Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary male in Mexico
Mexico: Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary male was 20.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Mexico, 1980–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Mexico is 20.6%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 19.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Mexico peaked at 20.6% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 8.1%, in 1980.
Mexico ranks 71st of 129 countries on this measure, 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 … short-cycle tertiary male in Mexico, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 8.1% | — |
| 1990 | 12.1% | +50.3% |
| 2000 | 11.0% | -9.1% |
| 2002 | 13.2% | +19.5% |
| 2003 | 13.4% | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 15.0% | +12.0% |
| 2005 | 13.7% | -8.2% |
| 2006 | 17.8% | +29.3% |
| 2007 | 17.3% | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 17.1% | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 18.1% | +5.8% |
| 2010 | 15.4% | -14.8% |
| 2011 | 15.3% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 18.6% | +21.1% |
| 2013 | 16.2% | -12.7% |
| 2014 | 15.6% | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 17.3% | +10.3% |
| 2016 | 16.5% | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 17.4% | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 17.7% | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 17.6% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 19.3% | +9.4% |
| 2021 | 19.5% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 19.6% | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 20.2% | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 20.6% | +2.0% |
| 2025 | 20.6% | +0.1% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 20.6% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 17.6%, 1.2× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 20.6% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15.2%, 1.4× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary male 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 | +50.3% | 8.1% | 12.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 8.1% | 8.1% | 8.1% | 1 |
| 1990s | 12.1% | 12.1% | 12.1% | 1 |
| 2000s | 15.2% | 11.0% | 18.1% | 9 |
| 2010s | 16.8% | 15.3% | 18.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.0% | 19.3% | 20.6% | 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 short-cycle tertiary education in Mexico?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Mexico was 20.6% 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 20.6% in 2025.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.1% in 1980.
- How does Mexico rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Mexico ranks 71st out of 129 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 19.6%. 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 short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release