Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower male in Mexico
Mexico: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower male was 70.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Mexico, 1980–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 70.0% for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Mexico peaked at 70.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 20.3%, in 1980.
That places Mexico 76th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower male in Mexico, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 20.3% | — |
| 1990 | 35.8% | +76.5% |
| 2000 | 43.7% | +22.0% |
| 2002 | 43.9% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 51.1% | +16.4% |
| 2005 | 50.2% | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 55.1% | +9.6% |
| 2007 | 55.0% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 55.9% | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 57.3% | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 55.1% | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 60.7% | +10.1% |
| 2013 | 58.5% | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 59.1% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 61.2% | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 61.1% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 62.2% | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 64.3% | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 66.7% | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 67.1% | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 70.0% | +4.3% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 70.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 70.7%, 99% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 70.0% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 61.6%, 1.1× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower male 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +76.5% | 20.3% | 35.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 20.3% | 20.3% | 20.3% | 1 |
| 1990s | 35.8% | 35.8% | 35.8% | 1 |
| 2000s | 51.5% | 43.7% | 57.3% | 8 |
| 2010s | 60.3% | 55.1% | 64.3% | 8 |
| 2020s | 67.9% | 66.7% | 70.0% | 3 |
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 lower secondary education or in Mexico?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Mexico was 70.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 70.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.3% in 1980.
- How does Mexico rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Mexico ranks 76th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release