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Topic 12 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Mexico: Mobility & Trade
How connected is a country to the rest of the world?
Mexico is placed joint 55th of 177 countries on mobility & trade in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 192.24 (2025); Container Import Dwell Time 6.9 (2024).
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joint55th
of 177 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Mexico on mobility & trade — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
192.24
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)
Higher is better
Ranked 29th of 177 by UNCTAD
Mexico: 192.24. Across the 168 countries in this edition, values run from 4.13 (Turks and Caicos Islands) to 1,313 (China); the world median is 60.84.
- World median
- 60.84
- Best in Central America
- 213.84 Panama
- Land neighbours
- Belize 14.62 · Guatemala 107.64 · United States 514.97
6.9
Median days a full import container waits in port
Lower is better
Mexico: 6.9. Across the 156 countries in this edition, values run from 1 (Gibraltar) to 21.6 (Haiti); the world median is 4.4.
- World median
- 4.4
- Best in Central America
- 4.9 Panama
- Land neighbours
- Belize 5.5 · Guatemala 6.2 · United States 3.4
2.9
LPI score (1–5)
Higher is better
Ranked 66th of 139 by World Bank Group
Mexico: 2.9. Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 1.9 (Afghanistan) to 4.3 (Singapore); the world median is 2.9.
- World median
- 2.9
- Best in Central America
- 3.1 Panama
- Land neighbours
- Guatemala 2.6 · United States 3.8
Key 4 of 4
ICT Goods Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
12.45
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Higher is better
Mexico: 12.45. Across the 120 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 61.45 (Hong Kong); the world median is 0.975.
- World median
- 0.975
- Best in Central America
- 12.45 Mexico
- Land neighbours
- Belize 0.18 · Guatemala 0.2 · United States 9.05
02Over time
Which way Mexico is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) · higher is better
MexicoWorld median
Mexico rose from 142.53 in 2006 to 193.84 in 2026; the world median went from 52.25 to 56.21.
Every year’s figures
Year Mexico World median 2026 193.84 56.21 2025 192.24 60.84 2024 188.99 55.22 2023 185.89 54.78 2022 176.14 51.49 2021 172.37 52.64 2020 176.10 47.86 2019 180.56 51.05 2018 166.01 52.03 2017 165.26 49.87 2016 161.05 48.09 2015 175.71 49.13 2014 168.96 48.08 2013 166.65 51.32 2012 159.50 47.44 2011 164.09 50.26 2010 163.45 50.51 2009 146.59 53.04 2008 161.29 51.68 2007 141.70 55.78 2006 142.53 52.25 Logistics Performance Index
LPI score (1–5) · higher is better
MexicoWorld median
Mexico rose from 2.868 in 2007 to 2.9 in 2023; the world median went from 2.529 to 2.9.
Every year’s figures
Year Mexico World median 2023 2.900 2.900 2018 3.051 2.706 2016 3.114 2.734 2014 3.128 2.753 2012 3.063 2.773 2010 3.047 2.746 2007 2.868 2.529 ICT Goods Exports
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) · higher is better
MexicoWorld median
Mexico fell from 20.82 in 2000 to 12.45 in 2024; the world median went from 0.43 to 0.975.
Every year’s figures
Year Mexico World median 2024 12.45 0.975000 2023 11.82 0.690000 2022 13.73 0.565000 2021 14.34 0.550000 2020 15.95 0.680000 2019 14.80 0.625000 2018 15.02 0.480000 2017 15.90 0.630000 2016 15.76 0.865000 2015 15.78 0.790000 2014 15.59 0.760000 2013 16.06 0.645000 2012 16.65 0.630000 2011 16.72 0.535000 2010 19.92 0.560000 2009 21.42 0.780000 2008 19.39 0.595000 2007 17.63 0.660000 2006 18.67 0.445000 2005 17.92 0.570000 2004 19.63 0.535000 2003 19.26 0.530000 2002 20.71 0.510000 2001 22.02 0.490000 2000 20.82 0.430000
03In context
Mexico beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 177 countries on mobility & trade, never a place within the region.
Mexico and the countries it borders
Standing among all 177; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Liner Shipping Connectivity IndexLSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) | Container Import Dwell TimeMedian days a full import container waits in port | Logistics Performance IndexLPI score (1–5) | ICT Goods ExportsICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 United Statescompare | 7th | 514.97 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 9.05 |
| Mexico | =55th | 192.24 | 6.9 | 2.9 | 12.45 |
 Guatemala | 113th | 107.64 | 6.2 | 2.6 | 0.2 |
 Belize | 152nd | 14.62 | 5.5 | — | 0.18 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Central America
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 177.
