0%
1928	0.317	+0.0%
1929	0.34	+7.3%
1930	0.392	+15.3%
1931	0.392	+0.0%
1932	0.402	+2.6%
1933	0.405	+0.7%
1934	0.417	+3.0%
1935	0.434	+4.1%
1936	0.434	+0.0%
1937	0.431	-0.7%
1938	0.432	+0.2%
1939	0.464	+7.4%
1940	0.483	+4.1%
1941	0.468	-3.1%
1942	0.468	+0.0%
1943	0.468	+0.0%
1944	0.468	+0.0%
1945	0.468	+0.0%
1946	0.467	-0.2%
1947	0.465	-0.4%
1948	0.466	+0.2%
1949	0.467	+0.2%
1950	0.467	+0.0%
1951	0.467	+0.0%
1952	0.465	-0.4%
1953	0.474	+1.9%
1954	0.487	+2.7%
1955	0.487	+0.0%
1956	0.487	+0.0%
1957	0.487	+0.0%
1958	0.474	-2.7%
1959	0.465	-1.9%
1960	0.468	+0.6%
1961	0.472	+0.9%
1962	0.472	+0.0%
1963	0.472	+0.0%
1964	0.457	-3.2%
1965	0.457	+0.0%
1966	0.457	+0.0%
1967	0.46	+0.7%
1968	0.455	-1.1%
1969	0.467	+2.6%
1970	0.485	+3.9%
1971	0.485	+0.0%
1972	0.489	+0.8%
1973	0.491	+0.4%
1974	0.491	+0.0%
1975	0.495	+0.8%
1976	0.501	+1.2%
1977	0.561	+12.0%
1978	0.573	+2.1%
1979	0.573	+0.0%
1980	0.575	+0.3%
1981	0.578	+0.5%
1982	0.579	+0.2%
1983	0.579	+0.0%
1984	0.579	+0.0%
1985	0.579	+0.0%
1986	0.579	+0.0%
1987	0.579	+0.0%
1988	0.582	+0.5%
1989	0.6	+3.1%
1990	0.601	+0.2%
1991	0.613	+2.0%
1992	0.626	+2.1%
1993	0.637	+1.8%
1994	0.645	+1.3%
1995	0.667	+3.4%
1996	0.667	+0.0%
1997	0.669	+0.3%
1998	0.678	+1.3%
1999	0.682	+0.6%
2000	0.711	+4.3%
2001	0.713	+0.3%
2002	0.713	+0.0%
2003	0.713	+0.0%
2004	0.713	+0.0%
2005	0.713	+0.0%
2006	0.685	-3.9%
2007	0.695	+1.5%
2008	0.69	-0.7%
2009	0.691	+0.1%
2010	0.683	-1.2%
2011	0.683	+0.0%
2012	0.688	+0.7%
2013	0.68	-1.2%
2014	0.671	-1.3%
2015	0.69	+2.8%
2016	0.691	+0.1%
2017	0.703	+1.7%
2018	0.721	+2.6%
2019	0.711	-1.4%
2020	0.697	-2.0%
2021	0.677	-2.9%
2022	0.666	-1.6%
2023	0.668	+0.3%
2024	0.63	-5.7%
2025	0.626	-0.6%

Mexico compared with similar countries

Mexico's 0.626 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.7345, 85% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Mexico's 0.626 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.819, 76% of the median. (25 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.216	0.216	0.216	1
1790s	0.216	0.216	0.216	10
1800s	0.2249	0.216	0.305	10
1810s	0.2951	0.274	0.324	10
1820s	0.3972	0.304	0.424	10
1830s	0.424	0.424	0.424	10
1840s	0.424	0.424	0.424	10
1850s	0.3917	0.332	0.454	10
1860s	0.382	0.37	0.404	10
1870s	0.3861	0.323	0.421	10
1880s	0.323	0.323	0.323	10
1890s	0.323	0.323	0.323	10
1900s	0.308	0.308	0.308	10
1910s	0.3129	0.267	0.35	10
1920s	0.3402	0.317	0.361	10
1930s	0.4203	0.392	0.464	10
1940s	0.4688	0.465	0.483	10
1950s	0.476	0.465	0.487	10
1960s	0.4637	0.455	0.472	10
1970s	0.5144	0.485	0.573	10
1980s	0.5809	0.575	0.6	10
1990s	0.6485	0.601	0.682	10
2000s	0.7037	0.685	0.713	10
2010s	0.6921	0.671	0.721	10
2020s	0.6607	0.626	0.697	6

Countries ranked near Mexico

106 Morocco 0.645 compare
107 Indonesia 0.63 compare
108 Bangladesh 0.628 compare
110 Angola 0.624 compare
111 Hong Kong 0.614 compare
112 Mali 0.609 compare

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More social development data for Mexico

Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 152,002 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 41,307 (2025)
Political Rights Rating 3 (2025)
Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 3 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0003 units per person (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 41,307 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0012 units per person (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is human rights index in Mexico?: Human rights index in Mexico was 0.626 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest human rights index recorded in Mexico?: The highest recorded value was 0.721 in 2018.
What is the lowest human rights index recorded in Mexico?: The lowest recorded value was 0.216 in 1789.
How does Mexico rank for human rights index?: Mexico ranks 109th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is human rights index rising or falling in Mexico?: Over the last ten years it is down 9.3%. 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 Human Rights Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Human Rights Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,202 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which people are free from government torture, political killings, and forced labor, they have property rights, and enjoy the freedoms of movement, religion, expression, and association.