Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary both in Mexico
Mexico: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary both 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 90th out of 137 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.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary both in Mexico, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 34.4% | — |
| 1990 | 52.6% | +52.9% |
| 2000 | 64.6% | +22.9% |
| 2002 | 64.5% | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 67.5% | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 67.4% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 70.9% | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 70.8% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 71.8% | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 72.7% | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 74.4% | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 74.7% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 76.4% | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 77.2% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 78.1% | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 78.8% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 79.2% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 80.1% | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 81.4% | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 82.8% | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 83.3% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 83.5% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 84.6% | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 83.3% | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 85.7% | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 85.2% | -0.6% |
| 2025 | 86.3% | +1.3% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 86.3% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 90.3%, 96% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 86.3% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 87.4%, 99% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary both in Mexico changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +52.9% | 34.4% | 52.6% |
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
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 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 90th out of 137 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