What share of adults in Coahuila have a university education?

27.0% of people aged 15 and over in Coahuila had higher education in 2025 (9th highest of 32; Mexico 24.5%) and 26.8% had upper secondary as their highest level. 1.4% had no schooling (Mexico 3.9%).

What share of young people in Coahuila attend school?

In 2025, 97.8% of children aged 6 to 14 in Coahuila attended school (Mexico 96.0%), as did 72.6% of those aged 3 to 5 and 33.4% of young people aged 15 to 29 (13th lowest of 32 for that age group; Mexico 34.4%).

Education in Coahuila, Mexico: official figures

People aged 15 and over in Coahuila had completed 10.92 years of schooling on average in October 2025 (5th highest of 32; Mexico 10.26), up from 10.43 at the 2020 census and 8.39 in 2000.

Average years of schooling, age 15+

10.9

2025

Do women or men have more schooling in Coahuila?

In 2025 women aged 15 and over in Coahuila averaged 10.87 years of schooling and men 10.97 (Mexico: women 10.19, men 10.34). In 2000 the figures were 8.24 and 8.54.

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What is the illiteracy rate in Coahuila?

1.28% of people aged 15 and over in Coahuila could not read and write in 2025, about 33,439 people (tied for 3rd lowest of 32; Mexico 3.69%), according to INEGI's 2025 intercensal survey.

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How many people in Coahuila lack basic education?

13.3% of the people of Coahuila had an educational lag in 2024, meaning they had not completed the schooling that was compulsory for their age group (2nd lowest of 32; Mexico 18.6%). The share was 13.7% in 2016.

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How Coahuila compares with other states

Average years of schooling, age 15+ (2025)

Coahuila ranks 5 of 32, highest first. Mexico 10.26

Rank	Region	Average years of schooling, age 15+
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
8	Baja California Sur	10.83

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Illiteracy rate, age 15+ (2025)

Coahuila ranks 30 of 32, highest first. Mexico 3.69%

Rank	Region	Illiteracy rate, age 15+
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%
32	Nuevo Leon	1.03%

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People with an educational lag (2024)

Coahuila ranks 31 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)

Coahuila ranks 9 of 32, highest first. Mexico 24.5%

Rank	Region	Adults (15+) with higher education
6	Colima	28.4%
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%

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School attendance, ages 15 to 29 (2025)

Coahuila ranks 20 of 32, highest first. Mexico 34.4%

Rank	Region	School attendance, ages 15 to 29
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%
23	Jalisco	32.0%

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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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