Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mexico
Mexico: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.9688 GPIA in 2025. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mexico, 1990β2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mexico is 0.9688 GPIA, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mexico peaked at 0.9688 GPIA in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.6799 GPIA, in 2000.
That places Mexico 66th out of 137 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7865 GPIA | 0.7865 GPIA | 0.7865 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.831 GPIA | 0.6799 GPIA | 0.8797 GPIA | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.9385 GPIA | 0.9035 GPIA | 0.9627 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9567 GPIA | 0.9444 GPIA | 0.9688 GPIA | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 63 Iceland 0.9753 GPIA compare
- 64 Poland, Republic of 0.9723 GPIA compare
- 65 Andorra, Principality of 0.9717 GPIA compare
- 67 Bulgaria 0.9685 GPIA compare
- 68 Luxembourg 0.9682 GPIA compare
- 69 Seychelles 0.9666 GPIA 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 0.9688 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 0.9688 GPIA in 2025.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6799 GPIA in 2000.
- How does Mexico rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Mexico ranks 66th out of 137 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 4.5%. 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 gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release