Children out of school, primary in Mexico
Mexico: Children out of school, primary was 46,859 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Children out of school, primary in Mexico, 2000–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Analysis
Mexico recorded 46,859 for children out of school, primary in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children out of school, primary in Mexico peaked at 46,859 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8,115, in 2000.
Mexico ranks 72nd of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Children out of school, primary in Mexico, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8,115 | — |
| 2001 | 23,211 | +186.0% |
| 2002 | 34,103 | +46.9% |
| 2003 | 36,972 | +8.4% |
| 2004 | 40,213 | +8.8% |
| 2005 | 29,060 | -27.7% |
| 2006 | 25,605 | -11.9% |
| 2007 | 21,382 | -16.5% |
| 2008 | 12,914 | -39.6% |
| 2009 | 16,661 | +29.0% |
| 2010 | 21,830 | +31.0% |
| 2011 | 27,853 | +27.6% |
| 2012 | 31,456 | +12.9% |
| 2013 | 36,338 | +15.5% |
| 2014 | 42,418 | +16.7% |
| 2015 | 42,584 | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 42,015 | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 44,745 | +6.5% |
| 2018 | 34,220 | -23.5% |
| 2019 | 42,275 | +23.5% |
| 2020 | 38,701 | -8.5% |
| 2021 | 44,228 | +14.3% |
| 2022 | 45,259 | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 45,955 | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 46,859 | +2.0% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 46,859 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21,296, 2.2× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 46,859 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14,029, 3.3× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Children out of school, primary in Mexico changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +186.0% | 8,115 | 23,211 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 24,824 | 8,115 | 40,213 | 10 |
| 2010s | 36,573 | 21,830 | 44,745 | 10 |
| 2020s | 44,200 | 38,701 | 46,859 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More education data for Mexico
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 868,550 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 96,349 (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.11 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 13.99 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 13.19 million (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children out of school, primary in Mexico?
- Children out of school, primary in Mexico was 46,859 in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest children out of school, primary recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 46,859 in 2024.
- What is the lowest children out of school, primary recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,115 in 2000.
- How does Mexico rank for children out of school, primary?
- Mexico ranks 72nd out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children out of school, primary rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Children out of school, primary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.