Mexico - Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Mexico was 102.47 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 110.51 in 2014, while its lowest value was 69.57 in 1975.

Definition: Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1975 69.57
1976 71.17
1977 76.24
1978 76.19
1979 79.97
1980 82.82
1981 85.26
1982 87.32
1983 89.72
1984 94.31
1985 93.39
1986 94.84
1987 94.22
1988 92.88
1989 91.52
1990 88.75
1991 88.00
1992 89.59
1993 90.39
1994 91.56
1995 93.91
1996 95.02
1997 95.21
1999 95.77
2000 96.65
2001 97.43
2002 99.05
2003 98.93
2004 100.30
2005 100.57
2006 100.89
2007 101.96
2008 101.29
2009 99.82
2010 100.24
2011 100.20
2012 106.01
2013 109.43
2014 110.51
2015 104.91
2016 103.97
2017 104.10
2018 102.26
2019 102.47

Development Relevance: The World Bank and the UNESCO Institute for Statistics jointly developed the primary completion rate indicator. Increasingly used as a core indicator of an education system's performance, it reflects an education system's coverage and the educational attainment of students.

Limitations and Exceptions: Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education. Thus this rate is a proxy that should be taken as an upper estimate of the actual primary completion rate. There are many reasons why the primary completion rate can exceed 100 percent. The numerator may include late entrants and overage children who have repeated one or more grades of primary education as well as children who entered school early, while the denominator is the number of children at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Primary completion rate is calculated by dividing the number of new entrants (enrollment minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. Population data are drawn from the United Nations Population Division. Using a single source for population data standardizes definitions, estimations, and interpolation methods, ensuring a consistent methodology across countries and minimizing potential enumeration problems in national censuses. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes