Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mexico
Mexico: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 41.9% in 2025. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mexico, 1990β2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mexico stood at 41.9%. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 5.2% 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 41.9% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 15.2%, in 2000.
That places Mexico 92nd out of 141 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 | 17.6% | 17.6% | 17.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 23.5% | 15.2% | 29.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 32.1% | 28.1% | 36.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 39.3% | 37.7% | 41.9% | 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 41.9% 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 41.9% in 2025.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.2% in 2000.
- How does Mexico rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Mexico ranks 92nd out of 141 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release