Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Mexico
Mexico: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education was 19.7% in 2025. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Mexico, 1980β2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Mexico stood at 19.7%. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 21.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Mexico peaked at 19.7% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 5.3%, in 1980.
Mexico ranks 76th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5.3% | 5.3% | 5.3% | 1 |
| 1990s | 9.2% | 9.2% | 9.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 12.8% | 9.0% | 15.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 15.4% | 13.7% | 16.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.9% | 18.3% | 19.7% | 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 19.7% 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 19.7% in 2025.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.3% in 1980.
- How does Mexico rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Mexico ranks 76th 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 21.3%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release