Percentage of graduates from tertiary … unspecified fields adjusted in Mexico
Mexico: Percentage of graduates from tertiary … unspecified fields adjusted was 2.0% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Mexico, 2002–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 2.0% for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in 2019. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 115.8% on the previous year and up 57.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Mexico peaked at 2.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2011.
That places Mexico 1st out of 72 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary … unspecified fields adjusted in Mexico, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0.8% | — |
| 2005 | 1.0% | +39.2% |
| 2006 | 0.8% | -19.0% |
| 2007 | 1.2% | +40.0% |
| 2008 | 1.1% | -5.2% |
| 2009 | 1.3% | +12.7% |
| 2010 | 1.5% | +15.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | — |
| 2019 | 2.0% | +115.8% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 2.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.8%, 2.6× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 2.0% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.2%, 1.7× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.3% | 6 |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 0.0% | 2.0% | 4 |
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 percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Mexico?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Mexico was 2.0% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 2.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2011.
- How does Mexico rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Mexico ranks 1st out of 72 countries with data for 2019.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.5%. 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 Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from programmes in unspecified fields, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release