Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mexico
Mexico: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9847 GPIA in 2025. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Mexico, 1980β2025
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 73rd out of 133 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 | 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
- 70 Montenegro 0.9865 GPIA compare
- 71 Panama 0.9864 GPIA compare
- 72 South Africa 0.9863 GPIA compare
- 74 Sri Lanka 0.9833 GPIA compare
- 75 Tajikistan 0.9825 GPIA compare
- 76 Israel 0.9824 GPIA 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 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 73rd out of 133 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