What share of adults in Baja California Sur have a university education?

26.1% of people aged 15 and over in Baja California Sur had higher education in 2025 (10th highest of 32; Mexico 24.5%) and 31.4% had upper secondary as their highest level. 2.4% had no schooling (Mexico 3.9%).

What share of young people in Baja California Sur attend school?

In 2025, 97.1% of children aged 6 to 14 in Baja California Sur attended school (Mexico 96.0%), as did 68.8% of those aged 3 to 5 and 31.6% of young people aged 15 to 29 (8th lowest of 32 for that age group; Mexico 34.4%).

Education in Baja California Sur, Mexico: official figures

People aged 15 and over in Baja California Sur had completed 10.83 years of schooling on average in October 2025 (8th highest of 32; Mexico 10.26), up from 10.34 at the 2020 census and 8.29 in 2000.

Average years of schooling, age 15+

10.8

2025

Do women or men have more schooling in Baja California Sur?

In 2025 women aged 15 and over in Baja California Sur averaged 10.94 years of schooling and men 10.73 (Mexico: women 10.19, men 10.34). In 2000 the figures were 8.23 and 8.35.

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What is the illiteracy rate in Baja California Sur?

1.88% of people aged 15 and over in Baja California Sur could not read and write in 2025, about 14,223 people (7th lowest of 32; Mexico 3.69%), according to INEGI's 2025 intercensal survey.

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How many people in Baja California Sur lack basic education?

13.4% of the people of Baja California Sur had an educational lag in 2024, meaning they had not completed the schooling that was compulsory for their age group (4th lowest of 32; Mexico 18.6%). The share was 14.3% in 2016.

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How Baja California Sur compares with other states

Average years of schooling, age 15+ (2025)

Baja California Sur ranks 8 of 32, highest first. Mexico 10.26

Rank	Region	Average years of schooling, age 15+
5	Coahuila	10.92
6	Queretaro	10.91
7	Sinaloa	10.87
8	Baja California Sur	10.83
9	Quintana Roo	10.64
10	Colima	10.64
11	State of Mexico	10.60

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Illiteracy rate, age 15+ (2025)

Baja California Sur ranks 26 of 32, highest first. Mexico 3.69%

Rank	Region	Illiteracy rate, age 15+
23	Chihuahua	2.09%
24	Durango	2.09%
25	Tamaulipas	2.02%
26	Baja California Sur	1.88%
27	Sonora	1.49%
28	Aguascalientes	1.48%
29	Baja California	1.28%

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People with an educational lag (2024)

Baja California Sur ranks 29 of 32, highest first. Mexico 18.6%

Rank	Region	People with an educational lag
26	State of Mexico	14.4%
27	Tlaxcala	14.3%
28	Sonora	13.7%
29	Baja California Sur	13.4%
30	Nuevo Leon	13.3%
31	Coahuila	13.3%
32	Mexico City	8.5%

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Adults (15+) with higher education (2025)

Baja California Sur ranks 10 of 32, highest first. Mexico 24.5%

Rank	Region	Adults (15+) with higher education
7	Sonora	27.9%
8	Yucatan	27.1%
9	Coahuila	27.0%
10	Baja California Sur	26.1%
11	Campeche	25.7%
12	Tamaulipas	25.2%
13	Chihuahua	24.6%

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School attendance, ages 15 to 29 (2025)

Baja California Sur ranks 25 of 32, highest first. Mexico 34.4%

Rank	Region	School attendance, ages 15 to 29
22	Baja California	32.8%
23	Jalisco	32.0%
24	Nuevo Leon	31.6%
25	Baja California Sur	31.6%
26	San Luis Potosi	31.5%
27	Oaxaca	30.9%
28	Michoacan	30.7%

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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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