Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Mexico
Mexico: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total was 10.48 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Mexico, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Mexico is 10.48, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 16.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Mexico peaked at 10.48 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 3.17, in 1960.
That places Mexico 70th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Mexico, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 3.17 | — |
| 1965 | 4.1 | +29.3% |
| 1970 | 4 | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 5.26 | +31.5% |
| 1980 | 6.33 | +20.3% |
| 1985 | 7.26 | +14.7% |
| 1990 | 8.12 | +11.8% |
| 1995 | 8.73 | +7.5% |
| 2000 | 9 | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 10.23 | +13.7% |
| 2010 | 10.48 | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.63 | 3.17 | 4.1 | 2 |
| 1970s | 4.63 | 4 | 5.26 | 2 |
| 1980s | 6.79 | 6.33 | 7.26 | 2 |
| 1990s | 8.43 | 8.12 | 8.73 | 2 |
| 2000s | 9.62 | 9 | 10.23 | 2 |
| 2010s | 10.48 | 10.48 | 10.48 | 1 |
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More education data for Mexico
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 571,832 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 67.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 24.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Mexico?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total in Mexico was 10.48 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 10.48 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.17 in 1960.
- How does Mexico rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total?
- Mexico ranks 70th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 20-24, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 20-24, total is the average years of education completed among people age 20-24.