Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mexico
Mexico: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9978 GPIA in 2025. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mexico, 2000β2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 0.9978 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2025.
That represents a change of up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mexico peaked at 1 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.9016 GPIA, in 2003.
That places Mexico 43rd 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 | 0.9273 GPIA | 0.9016 GPIA | 0.9642 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9693 GPIA | 0.9393 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9957 GPIA | 0.9848 GPIA | 1 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)
- School enrollment, primary 102.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0044 units per person (2023)
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 0.9978 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 1 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9016 GPIA in 2003.
- How does Mexico rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Mexico ranks 43rd 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 3.3%. 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, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release