Illiteracy rate, ages 15 and over: Mexican states ranked (2020)
Measure: Illiteracy rate, ages 15 and over (%). All 32 estados with data in Marginalization index by state, Mexico, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2020.
National value: 4.8 (Mexico).
- Lowest: 1.4 to 2.3 %
- Group 2: 2.3 to 3.1 %
- Group 3: 3.1 to 4.5 %
- Group 4: 4.5 to 6.6 %
- Highest: 6.6 to 13.7 %
Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.
Note: A lower index value means more marginalization (Guerrero has the lowest).
| 1 | Chiapas | 13.7 |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Guerrero | 12.5 |
| 3 | Oaxaca | 11.8 |
| 4 | Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | 8.5 |
| 5 | Michoacán de Ocampo | 7 |
| 5 | Puebla | 7 |
| 7 | Hidalgo | 6.6 |
| 8 | Yucatán | 6 |
| 9 | Campeche | 5.9 |
| 10 | Guanajuato | 5.3 |
| 11 | Tabasco | 5.1 |
| 12 | San Luis Potosí | 5 |
| 13 | Nayarit | 4.5 |
| 14 | Morelos | 4.4 |
| 15 | Zacatecas | 3.8 |
| 16 | Sinaloa | 3.6 |
| 17 | Querétaro | 3.5 |
| 18 | Colima | 3.4 |
| 18 | Tlaxcala | 3.4 |
| 20 | Quintana Roo | 3.1 |
| 21 | Jalisco | 2.9 |
| 21 | México | 2.9 |
| 23 | Durango | 2.7 |
| 24 | Chihuahua | 2.6 |
| 24 | Tamaulipas | 2.6 |
| 26 | Baja California Sur | 2.3 |
| 27 | Aguascalientes | 2.1 |
| 28 | Sonora | 2 |
| 29 | Baja California | 1.8 |
| 30 | Coahuila de Zaragoza | 1.7 |
| 31 | Nuevo León | 1.5 |
| 32 | Ciudad de México | 1.4 |
Source: CONAPO (Consejo Nacional de Población), Índice de marginación por entidad federativa 2020 (IME_2020.xls). Reference period: 2020.
Cite this ranking
Mexican estados ranked by illiteracy rate, ages 15 and over (%) (2020). Data: CONAPO, Índice de marginación por entidad federativa 2020, Índice de marginación por entidad federativa 2020 (IME_2020.xls, datos abiertos); rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-10. https://quadranac.com/rankings/mx-estados-by-illiteracy-rate-ages-15-and-over/