Lower secondary completion in Mexico
In Mexico, 90.9% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Mexico, 2024
90.9%
Change from 2022
+0.2percentage points
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2019
98.5%
Lower secondary completion in Mexico over time
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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Mexico |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 90.9% |
| 2022 | 90.7% |
| 2020 | 90.3% |
| 2018 | 88.6% |
| 2016 | 87.5% |
| 2015 | 85.4% |
| 2014 | 86.4% |
| 2012 | 84.8% |
| 2010 | 81.4% |
| 2008 | 80.2% |
| 2006 | 77.7% |
| 2004 | 74.6% |
| 2002 | 73.5% |
| 2000 | 67.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 90.7% in 2022, a change of +0.2 percentage points.
- Since 2006, when it was 77.7%, the figure has changed by +13.2 percentage points.
More for Mexico
All statistics for Mexico
Primary completion (UIS)
97.6%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
65.6%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
16.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Out-of-school children
0.4%nat_est (National estimate)
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
9.1%nat_est (National estimate)
2024 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school youth
28.0%nat_est (National estimate)
2024 · UNESCO UIS