Social Development in Mexico

170 indicators covering social development for Mexico.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Democracy Index 8 2018 unchanged 52nd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 236,812 2025 up 412.0% 7th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.0018 units per person 2025 up 369.8% 40th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 239.0% 77th
Political Rights Score 26 2025 down 7.1% 99th
Freedom Score 58 2025 down 10.8% 106th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 173,532 2025 up 12,811.6% 10th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0013 units per person 2025 up 11,747.4% 36th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 8,448.1% 51st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate 15.67 % change on previous year 2025 down 72.8% 22nd
Full democracy 0 2025 78th
States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 36th
Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Distribution of Democracy Index 18 2018 unchanged 52nd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate -34.94 % change on previous year 2025 up 34.1% 134th
Equal Rights Protection Index 0.363 2025 up 4.6% 140th
Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.489 2025 down 5.4% 126th
Political Corruption Index 0.574 2025 down 20.7% 79th
Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.574 2025 down 20.7% 79th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 4.87 2024 up 41.4% 9th
Number of armed conflicts 2 conflicts 2025 15th
Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 19th
Countries where armed conflicts took place 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.0804 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1,174.2% 66th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.1324 units per square kilometre 2023 up 19,008.8% 37th
LGBT+ Rights Index 6.13 2019 up 74.3% 34th
Forcibly displaced people 779,694 2025 up 167.7% 37th
Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 1st
Press freedom 0 2016 down 100.0% 131st
Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 2 number 2025 unchanged 1st
Age of electoral democracy 26 years 2025 up 62.5% 97th
Corruption Perceptions Index 26 2024 down 25.7% 139th
Internally displaced people due to conflict 262,411 people 2024 23rd
Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 6.69 2024 up 27.1% 78th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 5.47 2024 up 34.1% 67th
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 1.22 2024 up 0.6% 27th
Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year 0.0004 2024 up 101.3% 50th
Self-reported life satisfaction 6.97 2025 up 2.9% 12th
Happiness vs. life satisfaction 6.97 2025 up 2.9% 12th
Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 86.5% 2024 up 1.1% 10th
Homicide rate 24.86 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 27.6% 19th
Homicides 32,252 homicides 2023 up 39.8% 3rd
Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 24.86 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 27.6% 19th
Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 24.86 homicides per 100,000 population 2023 up 27.6% 19th
Age of electoral democracy 28 years 2023 up 55.6% 63rd
States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 51st
Citizen support for democracy -0.9881 2020 down 45.2% 115th
Homicides 31,895 deaths 2022 up 29.0% 2nd
Child homicide rate 6.03 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 3.4% 9th
Citizen satisfaction with democracy -0.9333 2020 down 101.2% 114th
Homicide rate 24.24 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 15.0% 8th
Homicide rate by age of the victim 24.24 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 15.0% 8th
Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Homicides 36,072 deaths 2021 up 29.2% 3rd
Homicide rate 28.47 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 16.4% 13th
Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 28.23 2021 up 15.6% 13th
Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 15.18 million 2030 up 0.1% 14th
States involved in wars 0 2011 5th
Alcohol, total  (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 5.8 2030 up 16.1% 84th
Freedom of Association Score 7 2025 unchanged 37th