Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mexico
Mexico: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 43.2% in 2025. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mexico, 1990β2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 43.2% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.6% on the previous year and up 24.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mexico peaked at 43.2% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 22.3%, in 2000.
That places Mexico 96th out of 140 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22.4% | 22.4% | 22.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 28.6% | 22.3% | 33.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 34.2% | 30.4% | 37.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.1% | 39.5% | 43.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 93 Kenya 44.8% compare
- 94 Vietnam 44.2% compare
- 95 Jordan 43.6% compare
- 97 Palestine, State of 43.0% compare
- 98 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 42.8% compare
- 99 Fiji, Republic of 42.3% compare
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 43.2% 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 43.2% in 2025.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.3% in 2000.
- How does Mexico rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Mexico ranks 96th out of 140 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 24.6%. 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release