What share of adults in Zacatecas have a university education?

20.8% of people aged 15 and over in Zacatecas had higher education in 2025 (6th lowest of 32; Mexico 24.5%) and 20.7% had upper secondary as their highest level. 3.0% had no schooling (Mexico 3.9%).

What share of young people in Zacatecas attend school?

In 2025, 96.5% of children aged 6 to 14 in Zacatecas attended school (Mexico 96.0%), as did 75.9% of those aged 3 to 5 and 34.0% of young people aged 15 to 29 (16th lowest of 32 for that age group; Mexico 34.4%).

Education in Zacatecas, Mexico: official figures

People aged 15 and over in Zacatecas had completed 9.81 years of schooling on average in October 2025 (8th lowest of 32; Mexico 10.26), up from 9.25 at the 2020 census and 6.46 in 2000.

Average years of schooling, age 15+

9.8

2025

Do women or men have more schooling in Zacatecas?

In 2025 women aged 15 and over in Zacatecas averaged 9.98 years of schooling and men 9.61 (Mexico: women 10.19, men 10.34). In 2000 the figures were 6.42 and 6.50.

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What is the illiteracy rate in Zacatecas?

2.90% of people aged 15 and over in Zacatecas could not read and write in 2025, about 36,704 people (15th highest of 32; Mexico 3.69%), according to INEGI's 2025 intercensal survey.

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How many people in Zacatecas lack basic education?

18.8% of the people of Zacatecas had an educational lag in 2024, meaning they had not completed the schooling that was compulsory for their age group (11th highest of 32; Mexico 18.6%). The share was 19.3% in 2016.

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How Zacatecas compares with other states

Average years of schooling, age 15+ (2025)

Zacatecas ranks 25 of 32, highest first. Mexico 10.26

Rank	Region	Average years of schooling, age 15+
22	Campeche	10.10
23	San Luis Potosi	10.07
24	Hidalgo	9.97
25	Zacatecas	9.81
26	Puebla	9.74
27	Guanajuato	9.58
28	Veracruz	9.32

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Illiteracy rate, age 15+ (2025)

Zacatecas ranks 15 of 32, highest first. Mexico 3.69%

Rank	Region	Illiteracy rate, age 15+
12	Tabasco	3.94%
13	Nayarit	3.43%
14	Morelos	3.30%
15	Zacatecas	2.90%
16	Sinaloa	2.60%
17	Tlaxcala	2.58%
18	Queretaro	2.57%

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People with an educational lag (2024)

Zacatecas ranks 11 of 32, highest first. Mexico 18.6%

Rank	Region	People with an educational lag
8	Campeche	20.5%
9	Yucatan	19.7%
10	Jalisco	19.1%
11	Zacatecas	18.8%
12	San Luis Potosi	18.8%
13	Nayarit	18.4%
14	Hidalgo	18.0%

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Adults (15+) with higher education (2025)

Zacatecas ranks 27 of 32, highest first. Mexico 24.5%

Rank	Region	Adults (15+) with higher education
24	Puebla	22.3%
25	Hidalgo	21.9%
26	Veracruz	21.2%
27	Zacatecas	20.8%
28	Michoacan	19.9%
29	Guanajuato	18.6%
30	Guerrero	18.1%

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School attendance, ages 15 to 29 (2025)

Zacatecas ranks 17 of 32, highest first. Mexico 34.4%

Rank	Region	School attendance, ages 15 to 29
14	Campeche	35.0%
15	Puebla	34.9%
16	Veracruz	34.8%
17	Zacatecas	34.0%
18	Nayarit	34.0%
19	Aguascalientes	33.7%
20	Coahuila	33.4%

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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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