In its 2021 Rule of Law Index, the World Justice Project placed Mexico in the Absence of Corruption ranking in 135th place out of 139 nations evaluated, with a score of 0.26 on a scale of 0 to 1, where 1 is the best grade.
Mexico is placed only above Uganda, Cameroon, Cambodia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the latter country being the worst evaluated.
Mexico’s low grade in corruption is mainly due to the rating of 0.10 received by the country’s legislators, while Executive Power and Judicial Power have 0.31, and Police and the Mexican Army have 0.33.
In other areas considered by The World Justice Project, Mexico is also at the bottom of the Order and Security rankings, with a score of 0.53, placing 130th out of 139. Civil Justice gets 0.37, and 131st place, and Criminal Justice gets 0.29, and 129th place.
Mexico also fails in the category of Limits to Government Power, with a 0.45 rating, and 102nd place out of 139, and Regulatory compliance, with 0.44, and 105th place.
The categories in which Mexico is best evaluated are Open Government, with a score of 0.60, and 43rd place out of 139, and Fundamental Rights, with 0.49, and 91st place.
Source: Forbes