Spanish term
Spain
Native in: Spanish 
por méritos propios
It's not a difficult expression but I can only think about rather literal translations.
Any suggestions?
Thank you!
Proposed translations
United Kingdom
healthcare policies& medical specialist
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Romanian to English, English to Romanian, and 7 more.
in its own right
in one's own right=
phrase of rights a result of one's own claims, qualifications, or efforts, rather than an association with someone else.
"he was already established as a poet in his own right"
Croatia
English, Spanish, Croatian, law, IT,
Native in: Croatian (Variants: Bosnian, standard)
Works in: Spanish to Croatian, English to Croatian, Croatian to Spanish, and 22 more.
on its own merits
https://glosbe.com/es/en/por%20m%C3%A9ritos%20propios
https://www.linguee.com/english-spanish/search?source=spanish&query=por+m%C3%A9ritos+propios
Peru
Engineering, wastewater, environment
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, and 3 more.
on its own merits
Austria
Retd.T&I, Barrister & Austro-Advokat
Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 5 more.
deservedly - by dint of intrinsic qualities -
All national scenic byways have at least one of the six intrinsic qualities: archaeological, cultural, historic, natural, recreational and scenic.
Spain
Top notch literary translation
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish, and 1 more.
by its own merits
United States
Reliability, conscientiousness and style
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK)
Works in: Spanish to English, English
has earned its status as one of / has earned its place among
My suggestions will require a little rewording, but I'm sure you get the ideas.
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Note added at 8 days (2019-09-07 21:54:39 GMT)
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Argh, "get the idea"!
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