Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Mexico
Mexico: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 0.9068 GPIA in 2025. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Mexico, 2002β2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 0.9068 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2025.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Mexico peaked at 0.9358 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.6492 GPIA, in 2002.
That places Mexico 72nd out of 99 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6993 GPIA | 0.6492 GPIA | 0.7653 GPIA | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.835 GPIA | 0.7622 GPIA | 0.8816 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8945 GPIA | 0.8626 GPIA | 0.9358 GPIA | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
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 short-cycle tertiary education in Mexico?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Mexico was 0.9068 GPIA in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9358 GPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6492 GPIA in 2002.
- How does Mexico rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Mexico ranks 72nd out of 99 countries with data for 2025.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. 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 short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release