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Average years of schooling: Mexican states ranked (2020)

Measure: Average years of schooling (15+). All 32 estados with data in Schooling and literacy by state, Mexico, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2020.

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Fuente/Source: INEGI (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía). Reproduced under INEGI's Términos de libre uso de la información del INEGI.
Data last updated
2026-10-29
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National value: 9.74 (Mexico).

Sonora: 10.4Baja California: 10.2Chihuahua: 10Coahuila de Zaragoza: 10.43Tamaulipas: 10.09Nuevo León: 10.74Quintana Roo: 10.24Campeche: 9.63Tabasco: 9.69Chiapas: 7.78Colima: 10.05Nayarit: 9.73Baja California Sur: 10.34Sinaloa: 10.22Yucatán: 9.59Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave: 8.75Jalisco: 9.9Michoacán de Ocampo: 8.6Guerrero: 8.37Oaxaca: 8.12México: 10.08Puebla: 9.16Morelos: 9.84Querétaro: 10.48Hidalgo: 9.37Guanajuato: 9.04San Luis Potosí: 9.61Zacatecas: 9.25Aguascalientes: 10.35Durango: 9.75Tlaxcala: 9.83Ciudad de México: 11.48
  • Lowest: 7.78 to 9.16
  • Group 2: 9.16 to 9.69
  • Group 3: 9.69 to 10.05
  • Group 4: 10.05 to 10.34
  • Highest: 10.34 to 11.48
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

1Ciudad de México11.48
2Nuevo León10.74
3Querétaro10.48
4Coahuila de Zaragoza10.43
5Sonora10.4
6Aguascalientes10.35
7Baja California Sur10.34
8Quintana Roo10.24
9Sinaloa10.22
10Baja California10.2
11Tamaulipas10.09
12México10.08
13Colima10.05
14Chihuahua10
15Jalisco9.9
16Morelos9.84
17Tlaxcala9.83
18Durango9.75
19Nayarit9.73
20Tabasco9.69
21Campeche9.63
22San Luis Potosí9.61
23Yucatán9.59
24Hidalgo9.37
25Zacatecas9.25
26Puebla9.16
27Guanajuato9.04
28Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave8.75
29Michoacán de Ocampo8.6
30Guerrero8.37
31Oaxaca8.12
32Chiapas7.78

Source: INEGI, Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020, Principales resultados por localidad (ITER), national and state totals. Reference period: 2020.

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Mexican estados ranked by average years of schooling (15+) (2020). Data: INEGI, Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020, Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020, Principales resultados por localidad (ITER), state totals; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/mx-estados-by-average-years-of-schooling-15-plus/

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