What share of adults in Tlaxcala have a university education?

22.4% of people aged 15 and over in Tlaxcala had higher education in 2025 (10th lowest of 32; Mexico 24.5%) and 26.8% had upper secondary as their highest level. 2.6% had no schooling (Mexico 3.9%).

What share of young people in Tlaxcala attend school?

In 2025, 97.9% of children aged 6 to 14 in Tlaxcala attended school (Mexico 96.0%), as did 74.4% of those aged 3 to 5 and 35.7% of young people aged 15 to 29 (10th highest of 32 for that age group; Mexico 34.4%).

Education in Tlaxcala, Mexico: official figures

People aged 15 and over in Tlaxcala had completed 10.34 years of schooling on average in October 2025 (tied for 16th highest of 32; Mexico 10.26), up from 9.83 at the 2020 census and 7.63 in 2000.

Average years of schooling, age 15+

10.3

2025

Do women or men have more schooling in Tlaxcala?

In 2025 women aged 15 and over in Tlaxcala averaged 10.29 years of schooling and men 10.40 (Mexico: women 10.19, men 10.34). In 2000 the figures were 7.37 and 7.92.

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What is the illiteracy rate in Tlaxcala?

2.58% of people aged 15 and over in Tlaxcala could not read and write in 2025, about 28,383 people (16th lowest of 32; Mexico 3.69%), according to INEGI's 2025 intercensal survey.

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How many people in Tlaxcala lack basic education?

14.3% of the people of Tlaxcala had an educational lag in 2024, meaning they had not completed the schooling that was compulsory for their age group (6th lowest of 32; Mexico 18.6%). The share was 14.2% in 2016.

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How Tlaxcala compares with other states

Average years of schooling, age 15+ (2025)

Tlaxcala ranks 17 of 32, highest first. Mexico 10.26

Rank	Region	Average years of schooling, age 15+
14	Chihuahua	10.51
15	Morelos	10.35
16	Durango	10.34
17	Tlaxcala	10.34
18	Nayarit	10.31
19	Jalisco	10.29
20	Yucatan	10.29

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

Illiteracy rate, age 15+ (2025)

Tlaxcala ranks 17 of 32, highest first. Mexico 3.69%

Rank	Region	Illiteracy rate, age 15+
14	Morelos	3.30%
15	Zacatecas	2.90%
16	Sinaloa	2.60%
17	Tlaxcala	2.58%
18	Queretaro	2.57%
19	Colima	2.53%
20	Quintana Roo	2.30%

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People with an educational lag (2024)

Tlaxcala ranks 27 of 32, highest first. Mexico 18.6%

Rank	Region	People with an educational lag
24	Queretaro	14.5%
25	Baja California	14.5%
26	State of Mexico	14.4%
27	Tlaxcala	14.3%
28	Sonora	13.7%
29	Baja California Sur	13.4%
30	Nuevo Leon	13.3%

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Adults (15+) with higher education (2025)

Tlaxcala ranks 23 of 32, highest first. Mexico 24.5%

Rank	Region	Adults (15+) with higher education
20	Quintana Roo	23.1%
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%

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School attendance, ages 15 to 29 (2025)

Tlaxcala ranks 10 of 32, highest first. Mexico 34.4%

Rank	Region	School attendance, ages 15 to 29
7	Yucatan	36.6%
8	Colima	36.3%
9	Tamaulipas	35.8%
10	Tlaxcala	35.7%
11	Chihuahua	35.6%
12	Morelos	35.5%
13	Durango	35.0%

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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