Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural both in Mexico
Mexico: Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural both was 18.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mexico, 2000–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 18.7% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2025.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 60.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Mexico peaked at 18.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.0%, in 2000.
Mexico ranks 82nd of 113 countries on this measure, 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 … upper rural both in Mexico, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.0% | — |
| 2002 | 5.4% | +80.0% |
| 2003 | 4.1% | -24.4% |
| 2004 | 6.6% | +61.7% |
| 2005 | 5.8% | -12.8% |
| 2006 | 9.1% | +58.4% |
| 2007 | 7.5% | -17.6% |
| 2008 | 7.9% | +5.3% |
| 2009 | 8.4% | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 8.2% | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 8.8% | +7.3% |
| 2012 | 10.4% | +17.8% |
| 2013 | 9.7% | -6.8% |
| 2014 | 10.8% | +11.5% |
| 2015 | 11.6% | +7.3% |
| 2016 | 11.3% | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 11.2% | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 13.1% | +17.2% |
| 2019 | 14.9% | +13.4% |
| 2020 | 15.2% | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 17.4% | +14.6% |
| 2022 | 16.6% | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 18.0% | +8.5% |
| 2024 | 18.7% | +3.8% |
| 2025 | 18.7% | -0.2% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 18.7% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 32.0%, 58% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 18.7% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 27.9%, 67% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed upper … upper rural both 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 | +80.0% | 3.0% | 5.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.4% | 3.0% | 9.1% | 9 |
| 2010s | 11.0% | 8.2% | 14.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.4% | 15.2% | 18.7% | 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 18.7% 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 18.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.0% in 2000.
- How does Mexico rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Mexico ranks 82nd out of 113 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 60.8%. 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, rural, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release