What share of adults in Guanajuato have a university education?

18.6% of people aged 15 and over in Guanajuato had higher education in 2025 (4th lowest of 32; Mexico 24.5%) and 22.9% had upper secondary as their highest level. 4.9% had no schooling (Mexico 3.9%).

What share of young people in Guanajuato attend school?

In 2025, 96.0% of children aged 6 to 14 in Guanajuato attended school (Mexico 96.0%), as did 69.0% of those aged 3 to 5 and 29.7% of young people aged 15 to 29 (3rd lowest of 32 for that age group; Mexico 34.4%).

Education in Guanajuato, Mexico: official figures

People aged 15 and over in Guanajuato had completed 9.58 years of schooling on average in October 2025 (6th lowest of 32; Mexico 10.26), up from 9.04 at the 2020 census and 6.36 in 2000.

Average years of schooling, age 15+

9.6

2025

Do women or men have more schooling in Guanajuato?

In 2025 women aged 15 and over in Guanajuato averaged 9.53 years of schooling and men 9.63 (Mexico: women 10.19, men 10.34). In 2000 the figures were 6.16 and 6.59.

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What is the illiteracy rate in Guanajuato?

4.10% of people aged 15 and over in Guanajuato could not read and write in 2025, about 202,447 people (10th highest of 32; Mexico 3.69%), according to INEGI's 2025 intercensal survey.

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How many people in Guanajuato lack basic education?

21.1% of the people of Guanajuato had an educational lag in 2024, meaning they had not completed the schooling that was compulsory for their age group (7th highest of 32; Mexico 18.6%). The share was 21.7% in 2016.

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How Guanajuato compares with other states

Average years of schooling, age 15+ (2025)

Guanajuato ranks 27 of 32, highest first. Mexico 10.26

Rank	Region	Average years of schooling, age 15+
24	Hidalgo	9.97
25	Zacatecas	9.81
26	Puebla	9.74
27	Guanajuato	9.58
28	Veracruz	9.32
29	Michoacan	9.23
30	Guerrero	8.98

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Illiteracy rate, age 15+ (2025)

Guanajuato ranks 10 of 32, highest first. Mexico 3.69%

Rank	Region	Illiteracy rate, age 15+
7	Hidalgo	5.00%
8	Campeche	4.71%
9	Yucatan	4.45%
10	Guanajuato	4.10%
11	San Luis Potosi	4.00%
12	Tabasco	3.94%
13	Nayarit	3.43%

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People with an educational lag (2024)

Guanajuato ranks 7 of 32, highest first. Mexico 18.6%

Rank	Region	People with an educational lag
4	Veracruz	26.3%
5	Michoacan	25.7%
6	Puebla	22.7%
7	Guanajuato	21.1%
8	Campeche	20.5%
9	Yucatan	19.7%
10	Jalisco	19.1%

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Adults (15+) with higher education (2025)

Guanajuato ranks 29 of 32, highest first. Mexico 24.5%

Rank	Region	Adults (15+) with higher education
26	Veracruz	21.2%
27	Zacatecas	20.8%
28	Michoacan	19.9%
29	Guanajuato	18.6%
30	Guerrero	18.1%
31	Oaxaca	17.0%
32	Chiapas	15.0%

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School attendance, ages 15 to 29 (2025)

Guanajuato ranks 30 of 32, highest first. Mexico 34.4%

Rank	Region	School attendance, ages 15 to 29
26	San Luis Potosi	31.5%
27	Oaxaca	30.9%
28	Michoacan	30.7%
29	Guerrero	30.6%
30	Guanajuato	29.7%
31	Quintana Roo	29.7%
32	Chiapas	24.3%

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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