Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary gender in Mexico
Mexico: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary gender was 0.9847 GPIA in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
0.9847 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.0%
World rank
74th
of 134 countries
All-time high
0.9847 GPIA
in 2025
All-time low
0.8781 GPIA
in 1980
Years of data
27
1980–2025
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mexico, 1980–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2025, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mexico stood at 0.9847 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mexico peaked at 0.9847 GPIA in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.8781 GPIA, in 1980.
That places Mexico 74th out of 134 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 gender in Mexico, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.8781 GPIA | — |
| 1990 | 0.8912 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 0.9262 GPIA | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 0.9458 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 0.9391 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.942 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.9483 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 0.932 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 0.9426 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.947 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.9535 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.9593 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.9606 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9602 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9693 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9697 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9692 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9749 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.9789 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9766 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9768 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.9809 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.9788 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9776 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.984 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 0.9846 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 0.9847 GPIA | +0.0% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 0.9847 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.994 GPIA, 99% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 0.9847 GPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.9997 GPIA, 99% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.8781 GPIA | 0.8781 GPIA | 0.8781 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.8912 GPIA | 0.8912 GPIA | 0.8912 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9418 GPIA | 0.9262 GPIA | 0.9535 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.9695 GPIA | 0.9593 GPIA | 0.9789 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9818 GPIA | 0.9776 GPIA | 0.9847 GPIA | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 71 Montenegro 0.9865 GPIA compare
- 72 Panama 0.9864 GPIA compare
- 73 South Africa 0.9863 GPIA compare
- 75 Sri Lanka 0.9833 GPIA compare
- 76 Tajikistan 0.9825 GPIA compare
- 77 Israel 0.9824 GPIA compare
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 0.9847 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 0.9847 GPIA in 2025.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8781 GPIA in 1980.
- How does Mexico rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Mexico ranks 74th out of 134 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 1.6%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release