Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper urban gender in Mexico
Mexico: Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper urban gender was 0.9584 GPIA in 2025. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mexico, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 0.9584 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2025. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mexico peaked at 0.9584 GPIA in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.6807 GPIA, in 2000.
Mexico ranks 59th of 107 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper urban gender in Mexico, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.6807 GPIA | — |
| 2002 | 0.8479 GPIA | +24.6% |
| 2004 | 0.7295 GPIA | -14.0% |
| 2005 | 0.8742 GPIA | +19.8% |
| 2006 | 0.8745 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.8664 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.8755 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.8692 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.9174 GPIA | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 0.9513 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 0.8979 GPIA | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 0.9265 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9398 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9186 GPIA | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 0.9234 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.9272 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9393 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9577 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 0.9456 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9477 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9241 GPIA | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9445 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9556 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2025 | 0.9584 GPIA | +0.3% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 0.9584 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9833 GPIA, 97% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 0.9584 GPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.01 GPIA, 95% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8272 GPIA | 0.6807 GPIA | 0.8755 GPIA | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.9299 GPIA | 0.8979 GPIA | 0.9577 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.946 GPIA | 0.9241 GPIA | 0.9584 GPIA | 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 upper secondary education or in Mexico?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mexico was 0.9584 GPIA in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9584 GPIA in 2025.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6807 GPIA in 2000.
- How does Mexico rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Mexico ranks 59th out of 107 countries with data for 2025.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. 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 upper secondary 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