Education in Mexico

150 indicators covering education for Mexico.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 3,444 2024 up 2.9% 28th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 8,720 2024 up 5.0% 14th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 13,816 2024 up 10.3% 14th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 105.4% 2017 down 5.4% 62nd
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 104.0% 2017 down 7.1% 74th
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.2% 2100 down 32.6% 119th
Number of adults with no formal education by region 300,400 people 2100 down 34.1% 40th
Population by level of education 57.97 million people 2100 up 7.2% 11th
Repeaters, primary, female 0.6% 2017 down 78.5% 126th
Repeaters, primary, male 1.1% 2017 down 77.3% 124th
School enrollment, secondary, private 11.6% 2024 down 16.0% 101st
School enrollment, primary 95.3% 2017 down 2.8% 68th
Trained teachers in primary education 90.9% 2021 down 5.3% 78th
Over-age students, primary 2.3% 2017 down 63.8% 141st
Secondary education, teachers 53.7% 2023 up 8.9% 128th
Over-age students, primary, male 2.6% 2017 down 63.1% 139th
Over-age students, primary, female 1.9% 2017 down 64.7% 137th
Compulsory education, duration 14 years 2025 unchanged 8th
Progression to secondary school 96.6% 2016 up 2.0% 91st
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 99.2% 2017 down 0.4% 27th
Trained teachers in primary education, female 92.1% 2021 up 8.4% 73rd
Trained teachers in primary education, male 88.3% 2021 up 11.8% 77th
Primary education, pupils 49.0% 2017 up 0.5% 45th
Persistence to grade 5, female 99.6% 2023 up 2.4% 17th
Persistence to grade 5, male 99.6% 2023 up 3.7% 12th
School enrollment, secondary 81.2% 2017 up 17.7% 84th
Preprimary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 10th
Progression to secondary school, male 96.8% 2016 up 1.3% 82nd
School enrollment, secondary, female 82.5% 2017 up 17.5% 79th
School enrollment, secondary, male 79.8% 2017 up 18.0% 81st
Progression to secondary school, female 96.4% 2016 up 2.6% 91st
Expenditure on tertiary education 21.1% 2016 up 22.6% 75th
Literacy rate, youth female 99.0% 2024 down 0.0% 35th
Children out of school, primary 46,859 2024 up 10.5% 72nd
Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index 1 GPI 2024 unchanged 24th
Literacy rate, youth male 98.8% 2024 down 0.1% 34th
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 26.55 2017 down 5.1% 60th
Literacy rate, youth total 98.9% 2024 down 0.1% 33rd
Expenditure on secondary education 32.9% 2016 up 10.6% 78th
Expenditure on primary education 32.5% 2016 down 16.4% 73rd
Secondary education, pupils 51.1% 2017 down 0.4% 37th
Literacy rate, adult total 95.5% 2024 up 1.0% 34th
Literacy rate, adult male 96.3% 2024 up 0.7% 36th
Trained teachers in preprimary education 80.8% 2021 down 5.6% 69th
Trained teachers in secondary education 88.3% 2021 up 3.0% 61st
Adolescents out of school 9.1% 2024 up 206.7% 71st
Current education expenditure, total 97.8% 2022 up 1.4% 20th
Current education expenditure, primary 98.5% 2022 up 1.0% 28th
Current education expenditure, secondary 98.1% 2021 up 1.3% 27th
Trained teachers in preprimary education, female 81.2% 2020 up 7.8% 68th
Trained teachers in secondary education, female 88.8% 2021 up 2.4% 60th
Trained teachers in secondary education, male 87.7% 2021 up 2.9% 58th
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 16.86 2017 down 5.9% 80th
Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary 25.02 2017 down 11.9% 41st
Current education expenditure, tertiary 97.4% 2022 up 4.6% 24th
Trained teachers in preprimary education, male 51.8% 2020 up 44.0% 75th
Adolescents out of school, female 7.8% 2024 up 191.2% 73rd
Adolescents out of school, male 10.4% 2024 up 218.7% 67th
Net intake rate in grade 1 71.1% 2017 down 18.0% 60th
Trained teachers in lower secondary education 90.6% 2012 up 3.6% 47th