What share of adults in Jalisco have a university education?

24.1% of people aged 15 and over in Jalisco had higher education in 2025 (16th highest of 32; Mexico 24.5%) and 25.4% had upper secondary as their highest level. 2.6% had no schooling (Mexico 3.9%).

What share of young people in Jalisco attend school?

In 2025, 95.5% of children aged 6 to 14 in Jalisco attended school (Mexico 96.0%), as did 65.4% of those aged 3 to 5 and 32.0% of young people aged 15 to 29 (10th lowest of 32 for that age group; Mexico 34.4%).

Education in Jalisco, Mexico: official figures

People aged 15 and over in Jalisco had completed 10.29 years of schooling on average in October 2025 (tied for 13th lowest of 32; Mexico 10.26), up from 9.90 at the 2020 census and 7.52 in 2000.

Average years of schooling, age 15+

10.3

2025

Do women or men have more schooling in Jalisco?

In 2025 women aged 15 and over in Jalisco averaged 10.27 years of schooling and men 10.32 (Mexico: women 10.19, men 10.34). In 2000 the figures were 7.35 and 7.70.

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What is the illiteracy rate in Jalisco?

2.20% of people aged 15 and over in Jalisco could not read and write in 2025, about 148,585 people (tied for 11th lowest of 32; Mexico 3.69%), according to INEGI's 2025 intercensal survey.

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How many people in Jalisco lack basic education?

19.1% of the people of Jalisco had an educational lag in 2024, meaning they had not completed the schooling that was compulsory for their age group (10th highest of 32; Mexico 18.6%). The share was 17.9% in 2016.

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How Jalisco compares with other states

Average years of schooling, age 15+ (2025)

Jalisco ranks 19 of 32, highest first. Mexico 10.26

Rank	Region	Average years of schooling, age 15+
16	Durango	10.34
17	Tlaxcala	10.34
18	Nayarit	10.31
19	Jalisco	10.29
20	Yucatan	10.29
21	Tabasco	10.20
22	Campeche	10.10

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

Illiteracy rate, age 15+ (2025)

Jalisco ranks 22 of 32, highest first. Mexico 3.69%

Rank	Region	Illiteracy rate, age 15+
19	Colima	2.53%
20	Quintana Roo	2.30%
21	State of Mexico	2.20%
22	Jalisco	2.20%
23	Chihuahua	2.09%
24	Durango	2.09%
25	Tamaulipas	2.02%

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People with an educational lag (2024)

Jalisco ranks 10 of 32, highest first. Mexico 18.6%

Rank	Region	People with an educational lag
7	Guanajuato	21.1%
8	Campeche	20.5%
9	Yucatan	19.7%
10	Jalisco	19.1%
11	Zacatecas	18.8%
12	San Luis Potosi	18.8%
13	Nayarit	18.4%

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Adults (15+) with higher education (2025)

Jalisco ranks 16 of 32, highest first. Mexico 24.5%

Rank	Region	Adults (15+) with higher education
13	Chihuahua	24.6%
14	Nayarit	24.5%
15	State of Mexico	24.4%
16	Jalisco	24.1%
17	Morelos	24.0%
18	Durango	23.3%
19	Baja California	23.3%

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School attendance, ages 15 to 29 (2025)

Jalisco ranks 23 of 32, highest first. Mexico 34.4%

Rank	Region	School attendance, ages 15 to 29
20	Coahuila	33.4%
21	Queretaro	33.1%
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%

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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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