| Publisher | Index | Overall ranking | Lat. Am. ranking | Countries surveyed | % rank. | Date |
| Freedom House | Freedom in the World 2014 | Free  | — | 195 | — | 2014/01 |
| SOPAC/UNEP | 2005 Environmental Vulnerability Index | Vulnerable | — | 235 | — | 2005/05 |
| The Heritage Foundation/The Wall Street Journal | 2014[unfit] Index of Economic Freedom | 7 (mostly free)  | 1  | 178 | 4  | 2014/01 |
| Fraser Institute | Economic Freedom of the World - 2013 ratings Archived 2014-01-16 at the Wayback Machine | 11  | 1  | 152 | 7  | 2013/09 |
| Yale University/Columbia University | Environmental Performance Index 2010 | 16  | 4  | 163 | 10 | 2010/01 |
| International Policy Network | Institutional Quality Index | 21  | 1  | 194 | 11 | 2011/06 |
| Transparency International | 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index | 22  | 2  | 175 | 13  | 2013/12 |
| New Economics Foundation | 2012 Happy Planet Index | 19 | 11 | 151 | 13 | 2012/06 |
| World Economic Forum | Enabling Trade Index, 2010 | 18  | 1 | 125 | 14 | 2010/05 |
| Fund for Peace | Failed States Index 2013 | 27 (152)[1] | 2 (19)[1] | 178 | 15  | 2013/07 |
| Forbes | Best Countries for Business, 2013 | 22  | 1  | 145 | 15  | 2013/12 |
| World Health Organization | The world health report 2000 - Health system performance (overall) | 33 | 2 | 191 | 17 | 2000/06 |
| Economist Intelligence Unit | Business Environment Rankings | 15  | 1 | 82 | 18 | 2009/05 |
| Institute for Economics and Peace/Economist Intelligence Unit | The Global Peace Index, 2013 | 31  | 2  | 162 | 19  | 2013/06 |
| Economist Intelligence Unit | Democracy Index, 2014 | 32  | 3  | 167 | 19  | 2015/01 |
| United Nations | E-Government Development Index 2012 Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine | 39  | 1  | 190 | 21 | 2012/03 |
| World Bank | Logistics Performance Index | 32 | 1 | 150 | 21 | 2007/11 |
| World Bank | Doing Business - Ease of Doing Business, 2012 | 39  | 1  | 183 | 21  | 2011/10 |
| United Nations Development Programme | Human Development Report - Human Development Index 2013 | 40  | 1  | 187 | 21  | 2013/03 |
| Property Rights Alliance | International Property Rights Index 2011[dead link] | 28  | 1  | 129 | 21 | 2011/03 |
| World Economic Forum | Global Competitiveness Index, 2011-2012 | 31  | 1  | 142 | 22 | 2011/09 |
| AccountAbility | Responsible Competitiveness Index 2007 | 24 | 1 | 108 | 22 | 2007/07 |
| Grant Thornton | Global Dynamism Index 2012 Archived 2012-11-22 at the Wayback Machine | 12 | 1 | 50 | 24 | 2012/09 |
| Legatum Institute | 2013 Legatum Prosperity Index | 35  | 3  | 142 | 25  | 2013/10 |
| Charities Aid Foundation | World Giving Index, 2010 | 39 | 3 | 153 | 25 | 2010/09 |
| Save the Children | 2014 Mothers’ Index Rankings | 47  | 4  | 178  | 26  | 2014/05 |
| World Bank | Where is the Wealth of Nations? (2005) - Total wealth per capita | 32 | 4 | 118 | 27 | 2005/09 |
| World Economic Forum | The Global Information Technology Report 2012's Networked Readiness Index | 39  | 2 [2] | 142 | 27  | 2012/04 |
| World Intellectual Property Organization | Global Innovation Index, 2024[3] | 51 | 2 | 133 | — | 2024 |
| KOF Swiss Economic Institute | KOF Index of Globalization 2008 | 34 | 1 | 122 | 28 | 2008/01 |
| The Economist | The World in 2005 - Worldwide quality-of-life index, 2005 | 31 | 1 | 111 | 28 | 2004/11 |
| Unesco | EFA Global Monitoring Report 2008 - EFA Development Index | 37 | 3 | 129 | 29 | 2007/11 |
| Yale University/Columbia University | 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index | 42 | 9 | 146 | 29 | 2005/01 |
| Newsweek | The World's Best Countries Archived 2016-05-27 at the Wayback Machine | 30 | 1 | 100 | 30 | 2010/08 |
| FutureBrand/BBC World News | Country Brand Index 2011 Archived 2011-11-24 at the Wayback Machine | 34  | 4  | 113 | 30  | 2011/11 |
| Sustainable Society Foundation | Sustainable Society Index 2010 | 46  | 5  | 151 | 30 | 2011/02 |
| United Nations Development Programme | Human Development Report - Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 2013 | 41  | 1  | 132 | 31  | 2013/03 |
| Reporters without borders | World Press Freedom Index 2014 | 58  | 6  | 180 | 32  | 2014/02 |
| Freedom House | Freedom of the Press 2013 | 64 (partly free)  | 3  | 197 | 32  | 2013/05 |
| International Telecommunication Union | ICT Development Index 2008 Archived 2011-09-04 at the Wayback Machine | 54  | 3  | 159 | 34 | 2010/02 |
| World Economic Forum | Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index 2011 | 57  | 6 [2] | 139 | 41 | 2011/03 |
| FedEx | The Power of Access - 2006 Access Index | 32 | 1 | 75 | 43 | 2006/05 |
| Economist Intelligence Unit/IBM Institute for Business Value | Digital economy rankings 2010 | 30  | 1  | 70 | 43 | 2010/06 |
| Brown University | Seventh Annual Global e-Government Study (2007) | 85  | 8 | 198 | 43 | 2007/07 |
| Economist Intelligence Unit/Business Software Alliance | IT industry competitiveness index 2008 Archived 2008-12-17 at the Wayback Machine | 30  | 1 | 66 | 45 | 2008/09 |
| Walk Free Foundation | Global Slavery Index 2013 Archived 2013-10-21 at the Wayback Machine | 74 (89)[1] | 11 (10)[1] | 162 | 46 | 2013/10 |
| World Economic Forum | Financial Development Index 2012 | 29  | 1  | 62 | 47  | 2012/10 |
| IMD International | World Competitiveness Scoreboard 2012 | 28  | 1  | 59 | 47 | 2012/05 |
| United Nations Development Programme | Human Development Report - Technology Achievement Index 2001 | 37 | 4 | 72 | 51 | 2001/07 |
| A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine | Globalization Index 2007 | 43  | 2 | 72 | 60 | 2007/12 |
| World Economic Forum | The Global Gender Gap Index 2013 | 91  | 17  | 136 | 67  | 2013/10 |
| Anholt-GfK Roper | 2011 Nation Brands Index | 39  | 4 | 50 | 78 | 2011/11 |