Education in Mexico 2,807 indicators covering education for Mexico. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 1.3 GPIA 2024 up 6.2% 9th Trends in teachers’ statutory salaries since 2000 129.9 Index 2025 up 29.9% 6th Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.07 GPIA 2024 up 5.5% 30th Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.03 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% 28th Literacy rate of young men vs. women 98.8% 2024 down 0.1% 35th Adjusted location parity index for completion rate, by sex, wealth 0.9126 2022 up 5.3% 51st Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 0.7% 2025 down 13.0% 36th Net attendance rate of primary school 98.6% 2024 down 0.4% 11th Initial private expenditure on education (household) as a percentage 1.1% 2022 down 13.3% 30th Teachers in tertiary education ISCED 5 programmes, both sexes 13,623 2018 up 41.0% 11th Enrolment data adjusted to the financial year — Students enrolled 36.26 million Persons 2022 up 2.6% 2nd Total number of enrolled students, new entrants and graduates 4.48 million Persons 2024 down 11.1% 2nd Total net enrolment rate: primary education 99.66 2022 down 0.1% 2nd Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, both sexes 68.1% 2022 up 22.0% 52nd Number of enrolled students and graduates by type of institution 718,352 Persons 2024 down 13.8% 5th Share of mobile enrolments, new entrants and graduates — Students 0.6298 Percentage of students 2024 up 638.0% 21st Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted location parity 0.9126 LPIA 2022 up 5.3% 48th Distribution of government, private and non-domestic expenditure on 0.4958 Percentage of GDP 2022 down 15.1% 19th Number of national tertiary students enrolled abroad 37,352 Persons 2023 up 39.8% 9th Youth/adult literacy rate 98.9% 2024 down 0.1% 29th Adjusted gender parity index for youth/adult literacy rate 1 2024 unchanged 14th Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, both sexes 92.7% 2022 up 5.8% 39th Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted location parity 0.7416 LPIA 2022 up 28.1% 48th Completion rate, primary education, adjusted gender parity index 1 GPIA 2024 down 1.1% 50th Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, both sexes 50.5% 2022 up 56.3% 52nd Repetition rate by level of education — Repeaters 0.7324 Percentage of students 2024 down 6.4% 16th Share of mobile students enrolled at tertiary level by country of 18.89 Percentage of students 2023 up 94.5% 2nd Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, both sexes 84.6% 2022 up 11.5% 44th Number of students and repeaters by grade and level of education 13.15 million Persons 2024 down 8.3% 3rd Number of mobile students enrolled and graduated by country of origin 939 Persons 2024 up 147.8% 1st Number of classroom teachers and academic staff by age — Classroom 241,794 Persons 2024 up 23.4% 3rd Share of students achieving minimum reading proficiency by the end of lower secondary education 53.0% 2022 down 10.0% 44th Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 21.3% 2020 up 23.9% 51st Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 83.6% 2022 down 0.8% 10th Share of GDP per capita spent by the government on each primary school student vs. GDP per capita 13.8% 2016 up 2.5% 71st Number of attacks on students, personnel and institutions 2 2024 — 53rd Literacy rate vs. GDP per capita 95.5% 2024 up 1.0% 34th Literacy rates among adults 95.5% 2024 up 1.0% 34th Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 20.2% 2020 up 30.0% 52nd Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 0.6% 2025 up 56.4% 31st Share of repeaters by gender and level of education 40.62 Percentage of students in the same subgroup 2024 up 12.2% 20th Trends in teachers' statutory teaching time since 2000 505 Hours per year 2023 down 5.1% 18th Literacy rates of older vs. younger population 85.1% 2024 up 9.7% 24th Share of children achieving minimum proficiency in reading and math at each education level 30.1% 2022 down 20.1% 40th Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 70.2% 2021 down 7.9% 25th Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.0% 2017 down 95.2% 37th Share of mobile enrolments, new entrants and graduates 0.6854 Percentage of students 2024 up 341.7% 20th Share of new entrants to and first-time graduates at tertiary 6.63 Percentage of students in the same subgroup 2024 down 32.1% 18th Number of students and repeaters by grade and level of education 96,349 Persons 2024 down 14.2% 3rd Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 19.1% 2020 up 36.6% 55th Share of new entrants to and first-time graduates at tertiary 6.4 Percentage of students in the same subgroup 2024 down 22.2% 16th Share of national tertiary students enrolled abroad 0.7243 Percentage of students 2023 down 2.0% 31st Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, female 70.1% 2022 up 18.8% 52nd Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, male 66.1% 2022 up 26.1% 47th Completion rate, primary education, urban, both sexes 98.3% 2022 up 1.0% 37th Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 0.896 GPIA 2020 up 10.2% 57th Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, female 94.0% 2022 up 6.1% 38th Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, male 91.3% 2022 up 5.4% 38th Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 4.7% 2020 up 61.0% 60th Completion rate, primary education, rural, both sexes 97.2% 2022 up 3.5% 38th ← Previous Page 31 of 47 Next →