Mexico

Adult literacy in Mexico

Adult literacy in Mexico: 83% in 1980 and 95.6% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2024
95.6%
Since 1980
+12.6 percentage points
World, 2024
87.7%
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% of adults · UNESCO

Adult literacy in MexicoAdult literacy in Mexico: 83% in 1980 and 95.6% in 2024, by UNESCO estimates. The highest was 95.8% in 2023, the lowest 83% in 1980.
Estimates, UNESCOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 95.8% in 2023, the lowest 83% in 1980.

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

YearMexicoWorld
202495.687.7
202395.887.6
202295.187.4
202195.787.2
202095.387
201995.486.8
201895.486.8
20179586.5
201694.986.3
201594.586
201494.685.6
20139485.2
201294.284.9
201193.584.7
201093.184.4
200993.483.8
200892.983.5
200792.883.1
200691.782.5
200591.682.6
20049182.6
2003–82.2
200290.381.7
2001–81.4
200090.581.1
1999–80.9
1998–80.5
1997–79.3
1996–77.3
1995–76.9
1994–76.4
1993–76
1992–75.5
1991–75.1
199087.674.6
1989–74.1
1988–73.6
1987–71.9
1986–71.3
1985–70.7
1984–70.2
1983–69.5
1982–68.9
1981–68.4
19808367.8
1979–67.2
1978–66.5
1977–65.9
1976–65.6
1975–65.4

Good to know

  • The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
  • Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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