What share of adults in Tabasco have a university education?

23.0% of people aged 15 and over in Tabasco had higher education in 2025 (12th lowest of 32; Mexico 24.5%) and 28.4% had upper secondary as their highest level. 3.5% had no schooling (Mexico 3.9%).

What share of young people in Tabasco attend school?

In 2025, 97.2% of children aged 6 to 14 in Tabasco attended school (Mexico 96.0%), as did 83.6% of those aged 3 to 5 and 38.2% of young people aged 15 to 29 (5th highest of 32 for that age group; Mexico 34.4%).

Education in Tabasco, Mexico: official figures

People aged 15 and over in Tabasco had completed 10.20 years of schooling on average in October 2025 (12th lowest of 32; Mexico 10.26), up from 9.69 at the 2020 census and 7.16 in 2000.

Average years of schooling, age 15+

10.2

2025

Do women or men have more schooling in Tabasco?

In 2025 women aged 15 and over in Tabasco averaged 10.08 years of schooling and men 10.35 (Mexico: women 10.19, men 10.34). In 2000 the figures were 6.82 and 7.51.

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What is the illiteracy rate in Tabasco?

3.94% of people aged 15 and over in Tabasco could not read and write in 2025, about 75,766 people (12th highest of 32; Mexico 3.69%), according to INEGI's 2025 intercensal survey.

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How many people in Tabasco lack basic education?

17.9% of the people of Tabasco had an educational lag in 2024, meaning they had not completed the schooling that was compulsory for their age group (15th highest of 32; Mexico 18.6%). The share was 17.6% in 2016.

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How Tabasco compares with other states

Average years of schooling, age 15+ (2025)

Tabasco ranks 21 of 32, highest first. Mexico 10.26

Rank	Region	Average years of schooling, age 15+
18	Nayarit	10.31
19	Jalisco	10.29
20	Yucatan	10.29
21	Tabasco	10.20
22	Campeche	10.10
23	San Luis Potosi	10.07
24	Hidalgo	9.97

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

Illiteracy rate, age 15+ (2025)

Tabasco ranks 12 of 32, highest first. Mexico 3.69%

Rank	Region	Illiteracy rate, age 15+
9	Yucatan	4.45%
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%

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People with an educational lag (2024)

Tabasco ranks 15 of 32, highest first. Mexico 18.6%

Rank	Region	People with an educational lag
12	San Luis Potosi	18.8%
13	Nayarit	18.4%
14	Hidalgo	18.0%
15	Tabasco	17.9%
16	Durango	17.7%
17	Morelos	17.4%
18	Chihuahua	16.6%

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Adults (15+) with higher education (2025)

Tabasco ranks 21 of 32, highest first. Mexico 24.5%

Rank	Region	Adults (15+) with higher education
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%
24	Puebla	22.3%

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School attendance, ages 15 to 29 (2025)

Tabasco ranks 5 of 32, highest first. Mexico 34.4%

Rank	Region	School attendance, ages 15 to 29
2	Sinaloa	40.2%
3	Sonora	38.8%
4	Hidalgo	38.5%
5	Tabasco	38.2%
6	State of Mexico	37.9%
7	Yucatan	36.6%
8	Colima	36.3%

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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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