Adults 15+ without basic education: Mexican states ranked (2020)
Measure: Share of adults 15 and over without basic education (%). All 32 estados with data in Marginalization index by state, Mexico, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2020.
National value: 29.7 (Mexico).
- Lowest: 17.6 to 23.6 %
- Group 2: 23.6 to 27.3 %
- Group 3: 27.3 to 29.3 %
- Group 4: 29.3 to 33.5 %
- Highest: 33.5 to 48.1 %
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 | 48.1 |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Oaxaca | 45.3 |
| 3 | Guerrero | 42.6 |
| 4 | Michoacán de Ocampo | 42.4 |
| 5 | Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | 39.9 |
| 6 | Puebla | 36.9 |
| 7 | Guanajuato | 33.5 |
| 8 | Zacatecas | 32.3 |
| 9 | Yucatán | 31.5 |
| 10 | Hidalgo | 29.9 |
| 11 | Campeche | 29.8 |
| 12 | Jalisco | 29.5 |
| 13 | San Luis Potosí | 29.3 |
| 14 | Tabasco | 29.2 |
| 15 | Nayarit | 29.1 |
| 16 | Sinaloa | 28.9 |
| 17 | Colima | 27.8 |
| 18 | Durango | 27.5 |
| 18 | Morelos | 27.5 |
| 20 | Chihuahua | 27.3 |
| 21 | Tlaxcala | 26.9 |
| 22 | Tamaulipas | 25.8 |
| 23 | México | 25 |
| 24 | Baja California | 24.7 |
| 25 | Baja California Sur | 24 |
| 26 | Aguascalientes | 23.6 |
| 26 | Querétaro | 23.6 |
| 28 | Quintana Roo | 22.5 |
| 29 | Sonora | 22.4 |
| 30 | Coahuila de Zaragoza | 21.5 |
| 31 | Nuevo León | 19.1 |
| 32 | Ciudad de México | 17.6 |
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 share of adults 15 and over without basic education (%) (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-share-of-adults-15-and-over-without-basic-education/