Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral male in Mexico
Mexico: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral male was 0.4% in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Mexico, 2010–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2020, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Mexico stood at 0.4%. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 237.0% on the previous year and up 96.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Mexico peaked at 0.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2016.
That places Mexico 50th out of 64 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral male in Mexico, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.2% | — |
| 2013 | 0.1% | -37.7% |
| 2014 | 0.1% | +9.1% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | +123.3% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | -65.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.1% | +9.3% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | +237.0% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 0.4% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.4%, 96% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 0.4% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.3%, 1.1× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More education data for Mexico
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 92.12 (1980)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.64 (2024)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Mexico?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Mexico was 0.4% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2016.
- How does Mexico rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Mexico ranks 50th out of 64 countries with data for 2020.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 96.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mexico data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent education, population 25+ years, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release