Upper secondary completion in Mexico
In Mexico, 65.6% of young people had completed upper secondary school by the expected age in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Mexico, 2024
65.6%
Change from 2022
+1.3percentage points
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2019
85.2%
Upper 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 | 65.6% |
| 2022 | 64.3% |
| 2020 | 61.5% |
| 2018 | 58.7% |
| 2016 | 54.8% |
| 2015 | 51.4% |
| 2014 | 52.3% |
| 2012 | 50.9% |
| 2010 | 48.3% |
| 2008 | 45.3% |
| 2006 | 43.7% |
| 2004 | 40.9% |
| 2002 | 38.7% |
| 2000 | 32.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 64.3% in 2022, a change of +1.3 percentage points.
- Since 2006, when it was 43.7%, the figure has changed by +21.9 percentage points.
More for Mexico
All statistics for Mexico
Lower secondary completion
90.9%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
16.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
97.6%
2024 · UNESCO UIS
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