What share of adults in Yucatan have a university education?

27.1% of people aged 15 and over in Yucatan had higher education in 2025 (8th highest of 32; Mexico 24.5%) and 24.3% had upper secondary as their highest level. 4.4% had no schooling (Mexico 3.9%).

What share of young people in Yucatan attend school?

In 2025, 97.3% of children aged 6 to 14 in Yucatan attended school (Mexico 96.0%), as did 81.9% of those aged 3 to 5 and 36.6% of young people aged 15 to 29 (7th highest of 32 for that age group; Mexico 34.4%).

Education in Yucatan, Mexico: official figures

People aged 15 and over in Yucatan had completed 10.29 years of schooling on average in October 2025 (tied for 13th lowest of 32; Mexico 10.26), up from 9.59 at the 2020 census and 6.84 in 2000.

Average years of schooling, age 15+

10.3

2025

Do women or men have more schooling in Yucatan?

In 2025 women aged 15 and over in Yucatan averaged 10.22 years of schooling and men 10.36 (Mexico: women 10.19, men 10.34). In 2000 the figures were 6.54 and 7.15.

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

What is the illiteracy rate in Yucatan?

4.45% of people aged 15 and over in Yucatan could not read and write in 2025, about 89,133 people (9th highest of 32; Mexico 3.69%), according to INEGI's 2025 intercensal survey.

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How many people in Yucatan lack basic education?

19.7% of the people of Yucatan had an educational lag in 2024, meaning they had not completed the schooling that was compulsory for their age group (9th highest of 32; Mexico 18.6%). The share was 21.7% in 2016.

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How Yucatan compares with other states

Average years of schooling, age 15+ (2025)

Yucatan ranks 20 of 32, highest first. Mexico 10.26

Rank	Region	Average years of schooling, age 15+
17	Tlaxcala	10.34
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

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

Illiteracy rate, age 15+ (2025)

Yucatan ranks 9 of 32, highest first. Mexico 3.69%

Rank	Region	Illiteracy rate, age 15+
6	Puebla	5.37%
7	Hidalgo	5.00%
8	Campeche	4.71%
9	Yucatan	4.45%
10	Guanajuato	4.10%
11	San Luis Potosi	4.00%
12	Tabasco	3.94%

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People with an educational lag (2024)

Yucatan ranks 9 of 32, highest first. Mexico 18.6%

Rank	Region	People with an educational lag
6	Puebla	22.7%
7	Guanajuato	21.1%
8	Campeche	20.5%
9	Yucatan	19.7%
10	Jalisco	19.1%
11	Zacatecas	18.8%
12	San Luis Potosi	18.8%

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

Adults (15+) with higher education (2025)

Yucatan ranks 8 of 32, highest first. Mexico 24.5%

Rank	Region	Adults (15+) with higher education
5	Aguascalientes	28.6%
6	Colima	28.4%
7	Sonora	27.9%
8	Yucatan	27.1%
9	Coahuila	27.0%
10	Baja California Sur	26.1%
11	Campeche	25.7%

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School attendance, ages 15 to 29 (2025)

Yucatan ranks 7 of 32, highest first. Mexico 34.4%

Rank	Region	School attendance, ages 15 to 29
4	Hidalgo	38.5%
5	Tabasco	38.2%
6	State of Mexico	37.9%
7	Yucatan	36.6%
8	Colima	36.3%
9	Tamaulipas	35.8%
10	Tlaxcala	35.7%

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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