What is the difference in goal 4: quality education between Mexico and South Africa?

0 5 year moving average, with Mexico ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and South Africa?

20 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators), published as GOAL 4: Quality Education (5 year moving average). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Mexico vs South Africa: GOAL 4: Quality Education

Mexico

1 5 year moving average

in 2023

South Africa

1 5 year moving average

in 2023

Mexico rank

1st

South Africa rank

1st

GOAL 4: Quality Education over time

Mexico
South Africa

How they compare

Mexico currently reports 1 5 year moving average against 1 5 year moving average in South Africa, a difference of 0 5 year moving average.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 20 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Mexico ahead.

Mexico ranks 1st and South Africa ranks 1st of 215 countries.

Mexico has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mexico	South Africa	Difference	Ahead
2000s	0.5692 5 year moving average	0.3728 5 year moving average	0.1963 5 year moving average	Mexico
2010s	0.6307 5 year moving average	0.3657 5 year moving average	0.265 5 year moving average	Mexico
2020s	0.8773 5 year moving average	0.809 5 year moving average	0.0683 5 year moving average	Mexico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher goal 4: quality education, Mexico or South Africa?: Mexico, at 1 5 year moving average against 1 5 year moving average in South Africa as of 2023.
What is the difference in goal 4: quality education between Mexico and South Africa?: 0 5 year moving average, with Mexico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and South Africa?: 20 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2023.
How do Mexico and South Africa rank globally for goal 4: quality education?: Mexico ranks 1st and South Africa ranks 1st of 215 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators), published as GOAL 4: Quality Education (5 year moving average). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Mexico vs South Africa: GOAL 4: Quality Education. Statizoid, drawing on Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators). Retrieved 17 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/goal-4-quality-education-5-year-moving-average/mexico/south-africa/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/goal-4-quality-education-5-year-moving-average/mexico/south-africa/">Mexico vs South Africa: GOAL 4: Quality Education</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: GOAL 4: Quality Education (5 year moving average)
Unit: 5 year moving average
Source: Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 215 places, 4,300 data points, 2004–2023
Last refreshed: 10 August 2026

SDG Goal 4 data availability. Source: UN Global SDG Indicators Database