The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Economy (47/100) — sharpest risk, active armed conflict.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 47/100 | — |
| Governance | 42/100 | Ease of Resolving Disputes |
| Quality of Life | 40/100 | Electricity Access |
| Innovation | 44/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | 39/100 | — |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | −1 | now 50, versus 51 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 47/100 | Pandemic 60 · Banking Crisis 41 · War / Conflict 38 · Natural Disaster 48 |
| Strategic Position | 51/100 | Demographics 76 · Resources 34 · Stability 39 · Education 72 · Technology 44 · Geopolitics 42 |
Mexico scores 42 (weak) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: down 1 point versus three years ago (now 50). Its strongest area is Economy (47/100). The risk drawing attention: Active armed conflict.
All 192 tracked indicators — 110 sourced, 82 derived — each with its exact source, series code, and refresh cadence. The complete source-by-source catalog is on the methodology page.
Full catalog →Per-indicator sources are always public on the methodology page — Analyst assembles the complete ledger in context.
Mexico scores 42 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (weak) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Economy (47/100) and its weakest is Stability (39/100).
Mexico's Stability score is 39 out of 100 (weak), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Mexico's Economy score is 47 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Mexico's Quality of Life score is 40 out of 100 (weak), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Mexico's Governance score is 42 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Mexico's Innovation score is 44 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank connectivity and business indicators, WIPO patent data and the Oxford Insights Government AI Readiness Index.
On NationsHelm's momentum read, Mexico is down 1 point versus three years ago — 50 now, from 51 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Mexico's defining asset is food and beverages, while its sharpest risk is active armed conflict — active organized-violence party this year (UCDP current-year toll).
Mexico's Strategic Position score is 51 out of 100 (weak), weighing demographics, resources, stability, education, technology and geopolitics — each component sourced or derived, with unsourced components dropped rather than counted as zero.
On NationsHelm's Opportunity Index, Mexico scores 44 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 47/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.