List of Mexican states by literacy rate
 | This article needs to be updated. (April 2016) |
The following is the list of the literacy rate by states of Mexico as of 2005 and 2000.
Mexican states
| Mexican States by literacy rate 2005 (minors from 8 to 14 y/o)[1] | Mexican States by literacy rate 2000 (people over 15 y/o)[2] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | State | Total | Men | Women | Rank | State | Total | Men | Women |
| - |  United Mexican States
|
96.7% | 96.3% | 97.0% | - | United Mexican States
|
90.5% | 92.5% | 88.6% |
| 1 |  Federal District
|
98.8% | 98.7% | 98.9% | 1 | Federal District
|
97.0% | 98.2% | 95.9% |
| 2 |  Nuevo León
|
98.7% | 98.6% | 98.9% | 2 | Nuevo León
|
96.6% | 97.0% | 96.1% |
| 2 |  Coahuila
|
98.7% | 98.5% | 99.0% | 3 |  Baja California
|
96.3% | 96.8% | 95.8% |
| 4 |  Mexico State
|
98.6% | 98.5% | 98.7% | 4 | Coahuila
|
96.0% | 96.3% | 95.8% |
| 5 |  Aguascalientes
|
98.4% | 98.1% | 98.7% | 5 |  Baja California Sur
|
95.7% | 96.0% | 95.4% |
| 6 |  Tlaxcala
|
98.3% | 98.1% | 98.5% | 6 |  Sonora
|
95.5% | 95.5% | 95.5% |
| 7 | Sonora
|
98.0% | 97.7% | 98.4% | 7 | Aguascalientes
|
95.1% | 95.7% | 94.6% |
| 7 |  Sinaloa
|
98.0% | 97.6% | 98.3% | 7 |  Chihuahua
|
95.1% | 95.2% | 95.0% |
| 7 |  Tamaulipas
|
98.0% | 97.6% | 98.4% | 9 | Tamaulipas
|
94.8% | 95.4% | 94.2% |
| 7 |  Zacatecas
|
98.0% | 97.6% | 98.4% | 10 |  Durango
|
94.5% | 94.6% | 94.4% |
| 11 | Baja California
|
97.7% | 97.4% | 98.0% | 11 |  Jalisco
|
93.5% | 94.0% | 93.0% |
| 11 |  Morelos
|
97.7% | 97.3% | 98.1% | 11 | Mexico State
|
93.5% | 95.9% | 91.4% |
| 11 | Durango
|
97.7% | 97.4% | 98.1% | 13 |  Colima
|
92.7% | 93.0% | 92.6% |
| 11 | Baja California Sur
|
97.7% | 97.4% | 98.1% | 14 |  Quintana Roo
|
92.4% | 94.2% | 90.5% |
| 15 | Jalisco
|
97.6% | 97.2% | 98.0% | 15 | Tlaxcala
|
92.1% | 94.5% | 90.0% |
| 16 |  Querétaro
|
97.4% | 97.1% | 97.8% | 16 | Sinaloa
|
92.0% | 91.7% | 92.2% |
| 16 | Colima
|
97.4% | 96.9% | 98.0% | 16 | Zacatecas
|
92.0% | 92.4% | 91.5% |
| 18 |  Nayarit
|
97.3% | 97.1% | 97.6% | 18 | Nayarit
|
90.9% | 91.0% | 90.8% |
| 18 | Chihuahua
|
97.3% | 97.1% | 97.5% | 19 | Morelos
|
90.7% | 92.5% | 89.1% |
| 20 |  San Luis Potosí
|
97.1% | 96.6% | 97.7% | 20 |  Tabasco
|
90.2% | 92.7% | 87.9% |
| 21 |  Hidalgo
|
97.0% | 96.7% | 97.3% | 21 | Querétaro
|
90.1% | 92.9% | 87.7% |
| 21 |  Guanajuato
|
97.0% | 96.5% | 97.6% | 22 | San Luis Potosí
|
88.6% | 90.4% | 87.0% |
| 23 | Quintana Roo
|
96.8% | 96.5% | 97.1% | 23 |  Campeche
|
88.1% | 90.4% | 86.0% |
| 24 |  Yucatán
|
96.3% | 95.9% | 96.6% | 24 | Guanajuato
|
87.9% | 90.1% | 86.0% |
| 25 | Tabasco
|
96.1% | 95.5% | 96.7% | 25 | Yucatán
|
87.6% | 89.9% | 85.4% |
| 26 |  Michoacán
|
95.9% | 95.3% | 96.7% | 26 | Michoacán
|
86.0% | 87.2% | 84.9% |
| 27 |  Puebla
|
95.7% | 95.4% | 96.1% | 27 | Puebla
|
85.3% | 89.5% | 81.8% |
| 28 | Campeche
|
95.4% | 95.0% | 95.9% | 28 |  Veracruz
|
85.1% | 88.3% | 82.2% |
| 29 | Veracruz
|
95.0% | 94.5% | 95.5% | 29 | Hidalgo
|
85.0% | 88.3% | 82.1% |
| 30 |  Oaxaca
|
93.5% | 93.0% | 94.0% | 30 | Oaxaca
|
78.4% | 84.4% | 73.2% |
| 31 |  Guerrero
|
91.4% | 90.9% | 92.0% | 30 | Guerrero
|
78.4% | 82.4% | 74.8% |
| 32 |  Chiapas
|
90.4% | 90.5% | 90.2% | 32 | Chiapas
|
77.0% | 83.2% | 71.0% |