Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mexico
Mexico: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.399 LPIA in 2025. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mexico, 2003β2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 0.399 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2025.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and up 34.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mexico peaked at 0.4047 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1596 LPIA, in 2003.
Mexico ranks 78th of 103 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2048 LPIA | 0.1596 LPIA | 0.2457 LPIA | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.2808 LPIA | 0.2267 LPIA | 0.3499 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3878 LPIA | 0.3481 LPIA | 0.4047 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 0.399 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 0.4047 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1596 LPIA in 2003.
- How does Mexico rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Mexico ranks 78th out of 103 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 34.4%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release