Placed either side on mobility & trade
The countries immediately above and below Mexico in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Mexico is ahead of the world, and behind
28 more statistics filed under mobility & trade, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median4
Statistics on which Mexico does better than the middle country measured.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2025 · world median 0.2060.040.206▲ Improved since 2015
Mexico: 0.04 · world median 0.206 · Digital STRI (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.021 to 0.649; lower is better.
Position 124th of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
Freedom of Foreign MovementV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.22.0431.2▲ Improved since 2015
Mexico: 2.043 · world median 1.2 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +2.9); higher = freer movement. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.642 to 2.727; higher is better.
Position 41st of 176 · derived.
Cost of Sending RemittancesWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 3.2252.6533.225▼ Worsened since 2016
Mexico: 2.653 · world median 3.225 · Average cost of sending $200 home (% of the amount). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -49.69 to 19.63; lower is better.
Position 53rd of 93 · derived, 1st = worst.
Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 25.4227.7725.42▼ Worsened since 2014
Mexico: 27.77 · world median 25.42 · Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.377 to 87.15; higher is better.
Position 78th of 170 · derived.
Behind the world median4
Statistics on which Mexico does worse than the middle country measured.
FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2024 · world median 0.0790.1470.079No real change since 2018
Mexico: 0.147 · world median 0.079 · FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 0.567; lower is better.
Position 34th of 104 · derived, 1st = worst.
Inbound Mobility Rate, TertiaryUIS · 2024 · world median 5.4942.0435.494▲ Improved since 2015
Mexico: 2.043 · world median 5.494 · Inbound mobility rate, tertiary (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 87.12; higher is better.
Position 54th of 75 · derived.
ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.4742.7527.474▼ Worsened since 2014
Mexico: 2.752 · world median 7.474 · ICT services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 56.25; higher is better.
Position 89th of 118 · derived.
Average Time to Clear Exports Through CustomsWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 4.45620.554.456No earlier reading
Mexico: 20.55 · world median 4.456 · Average time to clear exports through customs (days). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 27.46; lower is better.
Position 3rd of 174 · derived, 1st = worst.
No better end20
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
EmigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 444,45111,596,529444,451No real change since 2015
Mexico: 11,596,529 · world median 444,451 · Migrants from the country living abroad, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 313 to 18,533,845.
Asylum-Seekers by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,836173,5321,836Moved since 2015
Mexico: 173,532 · world median 1,836 · Asylum-seekers awaiting a decision, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 3,718,945.
International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 223,3231,726,089223,323No real change since 2015
Mexico: 1,726,089 · world median 223,323 · International migrants living in the country, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 246 to 52,375,047.
Refugee Population by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 12,269152,00212,269Moved since 2015
Mexico: 152,002 · world median 12,269 · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate hosted, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 2,655,191.
Container Port TrafficUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1,827,7889,284,1701,827,788Moved since 2014
Mexico: 9,284,170 · world median 1,827,788 · Container port traffic (TEU, twenty-foot equivalent units). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 17,263 to 299,703,800.
Position 24th of 103 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Foreign Value Added Share of Gross ExportsOECD · 2022 · world median 27.4133.827.41Moved since 2012
Mexico: 33.8 · world median 27.41 · Foreign value added (% of gross exports). OECD, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 4.491 to 66.08.
Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 275.731,858275.73No real change since 2016
Mexico: 1,858 · world median 275.73 · Merchant fleet owned (thousand dead-weight tons). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 397,071.
Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 36.3439.6536.34Moved since 2015
Mexico: 39.65 · world median 36.34 · Exports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.103 to 199.76.
Position 64th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Trade (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 79.6879.9279.68Moved since 2015
Mexico: 79.92 · world median 79.68 · Exports plus imports (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.382 to 396.65.
Position 68th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Creative Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1.2351.0411.235Moved since 2014
Mexico: 1.041 · world median 1.235 · Creative goods exports (% of merchandise exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.23.
Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 41.7240.2841.72Moved since 2015
Mexico: 40.28 · world median 41.72 · Imports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.279 to 196.89.
Position 73rd of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Cereal Import Dependency RatioFAO · 2022 · world median 42.837.642.8No real change since 2012
Mexico: 37.6 · world median 42.8 · Share of the cereal supply that is imported (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from -1,894 to 100.
Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.23100.61103.23Moved since 2015
Mexico: 100.61 · world median 103.23 · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 38.2 to 1,448.
Net Migration RateUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median -0.133-0.779-0.133Moved since 2013
Mexico: -0.779 · world median -0.133 · Net migrants per 1,000 population. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -61.68 to 39.62.
Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All ProductsWorld Bank Group · 2022 · world median 3.661.623.66Moved since 2012
Mexico: 1.62 · world median 3.66 · Applied tariff rate, trade-weighted mean (%). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 29.52.
International Migrants as a Share of PopulationUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 6.0891.3196.089Moved since 2015
Mexico: 1.319 · world median 6.089 · International migrants (% of population). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 100.
Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 9.6023.5469.602Moved since 2015
Mexico: 3.546 · world median 9.602 · Services exports (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.085 to 166.21.
Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.1540.306Moved since 2015
Mexico: 0.154 · world median 0.306 · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.059 to 0.933.
Commodity Export DependenceUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 67.1717.6967.17Moved since 2014
Mexico: 17.69 · world median 67.17 · Commodity exports (% of merchandise exports, three-year average). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 4.605 to 99.77.
Outbound Mobility Ratio, TertiaryUIS · 2023 · world median 5.2790.7435.279Moved since 2013
Mexico: 0.743 · world median 5.279 · Outbound mobility ratio, tertiary (% of tertiary enrolment at home). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.333 to 1,724.
No current reading for Mexico
Creative Services Exports. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Mobility & Trade among Mexico’s 15 topics
Mobility & Trade is Mexico’s 2nd best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Education & Knowledge24th of 1983/4 keys
- Mobility & Tradejoint 55th of 1774/4 keys
- Food & Agriculturejoint 61st of 1844/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation59th of 1764/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital72nd of 1963/3 keys
- Work & Labour67th of 1824/4 keys
- Digital & Technology74th of 1984/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeingjoint 83rd of 2004/4 keys
- Gender & Equality89th of 1834/4 keys
- Governance & Institutionsjoint 101st of 1944/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality97th of 1593/3 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties126th of 1984/4 keys
- Peace & Securityjoint 117th of 1774/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience142nd of 1934/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainability148th of 1864/4 keys
No standing on Energy: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on mobility & trade
The three countries placed highest of 177, and the leaders Mexico can most readily be measured against.
1
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
1st of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
2
MacauEastern Asia
2nd of 177 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
Hong KongEastern Asia
3rd of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Americas
United States7th4/4 keysHighest in Central America
Mexico=55th4/4 keys
Positions out of 177 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Mexico and mobility & trade
On mobility & trade
China Leads Global High-Technology Exports
The world’s ten largest high-technology exporters as a treemap, with the rest of the world beside them. Each country’s figure is its own most recent year, between 2022 and 2024.
On mobility & trade
The World’s Safest Airlines for 2025
The eleven safest airlines of 2025, each beside the country it is based in, and the nine things the grading looks at. Three airlines share third place, and the publisher gives an order but no score.
On mobility & trade
The world’s most powerful passports for 2025
Sixteen passports, their mobility scores, and the visa-free, visa-on-arrival and visa-required split behind each. Fourteen share third place while differing in how they reach it.
08Questions
Mexico on mobility & trade: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Mexico rank on mobility & trade?
Mexico is placed joint 55th of 177 countries on Mobility & Trade in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Container Import Dwell Time, Logistics Performance Index and ICT Goods Exports). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Liner Shipping Connectivity Index figure for Mexico?
192.24 in 2025 (lSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)), according to UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The world median in the same edition was 60.84.
What is the latest Container Import Dwell Time figure for Mexico?
6.9 in 2024 (median days a full import container waits in port), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 4.4.
How does Mexico compare with United States on mobility & trade?
United States is placed 7th of 177, and Mexico joint 55th. Liner Shipping Connectivity Index: United States 514.97, Mexico 192.24; Container Import Dwell Time: United States 3.4, Mexico 6.9; Logistics Performance Index: United States 3.8, Mexico 2.9; ICT Goods Exports: United States 9.05, Mexico 12.45.
How have Mexico’s mobility & trade figures changed?
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index rose from 142.53 in 2006 to 193.84 in 2026; Logistics Performance Index rose from 2.868 in 2007 to 2.9 in 2023; ICT Goods Exports fell from 20.82 in 2000 to 12.45 in 2024.
Which mobility & trade statistics are missing for Mexico?
No current reading is published for Mexico on Creative Services Exports. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Passport strength and freedom of movement for people are not measured with a key, because the data behind passport rankings is not licensed for reuse here. Trade as a share of the economy, remittance costs and student mobility are published here as context.
How the Mobility & Trade standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The mobility & trade method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Liner Shipping Connectivity Index — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Container Import Dwell Time — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Logistics Performance Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- ICT Goods Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 28 statistics on this page come from 8 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Mexico’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Mexico (banner) — Jujutacular derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
- Macau — Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hong Kong — Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Mexico: Mobility & Trade — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/mexico/mobility