Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary gender in Mexico
Mexico: Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary gender was 0.9186 GPIA in 2025. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Mexico, 1980–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Mexico is 0.9186 GPIA, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Mexico peaked at 0.947 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.3375 GPIA, in 1980.
That places Mexico 92nd out of 127 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 gender in Mexico, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 0.3375 GPIA | — |
| 1990 | 0.5316 GPIA | +57.5% |
| 2000 | 0.6555 GPIA | +23.3% |
| 2002 | 0.6619 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 0.6754 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 0.6954 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 0.7734 GPIA | +11.2% |
| 2006 | 0.7032 GPIA | -9.1% |
| 2007 | 0.6912 GPIA | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 0.7134 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 0.7298 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 0.8793 GPIA | +20.5% |
| 2011 | 0.8003 GPIA | -9.0% |
| 2012 | 0.7721 GPIA | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 0.833 GPIA | +7.9% |
| 2014 | 0.8549 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 0.8918 GPIA | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 0.8509 GPIA | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 0.835 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 0.8661 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 0.8795 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.947 GPIA | +7.7% |
| 2021 | 0.8851 GPIA | -6.5% |
| 2022 | 0.8953 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.8686 GPIA | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 0.905 GPIA | +4.2% |
| 2025 | 0.9186 GPIA | +1.5% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 0.9186 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.11 GPIA, 83% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 0.9186 GPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.19 GPIA, 77% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary gender 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 | +57.5% | 0.3375 GPIA | 0.5316 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3375 GPIA | 0.3375 GPIA | 0.3375 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.5316 GPIA | 0.5316 GPIA | 0.5316 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.6999 GPIA | 0.6555 GPIA | 0.7734 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.8463 GPIA | 0.7721 GPIA | 0.8918 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9033 GPIA | 0.8686 GPIA | 0.947 GPIA | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 89 Mauritius 0.9254 GPIA compare
- 90 Seychelles 0.9233 GPIA compare
- 91 Singapore 0.9212 GPIA compare
- 93 Saudi Arabia 0.895 GPIA compare
- 94 Uzbekistan 0.888 GPIA compare
- 95 Egypt 0.8738 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 short-cycle tertiary education in Mexico?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Mexico was 0.9186 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 0.947 GPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3375 GPIA in 1980.
- How does Mexico rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Mexico ranks 92nd out of 127 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 3.0%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release