Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mexico
Mexico: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 86.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mexico, 1980–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mexico stood at 86.3%. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mexico peaked at 86.3% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 34.4%, in 1980.
That places Mexico 89th out of 136 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 34.4% | 34.4% | 34.4% | 1 |
| 1990s | 52.6% | 52.6% | 52.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 69.4% | 64.5% | 74.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 79.2% | 74.7% | 83.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 84.8% | 83.3% | 86.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 86 Vietnam 87.5% compare
- 87 Sri Lanka 87.3% compare
- 88 Iran, Islamic Republic of 86.9% compare
- 90 Türkiye, Republic of 86.2% compare
- 91 Costa Rica 86.1% compare
- 92 Philippines 85.7% compare
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 86.3% 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 86.3% in 2025.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.4% in 1980.
- How does Mexico rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Mexico ranks 89th out of 136 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 8.9%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release