What share of adults in Aguascalientes have a university education?

28.6% of people aged 15 and over in Aguascalientes had higher education in 2025 (5th highest of 32; Mexico 24.5%) and 24.5% had upper secondary as their highest level. 1.6% had no schooling (Mexico 3.9%).

What share of young people in Aguascalientes attend school?

In 2025, 96.8% of children aged 6 to 14 in Aguascalientes attended school (Mexico 96.0%), as did 69.0% of those aged 3 to 5 and 33.7% of young people aged 15 to 29 (14th lowest of 32 for that age group; Mexico 34.4%).

Education in Aguascalientes, Mexico: official figures

People aged 15 and over in Aguascalientes had completed 10.96 years of schooling on average in October 2025 (3rd highest of 32; Mexico 10.26), up from 10.35 at the 2020 census and 8.00 in 2000.

Average years of schooling, age 15+

11.0

2025

Do women or men have more schooling in Aguascalientes?

In 2025 women aged 15 and over in Aguascalientes averaged 10.96 years of schooling and men 10.95 (Mexico: women 10.19, men 10.34). In 2000 the figures were 7.83 and 8.20.

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What is the illiteracy rate in Aguascalientes?

1.48% of people aged 15 and over in Aguascalientes could not read and write in 2025, about 17,364 people (5th lowest of 32; Mexico 3.69%), according to INEGI's 2025 intercensal survey.

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How many people in Aguascalientes lack basic education?

15.0% of the people of Aguascalientes had an educational lag in 2024, meaning they had not completed the schooling that was compulsory for their age group (10th lowest of 32; Mexico 18.6%). The share was 15.8% in 2016.

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How Aguascalientes compares with other states

Average years of schooling, age 15+ (2025)

Aguascalientes ranks 3 of 32, highest first. Mexico 10.26

Rank	Region	Average years of schooling, age 15+
1	Mexico City	11.96
2	Nuevo Leon	11.28
3	Aguascalientes	10.96
4	Sonora	10.93
5	Coahuila	10.92
6	Queretaro	10.91
7	Sinaloa	10.87

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Illiteracy rate, age 15+ (2025)

Aguascalientes ranks 28 of 32, highest first. Mexico 3.69%

Rank	Region	Illiteracy rate, age 15+
25	Tamaulipas	2.02%
26	Baja California Sur	1.88%
27	Sonora	1.49%
28	Aguascalientes	1.48%
29	Baja California	1.28%
30	Coahuila	1.28%
31	Mexico City	1.07%

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People with an educational lag (2024)

Aguascalientes ranks 23 of 32, highest first. Mexico 18.6%

Rank	Region	People with an educational lag
20	Sinaloa	15.5%
21	Tamaulipas	15.2%
22	Colima	15.0%
23	Aguascalientes	15.0%
24	Queretaro	14.5%
25	Baja California	14.5%
26	State of Mexico	14.4%

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Adults (15+) with higher education (2025)

Aguascalientes ranks 5 of 32, highest first. Mexico 24.5%

Rank	Region	Adults (15+) with higher education
2	Sinaloa	31.5%
3	Nuevo Leon	29.4%
4	Queretaro	29.3%
5	Aguascalientes	28.6%
6	Colima	28.4%
7	Sonora	27.9%
8	Yucatan	27.1%

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School attendance, ages 15 to 29 (2025)

Aguascalientes ranks 19 of 32, highest first. Mexico 34.4%

Rank	Region	School attendance, ages 15 to 29
16	Veracruz	34.8%
17	Zacatecas	34.0%
18	Nayarit	34.0%
19	Aguascalientes	33.7%
20	Coahuila	33.4%
21	Queretaro	33.1%
22	Baja California	32.8%

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia (INEGI) · saved copy

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Sources

Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia (INEGI): Encuesta Intercensal 2025, tabulado 00_EIC_07_02: population aged 15 and over by literacy, by state (API response), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 27af4908583c…)
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia (INEGI): Encuesta Intercensal 2025, tabulado 00_EIC_07_03: population aged 3 and over by school attendance and age group, by state (API response), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 2ed197022ebf…)
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia (INEGI): Grado promedio de escolaridad de la poblacion de 15 anos y mas por entidad federativa segun sexo, 2000, 2010, 2015, 2020 and 2025 (censuses and intercensal surveys; API response), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 86868b0b467c…)
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia (INEGI): Encuesta Intercensal 2025, tabulado 00_EIC_07_04: population aged 15 and over by level of schooling and age group, by state (API response), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 fc8c3139dc7a…)
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia (INEGI): Pobreza Multidimensional (PM) 2024: indicadores de pobreza segun entidad federativa, 2016-2024 (poverty, extreme poverty, vulnerability, social deprivations and income lines by state; CONEVAL methodology, ENIGH 2024), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 8ea643bcb158…)

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