Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mexico
Mexico: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 48.4% in 2025. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mexico, 2000β2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 48.4% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2025. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 23.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mexico peaked at 48.4% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 23.7%, in 2000.
That places Mexico 77th out of 108 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31.3% | 23.7% | 37.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 39.0% | 34.9% | 42.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 46.2% | 44.2% | 48.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 74 Portugal 51.0% compare
- 75 Indonesia 49.4% compare
- 76 Costa Rica 48.7% compare
- 78 Thailand 48.1% compare
- 79 Palestinian Authority or West Bank and Gaza Strip 47.4% compare
- 80 El Salvador 43.2% 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 48.4% 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 48.4% in 2025.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.7% in 2000.
- How does Mexico rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Mexico ranks 77th out of 108 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 23.6%. 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, urban, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release