Number of people lagging behind in education by ethnicity Mexico 2018

In 2018, it was estimated that over 21 million inhabitants in Mexico lagged behind in education and were therefore regarded as vulnerable population. Of these, nearly 3.7 million were of indigenous ancestry or ethnicity, while 17.4 million were classified as non-indigenous.

Number of population considered vulnerable for lagging behind in education in Mexico between 2014 and 2018, by ethnicity (in millions)

Characteristic	Indigenous population	Non-indigenous population
2018	3.7	17.4
2016	3.6	17.7
2014	4	18.3

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Release date

July 2019

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Region

Mexico

Survey time period

2014, 2016 and 2018

Supplementary notes

According to the source, indigenous population includes any person who is part of an indigenous household, where the head of the household, his or her spouse and/or one of the ascendants (mother or father, stepmother or stepfather, grandparents, great-grandparents, great-great-grandparents or parents-in-law) declared that she or he spoke an indigenous language. In addition, it includes people who said they spoke an indigenous language and who were not part of these households.

The source does not provide data for the odd years.

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