List of Mexican states by literacy rate

Last updated January 15, 2024

The following is the list of the literacy rate by states of Mexico as of 2020.

Mexican states

Mexican States by literacy rate 2020 (minors from 6 to 14 y/o)^[1]			Mexican States by literacy rate 2020 (people over 15 y/o)^[2]
Rank	State	Total	Rank	State	Total
-	United Mexican States	89.9%	-	United Mexican States	95.0%
1	Federal District	92.8%	1	Federal District	98.2%
2=	Aguascalientes	92.1%	2	Nuevo León	98.1%
2=	Mexico State	92.1%	3	Coahuila	98.0%
4	Hidalgo	91.8%	4	Sonora	97.8%
5=	Nuevo León	91.7%	5=	Baja California	97.7%
5=	Sinaloa	91.7%	5=	Aguascalientes	97.7%
7=	Tlaxcala	91.6%	7	Baja California Sur	97.4%
7=	Querétaro	91.6%	8	Tamaulipas	97.2%
7=	Coahuila	91.6%	9=	Chihuahua	97.1%
10	San Luis Potosí	91.4%	9=	Durango	97.1%
11	Zacatecas	91.3%	11=	Jalisco	96.9%
12=	Morelos	91.1%	11=	Mexico State	96.9%
12=	Tamaulipas	91.1%	13	Quintana Roo	96.6%
14	Jalisco	90.3%	14=	Tlaxcala	96.5%
15	Durango	90.2%	14=	Colima	96.5%
16	Puebla	90.1%	16=	Querétaro	96.3%
17=	Chihuahua	90.0%	16=	Sinaloa	96.3%
17=	Guanajuato	90.0%	18	Zacatecas	96.1%
19	Yucatán	89.9%	19=	Morelos	95.4%
20	Colima	89.7%	19=	Nayarit	95.4%
21	Baja California	89.7%	21	Tabasco	94.8%
22	Sonora	89.4%	22	San Luis Potosí	94.8%
23	Campeche	89.3%	23	Guanajuato	94.5%
24	Nayarit	89.2%	24	Campeche	94.0%
25=	Tabasco	89.1%	25	Yucatán	93.8%
25=	Quintana Roo	89.1%	26	Hidalgo	93.3%
27=	Veracruz	88.9%	27	Puebla	92.9%
27=	Baja California Sur	88.9%	28	Michoacán	92.8%
29	Oaxaca	88.6%	29	Veracruz	91.4%
30	Michoacán	87.7%	30	Oaxaca	88.1%
31	Guerrero	85.7%	31	Guerrero	87.4%
32	Chiapas	80.8%	32	Chiapas	86.2%

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↑ INEGI 15+,

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