Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mexico
Mexico: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.3859 LPIA in 2025. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mexico, 2000β2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mexico is 0.3859 LPIA, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and up 30.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mexico peaked at 0.391 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1266 LPIA, in 2000.
Mexico ranks 85th of 105 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2011 LPIA | 0.1266 LPIA | 0.2523 LPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.2807 LPIA | 0.2359 LPIA | 0.3497 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.377 LPIA | 0.3432 LPIA | 0.391 LPIA | 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 upper secondary education or in Mexico?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mexico was 0.3859 LPIA 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 0.391 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1266 LPIA in 2000.
- How does Mexico rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Mexico ranks 85th out of 105 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 30.2%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release