Education in Mexico

Statistics report about education in Mexico

Education in Mexico

This report provides statistics and facts about education in Mexico. The first chapter contains an overview of education and innovation figures in Latin America to contextualize the place of Mexico among it's regional peers. Followed by chapters on primary, secondary, and higher education. Finally, it focuses on the best universities and degrees in the country.

Table of contents

Latin America in figures

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  • Basic Statistic Latin America: leading universities 2025, by QS score
  • Basic Statistic Latin America & the Caribbean: literacy rates 2013-2023, by age
  • Premium Statistic Global innovation index in Latin America and the Caribbean 2024, by country
  • Basic Statistic Latin America: level of English proficiency 2023, by country

Overview

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  • Premium Statistic Federal spending on education in Mexico 2013-2023, by category
  • Basic Statistic Educational level in Mexico in 2020
  • Premium Statistic Gender pay gap in Mexico in 2020, by educational attainment
  • Premium Statistic Amount of students enrolled in any education level in Mexico in 2024

Primary education

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  • Premium Statistic Amount of students enrolled in primary education in Mexico in 2024
  • Basic Statistic Number of children not enrolled in primary education in Mexico 2000-2022
  • Basic Statistic Share of children not enrolled in primary education in Mexico 2000-2022
  • Basic Statistic Share of pupils who reach last grade of primary in Mexico 1999-2021
  • Basic Statistic Share of trained primary teachers in Mexico 2006-2021

Middle and high schools

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  • Basic Statistic Mexico: number of students in junior high schools 2015-2024
  • Premium Statistic Mexico: number of students in private junior high schools 2014-2024
  • Premium Statistic Mexico: number of students in high schools 2015-2024
  • Premium Statistic Mexico: number of high schools 2015-2024
  • Premium Statistic Mexico: number of private high schools 2015-2024
  • Premium Statistic Mexico: number of students in private high schools 2015-2024

Higher education

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  • Premium Statistic Mexico: students in higher education in 2023/24, by degree
  • Basic Statistic Mexico: students in higher education 2023/2024, by gender
  • Premium Statistic Mexico: number of higher education institutions 2023-2024, by state
  • Premium Statistic Mexico: number of students in higher education 2023-2024, by state
  • Premium Statistic Mexico: number of students in higher education 2023-2024, by state & gender
  • Basic Statistic Mexico: teachers in higher education 2023-2024, by state

Leading universities and degrees

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  • Premium Statistic Mexico: leading universities 2025, by academic reputation
  • Premium Statistic Mexico: most useful professional skills for university graduates 2022
  • Basic Statistic Mexico: graduates' starting salary 2022
  • Basic Statistic Highest paid degrees by average monthly salary in Mexico 2023
  • Premium Statistic Lowest paid degrees by average monthly salary in Mexico 2023

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