2159.1 Human Rights and Transparency
Rule of Law Index (WJP)
Does not meet
The criterion is not established.
Mexico scored 0.40 out of 1 and ranked 121st among 143 countries in the 2025 WJP Rule of Law Index. Its weakest results were in criminal justice and absence of corruption, with scores of 0.25 and 0.27, respectively.
Coverage of all 32 states confirms that the weaknesses are not uniform but are broadly distributed. Independent evidence concerning impunity, weak investigative capacity, torture, arbitrary detention, and risks to judicial independence is consistent with the index findings.
Sources (4): the documents that support the traffic light
- Human Rights Watch. (2026). Informe Mundial 2026: México (Report)
- World Justice Project. (2024). WJP Mexico States Rule of Law Index 2023-2024 (Report)
- World Justice Project. (2025). Mexico: Factor 2, Absence of Corruption (Report)
- World Justice Project. (2025). WJP Rule of Law Index: About and methodology (Report)
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