Economic activity during each governor's tenure
32 governors, ranked by how economic activity changed from their first day in office, next to Mexico over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Governor | State | In office | Total | vs MX | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PRI Carlos Lozano de la Torre | Aguascalientes | 1 Dec 2010 – 1 Dec 2016 | +39.7% Q3 2010 → Q3 2016 | — | +5.7%/yr | |
| 2 | PRI Rogelio Montemayor Seguy | Coahuila | 1 Dec 1993 – 1 Dec 1999 | +36.1% Q3 1993 → Q3 1999 | — | +5.3%/yr | |
| 3 | PRI Enrique Burgos García | Querétaro | 1 Oct 1991 – 1 Oct 1997 from Q4 1991 | +34.5% Q4 1991 → Q3 1997 | — | +5.3%/yr | |
| 4 | PRI Mario Villanueva Madrid | Quintana Roo | 5 Apr 1993 – 5 Apr 1999 | +32.1% Q1 1993 → Q1 1999 | — | +4.8%/yr | |
| 5 | PAN Francisco Barrio Terrazas | Chihuahua | 4 Oct 1992 – 4 Oct 1998 | +31.4% Q3 1992 → Q3 1998 | — | +4.7%/yr | |
| 6 | PRI José Calzada Rovirosa | Querétaro | 1 Oct 2009 – 27 Aug 2015 | +30.8% Q3 2009 → Q2 2015 | — | +4.8%/yr | |
| 7 | PRI Otto Granados Roldán | Aguascalientes | 1 Dec 1992 – 1 Dec 1998 | +30.4% Q3 1992 → Q3 1998 | — | +4.5%/yr | |
| 8 | PRD Leonel Cota Montaño | Baja California Sur | 5 Apr 1999 – 5 Apr 2005 | +30.4% Q1 1999 → Q1 2005 | — | +4.5%/yr | |
| 9 | PAN Héctor Terán Terán | Baja California | 1 Nov 1995 – 5 Oct 1998 | +29.9% Q3 1995 → Q3 1998 | — | +9.1%/yr | |
| 10 | PRI Manuel Cavazos Lerma | Tamaulipas | 5 Feb 1993 – 5 Feb 1999 | +29.7% Q4 1992 → Q4 1998 | — | +4.4%/yr |
Showing 10 of 222 tenures.
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last quarter complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Mexico is measured over the same months. Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. index, 2018 = 100, average of the last four quarters · INEGI, quarterly indicator of state economic activity (ITAEE, base 2018), total, averaged over the trailing four quarters (the oil states including oil extraction) · state data · as of Apr 2026.