Mexico: literacy status by state

As of March 2020, around 4.46 million Mexicans over 15 years of age were unable to write or read, approximately 4.74 percent. Mexico State, the federal entity with the highest share of the population, also registered the highest number of literate people with over 12 million.

Number of people according to their literacy situation in Mexico in 2020, by state (in millions)

Characteristic	Literate	Illiterate	Non-specified
Mexico State	12,458.14	372.45	31.53
Mexico City	7,408.11	107.44	31.99
Jalisco	6,003.12	179.01	10.97
Veracruz	5,574.45	517.8	5.96
Puebla	4,457	334.18	5.73
Nuevo León	4,301.25	63.98	19.63
Guanajuato	4,272.11	238.84	8.24
Chiapas	3,229.58	512.72	3.61
Michoacán	3,197.44	242.34	7.21
Baja California	2,817.6	52.5	12.4
Chihuahua	2,710.84	73.22	7.85
Oaxaca	2,621.26	351.51	3.01
Tamaulipas	2,576.05	68.2	6.3
Coahuila	2,269.84	38.61	7.89
Sinaloa	2,194.19	80.9	2.73
Guerrero	2,178.01	310.33	2.97
Sonora	2,168.69	44.13	5.44
Hidalgo	2,133.85	151.31	3.06
San Luis Potosí	1,984.71	104.79	4.37
Querétaro	1,713.15	61.73	3.3
Tabasco	1,657.43	88.86	1.8
Yucatán	1,657.11	105.7	3.03
Morelos	1,432.77	66.66	2.59
Quintana Roo	1,333.3	42.22	4.04
Durango	1,276.89	35.78	2.9
Zacatecas	1,115.85	43.58	2.05
Aguascalientes	1,015.43	21.91	1.57
Tlaxcala	940.11	32.61	1.41
Nayarit	861.5	40.46	1.45
Campeche	642	39.99	0.96
Baja California Sur	582.16	13.93	1.47
Colima	536.78	18.73	0.75

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Release date

2022

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Region

Mexico

Survey time period

As of March 2020

Age group

15 years and older

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Literacy status. Situation that distinguishes people aged 15 and over as literate (People who state they know how to read and write a message) and illiterate (Person who does not know how to read and write a message).

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