Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender in Mexico
Mexico: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender was 0.9978 GPIA in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
0.9978 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.0%
World rank
43rd
of 100 countries
All-time high
1 GPIA
in 2023
All-time low
0.9016 GPIA
in 2003
Years of data
25
2000–2025
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mexico, 2000–2025
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.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender in Mexico, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.9053 GPIA | — |
| 2002 | 0.9501 GPIA | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 0.9016 GPIA | -5.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9642 GPIA | +6.9% |
| 2005 | 0.9193 GPIA | -4.7% |
| 2006 | 0.9165 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.9357 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 0.9207 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 0.9326 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9393 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.9434 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.9521 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.9789 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 0.9727 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9657 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.9725 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.9796 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.9879 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 1 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 0.9848 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 0.9919 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 1 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 1 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9977 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2025 | 0.9978 GPIA | +0.0% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 0.9978 GPIA is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9926 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 0.9978 GPIA is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9926 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
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
- 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 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