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🇲🇽 Mexico: Politics & Democracy

By V-Dem's measure, no — Mexico scores 22.1 on the 0–100 liberal democracy index, which places it firmly in the autocratic range.

Liberal democracy rank (2025)

#110 of 179

Score (0–100)

22.1

10-year change

−21.2

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Current leaders

Q5771800

Head of State · Party of the Democratic Revolution

since 2024-10-01

Democracy trend

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Mexico — V-Dem liberal democracy index, 1900–2025 (0–100 scale). Latest: 22.1 in 2025.

Voting alignment

Mexico's closest UN General Assembly voting partners since 1946:

Frequently asked questions

Is Mexico a democracy?

By V-Dem's measure, no — Mexico scores 22.1 on the 0–100 liberal democracy index, which places it firmly in the autocratic range. It ranks #110 of 179 countries in 2025.

Is democracy in Mexico improving or declining?

Mexico's V-Dem liberal democracy score has declined by 21.2 points over the past decade, standing at 22.1 in 2025 (1-year change: −2.5).

Who leads Mexico?

Q5771800 is Mexico's head of state (Party of the Democratic Revolution).

More on Mexico

Data source: Coppedge, Michael et al. 'V-Dem Country-Year Dataset v15', Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project, https://www.v-dem.net, CC BY 4.0.