What share of adults in Quintana Roo have a university education?

23.1% of people aged 15 and over in Quintana Roo had higher education in 2025 (13th lowest of 32; Mexico 24.5%) and 32.2% had upper secondary as their highest level. 2.9% had no schooling (Mexico 3.9%).

What share of young people in Quintana Roo attend school?

In 2025, 95.4% of children aged 6 to 14 in Quintana Roo attended school (Mexico 96.0%), as did 60.2% of those aged 3 to 5 and 29.7% of young people aged 15 to 29 (2nd lowest of 32 for that age group; Mexico 34.4%).

Education in Quintana Roo, Mexico: official figures

People aged 15 and over in Quintana Roo had completed 10.64 years of schooling on average in October 2025 (tied for 9th highest of 32; Mexico 10.26), up from 10.24 at the 2020 census and 7.78 in 2000.

Average years of schooling, age 15+

10.6

2025

Do women or men have more schooling in Quintana Roo?

In 2025 women aged 15 and over in Quintana Roo averaged 10.56 years of schooling and men 10.72 (Mexico: women 10.19, men 10.34). In 2000 the figures were 7.45 and 8.09.

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What is the illiteracy rate in Quintana Roo?

2.30% of people aged 15 and over in Quintana Roo could not read and write in 2025, about 37,917 people (13th lowest of 32; Mexico 3.69%), according to INEGI's 2025 intercensal survey.

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How many people in Quintana Roo lack basic education?

16.0% of the people of Quintana Roo had an educational lag in 2024, meaning they had not completed the schooling that was compulsory for their age group (14th lowest of 32; Mexico 18.6%). The share was 16.0% in 2016.

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How Quintana Roo compares with other states

Average years of schooling, age 15+ (2025)

Quintana Roo ranks 9 of 32, highest first. Mexico 10.26

Rank	Region	Average years of schooling, age 15+
6	Queretaro	10.91
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

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Illiteracy rate, age 15+ (2025)

Quintana Roo ranks 20 of 32, highest first. Mexico 3.69%

Rank	Region	Illiteracy rate, age 15+
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%
23	Chihuahua	2.09%

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People with an educational lag (2024)

Quintana Roo ranks 19 of 32, highest first. Mexico 18.6%

Rank	Region	People with an educational lag
16	Durango	17.7%
17	Morelos	17.4%
18	Chihuahua	16.6%
19	Quintana Roo	16.0%
20	Sinaloa	15.5%
21	Tamaulipas	15.2%
22	Colima	15.0%

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Adults (15+) with higher education (2025)

Quintana Roo ranks 20 of 32, highest first. Mexico 24.5%

Rank	Region	Adults (15+) with higher education
17	Morelos	24.0%
18	Durango	23.3%
19	Baja California	23.3%
20	Quintana Roo	23.1%
21	Tabasco	23.0%
22	San Luis Potosi	22.7%
23	Tlaxcala	22.4%

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School attendance, ages 15 to 29 (2025)

Quintana Roo ranks 31 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%

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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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