Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender in Mexico
Mexico: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender was 0.9688 GPIA in 2025. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mexico, 1990–2025
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.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender in Mexico, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.7865 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.6799 GPIA | -13.6% |
| 2002 | 0.8669 GPIA | +27.5% |
| 2004 | 0.7276 GPIA | -16.1% |
| 2005 | 0.8794 GPIA | +20.9% |
| 2006 | 0.8706 GPIA | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.869 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.8797 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8747 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.9243 GPIA | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 0.9555 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 0.9035 GPIA | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 0.9351 GPIA | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 0.9507 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 0.927 GPIA | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 0.938 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9377 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.9502 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9627 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 0.955 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.9554 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9601 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9564 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 0.9444 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2025 | 0.9688 GPIA | +2.6% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 0.9688 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9847 GPIA, 98% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 0.9688 GPIA is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.05 GPIA, 92% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary … upper gender in Mexico changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +27.5% | 0.6799 GPIA | 0.8669 GPIA |
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
More education data for Mexico
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 92.12 (1980)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.64 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 868,550 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 96,349 (2025)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 2.11 million (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 13.99 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 13.19 million (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
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