What share of adults in Tamaulipas have a university education?

25.2% of people aged 15 and over in Tamaulipas had higher education in 2025 (12th highest of 32; Mexico 24.5%) and 27.2% had upper secondary as their highest level. 2.6% had no schooling (Mexico 3.9%).

What share of young people in Tamaulipas attend school?

In 2025, 96.5% of children aged 6 to 14 in Tamaulipas attended school (Mexico 96.0%), as did 61.9% of those aged 3 to 5 and 35.8% of young people aged 15 to 29 (9th highest of 32 for that age group; Mexico 34.4%).

Education in Tamaulipas, Mexico: official figures

People aged 15 and over in Tamaulipas had completed 10.54 years of schooling on average in October 2025 (13th highest of 32; Mexico 10.26), up from 10.09 at the 2020 census and 8.04 in 2000.

Average years of schooling, age 15+

10.5

2025

Do women or men have more schooling in Tamaulipas?

In 2025 women aged 15 and over in Tamaulipas averaged 10.53 years of schooling and men 10.55 (Mexico: women 10.19, men 10.34). In 2000 the figures were 7.89 and 8.19.

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What is the illiteracy rate in Tamaulipas?

2.02% of people aged 15 and over in Tamaulipas could not read and write in 2025, about 57,414 people (8th lowest of 32; Mexico 3.69%), according to INEGI's 2025 intercensal survey.

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How many people in Tamaulipas lack basic education?

15.2% of the people of Tamaulipas had an educational lag in 2024, meaning they had not completed the schooling that was compulsory for their age group (12th lowest of 32; Mexico 18.6%). The share was 15.5% in 2016.

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How Tamaulipas compares with other states

Average years of schooling, age 15+ (2025)

Tamaulipas ranks 13 of 32, highest first. Mexico 10.26

Rank	Region	Average years of schooling, age 15+
10	Colima	10.64
11	State of Mexico	10.60
12	Baja California	10.60
13	Tamaulipas	10.54
14	Chihuahua	10.51
15	Morelos	10.35
16	Durango	10.34

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

Illiteracy rate, age 15+ (2025)

Tamaulipas ranks 25 of 32, highest first. Mexico 3.69%

Rank	Region	Illiteracy rate, age 15+
22	Jalisco	2.20%
23	Chihuahua	2.09%
24	Durango	2.09%
25	Tamaulipas	2.02%
26	Baja California Sur	1.88%
27	Sonora	1.49%
28	Aguascalientes	1.48%

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People with an educational lag (2024)

Tamaulipas ranks 21 of 32, highest first. Mexico 18.6%

Rank	Region	People with an educational lag
18	Chihuahua	16.6%
19	Quintana Roo	16.0%
20	Sinaloa	15.5%
21	Tamaulipas	15.2%
22	Colima	15.0%
23	Aguascalientes	15.0%
24	Queretaro	14.5%

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Adults (15+) with higher education (2025)

Tamaulipas ranks 12 of 32, highest first. Mexico 24.5%

Rank	Region	Adults (15+) with higher education
9	Coahuila	27.0%
10	Baja California Sur	26.1%
11	Campeche	25.7%
12	Tamaulipas	25.2%
13	Chihuahua	24.6%
14	Nayarit	24.5%
15	State of Mexico	24.4%

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School attendance, ages 15 to 29 (2025)

Tamaulipas ranks 9 of 32, highest first. Mexico 34.4%

Rank	Region	School attendance, ages 15 to 29
6	State of Mexico	37.9%
7	Yucatan	36.6%
8	Colima	36.3%
9	Tamaulipas	35.8%
10	Tlaxcala	35.7%
11	Chihuahua	35.6%
12	Morelos	35.5%

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

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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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