What share of adults in Colima have a university education?

28.4% of people aged 15 and over in Colima had higher education in 2025 (6th highest of 32; Mexico 24.5%) and 25.3% had upper secondary as their highest level. 3.0% had no schooling (Mexico 3.9%).

What share of young people in Colima attend school?

In 2025, 96.5% of children aged 6 to 14 in Colima attended school (Mexico 96.0%), as did 73.4% of those aged 3 to 5 and 36.3% of young people aged 15 to 29 (8th highest of 32 for that age group; Mexico 34.4%).

Education in Colima, Mexico: official figures

People aged 15 and over in Colima had completed 10.64 years of schooling on average in October 2025 (tied for 9th highest of 32; Mexico 10.26), up from 10.05 at the 2020 census and 7.65 in 2000.

Average years of schooling, age 15+

10.6

2025

Do women or men have more schooling in Colima?

In 2025 women aged 15 and over in Colima averaged 10.70 years of schooling and men 10.57 (Mexico: women 10.19, men 10.34). In 2000 the figures were 7.55 and 7.76.

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What is the illiteracy rate in Colima?

2.53% of people aged 15 and over in Colima could not read and write in 2025, about 15,321 people (14th lowest of 32; Mexico 3.69%), according to INEGI's 2025 intercensal survey.

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How many people in Colima lack basic education?

15.0% of the people of Colima had an educational lag in 2024, meaning they had not completed the schooling that was compulsory for their age group (11th lowest of 32; Mexico 18.6%). The share was 17.0% in 2016.

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How Colima compares with other states

Average years of schooling, age 15+ (2025)

Colima ranks 10 of 32, highest first. Mexico 10.26

Rank	Region	Average years of schooling, age 15+
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
12	Baja California	10.60
13	Tamaulipas	10.54

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Illiteracy rate, age 15+ (2025)

Colima ranks 19 of 32, highest first. Mexico 3.69%

Rank	Region	Illiteracy rate, age 15+
16	Sinaloa	2.60%
17	Tlaxcala	2.58%
18	Queretaro	2.57%
19	Colima	2.53%
20	Quintana Roo	2.30%
21	State of Mexico	2.20%
22	Jalisco	2.20%

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People with an educational lag (2024)

Colima ranks 22 of 32, highest first. Mexico 18.6%

Rank	Region	People with an educational lag
19	Quintana Roo	16.0%
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%

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Adults (15+) with higher education (2025)

Colima ranks 6 of 32, highest first. Mexico 24.5%

Rank	Region	Adults (15+) with higher education
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%
9	Coahuila	27.0%

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School attendance, ages 15 to 29 (2025)

Colima ranks 8 of 32, highest first. Mexico 34.4%

Rank	Region	School attendance, ages 15 to 29
5	Tabasco	38.2%
6	State of Mexico	37.9%
7	Yucatan	36.6%
8	Colima	36.3%
9	Tamaulipas	35.8%
10	Tlaxcala	35.7%
11	Chihuahua	35.6%

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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