Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mexico
Mexico: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.7805 LPIA in 2025. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mexico, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2025, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mexico stood at 0.7805 LPIA.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mexico peaked at 0.7932 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.4387 LPIA, in 2000.
That places Mexico 71st out of 100 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 | 0.5499 LPIA | 0.4387 LPIA | 0.621 LPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.6903 LPIA | 0.6233 LPIA | 0.7665 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.778 LPIA | 0.7485 LPIA | 0.7932 LPIA | 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 0.7805 LPIA 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 0.7932 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4387 LPIA in 2000.
- How does Mexico rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Mexico ranks 71st out of 100 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 12.5%. 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, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release