What share of adults in Nayarit have a university education?

24.5% of people aged 15 and over in Nayarit had higher education in 2025 (14th highest of 32; Mexico 24.5%) and 26.8% had upper secondary as their highest level. 3.7% had no schooling (Mexico 3.9%).

What share of young people in Nayarit attend school?

In 2025, 95.8% of children aged 6 to 14 in Nayarit attended school (Mexico 96.0%), as did 75.0% of those aged 3 to 5 and 34.0% of young people aged 15 to 29 (15th lowest of 32 for that age group; Mexico 34.4%).

Education in Nayarit, Mexico: official figures

People aged 15 and over in Nayarit had completed 10.31 years of schooling on average in October 2025 (15th lowest of 32; Mexico 10.26), up from 9.73 at the 2020 census and 7.26 in 2000.

Average years of schooling, age 15+

10.3

2025

Do women or men have more schooling in Nayarit?

In 2025 women aged 15 and over in Nayarit averaged 10.49 years of schooling and men 10.11 (Mexico: women 10.19, men 10.34). In 2000 the figures were 7.33 and 7.19.

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What is the illiteracy rate in Nayarit?

3.43% of people aged 15 and over in Nayarit could not read and write in 2025, about 33,951 people (13th highest of 32; Mexico 3.69%), according to INEGI's 2025 intercensal survey.

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How many people in Nayarit lack basic education?

18.4% of the people of Nayarit had an educational lag in 2024, meaning they had not completed the schooling that was compulsory for their age group (13th highest of 32; Mexico 18.6%). The share was 17.7% in 2016.

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How Nayarit compares with other states

Average years of schooling, age 15+ (2025)

Nayarit ranks 18 of 32, highest first. Mexico 10.26

Rank	Region	Average years of schooling, age 15+
15	Morelos	10.35
16	Durango	10.34
17	Tlaxcala	10.34
18	Nayarit	10.31
19	Jalisco	10.29
20	Yucatan	10.29
21	Tabasco	10.20

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Illiteracy rate, age 15+ (2025)

Nayarit ranks 13 of 32, highest first. Mexico 3.69%

Rank	Region	Illiteracy rate, age 15+
10	Guanajuato	4.10%
11	San Luis Potosi	4.00%
12	Tabasco	3.94%
13	Nayarit	3.43%
14	Morelos	3.30%
15	Zacatecas	2.90%
16	Sinaloa	2.60%

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People with an educational lag (2024)

Nayarit ranks 13 of 32, highest first. Mexico 18.6%

Rank	Region	People with an educational lag
10	Jalisco	19.1%
11	Zacatecas	18.8%
12	San Luis Potosi	18.8%
13	Nayarit	18.4%
14	Hidalgo	18.0%
15	Tabasco	17.9%
16	Durango	17.7%

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Adults (15+) with higher education (2025)

Nayarit ranks 14 of 32, highest first. Mexico 24.5%

Rank	Region	Adults (15+) with higher education
11	Campeche	25.7%
12	Tamaulipas	25.2%
13	Chihuahua	24.6%
14	Nayarit	24.5%
15	State of Mexico	24.4%
16	Jalisco	24.1%
17	Morelos	24.0%

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School attendance, ages 15 to 29 (2025)

Nayarit ranks 18 of 32, highest first. Mexico 34.4%

Rank	Region	School attendance, ages 15 to 29
15	Puebla	34.9%
16	Veracruz	34.8%
17	Zacatecas	34.0%
18	Nayarit	34.0%
19	Aguascalientes	33.7%
20	Coahuila	33.4%
21	Queretaro	33.1%

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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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