School enrollment, tertiary in Mexico
Mexico: School enrollment, tertiary was 48.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
School enrollment, tertiary in Mexico, 2000–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % gross.
Analysis
In 2024, school enrollment, tertiary in Mexico stood at 48.2%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 54.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, tertiary in Mexico peaked at 48.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 20.5%, in 2000.
Mexico ranks 86th of 192 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23.7% | 20.5% | 26.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 34.2% | 27.2% | 43.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 46.6% | 45.2% | 48.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More education data for Mexico
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (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 571,832 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.89 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 102.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school enrollment, tertiary in Mexico?
- School enrollment, tertiary in Mexico was 48.2% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, tertiary recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 48.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, tertiary recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.5% in 2000.
- How does Mexico rank for school enrollment, tertiary?
- Mexico ranks 86th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school enrollment, tertiary rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School enrollment, tertiary (% gross). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level.