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Mexico: Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, both sexes

4.44Mcount · 2020-11.5% since 2009

Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, both sexes (number). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator ILLPOP.AG15T99. Annual figures for Mexico from 2000 to 2020.

20002020

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
20204,440,204
20184,180,086
20174,475,052
20164,504,809
20154,769,233
20144,609,929
20135,026,959
20124,704,544
20115,195,063NAT_EST
20105,435,651
20095,017,557
20085,284,549
20075,262,531
20065,909,293
20055,894,692
20046,229,914
20026,426,955
20006,009,523

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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UIS (2026). Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-illpop-ag15t99 (accessed 2026-11-13). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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