Only 10% of Mexico’s students attend private school: the lowest share in Latin America
Private primary school enrollment: Chile 63%, Peru 26%, Colombia 19%, Brazil 18%, Guatemala and El Salvador 12%. Mexico: 10%. Below the world average of 19%, below Guatemala, on par with the United States, where public schools compete with budgets from another planet.
When a Mexican school leader says “there are too many schools,” the data says otherwise: there are too few families in private school for the size of the economy. Private education in Mexico isn’t a saturated market. It’s an underdeveloped one. And an underdeveloped market is, by definition, a market waiting to be captured.
Is your school competing with the one across the street, or with the option of not paying at all?
The table behind the chart
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Chile | 63% |
| Peru | 26% |
| Colombia | 19% |
| Brazil | 18% |
| Guatemala | 12% |
| El Salvador | 12% |
| Mexico | 10% |
| United States | 9% |
Where it comes from
Share of primary school enrollment in private institutions. Source: World Bank (SE.PRM.PRIV.ZS) / UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2022–2024.
Document. P1-03 · Analysis of Private Education in Latin America (July 2026), by SuperLeads. Every figure keeps its official or international source; when the source gives a range, the range is shown here. Methodology.
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