What share of adults in Puebla have a university education?

22.3% of people aged 15 and over in Puebla had higher education in 2025 (9th lowest of 32; Mexico 24.5%) and 24.2% had upper secondary as their highest level. 5.1% had no schooling (Mexico 3.9%).

What share of young people in Puebla attend school?

In 2025, 95.8% of children aged 6 to 14 in Puebla attended school (Mexico 96.0%), as did 75.5% of those aged 3 to 5 and 34.9% of young people aged 15 to 29 (15th highest of 32 for that age group; Mexico 34.4%).

Education in Puebla, Mexico: official figures

People aged 15 and over in Puebla had completed 9.74 years of schooling on average in October 2025 (7th lowest of 32; Mexico 10.26), up from 9.16 at the 2020 census and 6.70 in 2000.

Average years of schooling, age 15+

9.7

2025

Do women or men have more schooling in Puebla?

In 2025 women aged 15 and over in Puebla averaged 9.63 years of schooling and men 9.86 (Mexico: women 10.19, men 10.34). In 2000 the figures were 6.39 and 7.05.

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What is the illiteracy rate in Puebla?

5.37% of people aged 15 and over in Puebla could not read and write in 2025, about 281,139 people (6th highest of 32; Mexico 3.69%), according to INEGI's 2025 intercensal survey.

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How many people in Puebla lack basic education?

22.7% of the people of Puebla had an educational lag in 2024, meaning they had not completed the schooling that was compulsory for their age group (6th highest of 32; Mexico 18.6%). The share was 21.1% in 2016.

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How Puebla compares with other states

Average years of schooling, age 15+ (2025)

Puebla ranks 26 of 32, highest first. Mexico 10.26

Rank	Region	Average years of schooling, age 15+
23	San Luis Potosi	10.07
24	Hidalgo	9.97
25	Zacatecas	9.81
26	Puebla	9.74
27	Guanajuato	9.58
28	Veracruz	9.32
29	Michoacan	9.23

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Illiteracy rate, age 15+ (2025)

Puebla ranks 6 of 32, highest first. Mexico 3.69%

Rank	Region	Illiteracy rate, age 15+
3	Oaxaca	9.39%
4	Veracruz	6.81%
5	Michoacan	5.54%
6	Puebla	5.37%
7	Hidalgo	5.00%
8	Campeche	4.71%
9	Yucatan	4.45%

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People with an educational lag (2024)

Puebla ranks 6 of 32, highest first. Mexico 18.6%

Rank	Region	People with an educational lag
3	Guerrero	28.3%
4	Veracruz	26.3%
5	Michoacan	25.7%
6	Puebla	22.7%
7	Guanajuato	21.1%
8	Campeche	20.5%
9	Yucatan	19.7%

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Adults (15+) with higher education (2025)

Puebla ranks 24 of 32, highest first. Mexico 24.5%

Rank	Region	Adults (15+) with higher education
21	Tabasco	23.0%
22	San Luis Potosi	22.7%
23	Tlaxcala	22.4%
24	Puebla	22.3%
25	Hidalgo	21.9%
26	Veracruz	21.2%
27	Zacatecas	20.8%

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School attendance, ages 15 to 29 (2025)

Puebla ranks 15 of 32, highest first. Mexico 34.4%

Rank	Region	School attendance, ages 15 to 29
12	Morelos	35.5%
13	Durango	35.0%
14	Campeche	35.0%
15	Puebla	34.9%
16	Veracruz	34.8%
17	Zacatecas	34.0%
18	Nayarit	34.0%

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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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