Educational attainment rate, completed … female primary location LPIA in Mexico
Mexico: Educational attainment rate, completed … female primary location LPIA was 0.7868 LPIA in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
0.7868 LPIA
Change on year
down 0.7%
World rank
69th
of 100 countries
All-time high
0.802 LPIA
in 2023
All-time low
0.4768 LPIA
in 2002
Years of data
24
2002–2025
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mexico, 2002–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2025, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mexico stood at 0.7868 LPIA.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mexico peaked at 0.802 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.4768 LPIA, in 2002.
That places Mexico 69th 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 24 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … female primary location LPIA in Mexico, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0.4768 LPIA | — |
| 2003 | 0.4917 LPIA | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 0.5882 LPIA | +19.6% |
| 2005 | 0.5425 LPIA | -7.8% |
| 2006 | 0.6151 LPIA | +13.4% |
| 2007 | 0.5738 LPIA | -6.7% |
| 2008 | 0.5865 LPIA | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 0.5988 LPIA | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 0.617 LPIA | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 0.636 LPIA | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 0.6603 LPIA | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 0.6708 LPIA | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 0.6894 LPIA | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 0.6932 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.703 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 0.719 LPIA | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 0.7479 LPIA | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 0.7778 LPIA | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 0.7511 LPIA | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 0.786 LPIA | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 0.7923 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.802 LPIA | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 0.7922 LPIA | -1.2% |
| 2025 | 0.7868 LPIA | -0.7% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 0.7868 LPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9084 LPIA, 87% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 0.7868 LPIA is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.7729 LPIA, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5592 LPIA | 0.4768 LPIA | 0.6151 LPIA | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.6914 LPIA | 0.617 LPIA | 0.7778 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7851 LPIA | 0.7511 LPIA | 0.802 LPIA | 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 0.7868 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 0.802 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4768 LPIA in 2002.
- How does Mexico rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Mexico ranks 69th 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 13.5%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release