Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender in Mexico
Mexico: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender was 0.9759 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Mexico, 1980–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Mexico is 0.9759 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Mexico peaked at 0.9759 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.6988 GPIA, in 1980.
Mexico ranks 64th of 132 countries on this measure, 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 gender in Mexico, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.6988 GPIA | — |
| 1990 | 0.8292 GPIA | +18.7% |
| 2000 | 0.8555 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 0.877 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 0.8851 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.9031 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 0.8902 GPIA | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 0.893 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.8983 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.9038 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.9301 GPIA | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 0.9176 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.9367 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9493 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9488 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9566 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.9695 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9686 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.975 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 0.9758 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 0.9759 GPIA | +0.0% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 0.9759 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9818 GPIA, 99% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 0.9759 GPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.02 GPIA, 95% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.6988 GPIA | 0.6988 GPIA | 0.6988 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.8292 GPIA | 0.8292 GPIA | 0.8292 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8882 GPIA | 0.8555 GPIA | 0.9038 GPIA | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.9471 GPIA | 0.9176 GPIA | 0.9695 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.9756 GPIA | 0.975 GPIA | 0.9759 GPIA | 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 0.9759 GPIA 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 0.9759 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6988 GPIA in 1980.
- How does Mexico rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Mexico ranks 64th out of 132 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 2.8%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release