Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mexico
Mexico: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9804 GPIA in 2025. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mexico, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 0.9804 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2025. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mexico peaked at 0.9804 GPIA in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.9254 GPIA, in 2000.
That places Mexico 62nd out of 104 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9391 GPIA | 0.9254 GPIA | 0.9517 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9654 GPIA | 0.9569 GPIA | 0.9749 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9768 GPIA | 0.9708 GPIA | 0.9804 GPIA | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More education data for Mexico
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 102.28 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 102.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mexico?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mexico was 0.9804 GPIA in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9804 GPIA in 2025.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9254 GPIA in 2000.
- How does Mexico rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Mexico ranks 62nd out of 104 countries with data for 2025.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. 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 primary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release