Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary female in Mexico
Mexico: Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary female was 19.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Mexico, 1980–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 19.0% for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 23.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Mexico peaked at 19.0% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2.7%, in 1980.
That places Mexico 82nd out of 128 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 … short-cycle tertiary female in Mexico, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 2.7% | — |
| 1990 | 6.4% | +136.8% |
| 2000 | 7.2% | +12.1% |
| 2002 | 8.7% | +20.7% |
| 2003 | 9.0% | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 10.4% | +15.3% |
| 2005 | 10.6% | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 12.5% | +17.6% |
| 2007 | 12.0% | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 12.2% | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 13.2% | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 13.5% | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 12.3% | -9.3% |
| 2012 | 14.3% | +16.8% |
| 2013 | 13.5% | -5.8% |
| 2014 | 13.4% | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 15.4% | +15.1% |
| 2016 | 14.0% | -9.0% |
| 2017 | 14.5% | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 15.3% | +5.8% |
| 2019 | 15.5% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 18.3% | +17.8% |
| 2021 | 17.3% | -5.6% |
| 2022 | 17.6% | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 17.6% | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 18.7% | +6.3% |
| 2025 | 19.0% | +1.6% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 19.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 20.7%, 92% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 19.0% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 19.4%, 98% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary female 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 | +136.8% | 2.7% | 6.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2.7% | 2.7% | 2.7% | 1 |
| 1990s | 6.4% | 6.4% | 6.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 10.7% | 7.2% | 13.2% | 9 |
| 2010s | 14.2% | 12.3% | 15.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.0% | 17.3% | 19.0% | 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 19.0% 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 19.0% in 2025.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.7% in 1980.
- How does Mexico rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Mexico ranks 82nd out of 128 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 23.2%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release