List of China administrative divisions by illiteracy rate

Province-level Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China by:
Area
Population
Population density
GDP
GDP per capita
HDI
Highest point
Natural growth rate
Life expectancy
Illiteracy rate
Historical capitals

This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China (P.R.C.), including all provinces, autonomous regions, special administrative regions and municipalities, in order of their officially reported illiteracy rate for people aged 15 and above in 2004.

Taiwan province, which is factually under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China (R.O.C.) on Taiwan, is given for comparison purposes.

The figures are from the 2005 Yearbook published by the Bureau of Statistics of the PRC. The Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan figures are 2005 figures from the CIA World Factbook.

1	Jilin	3.85%
	Taiwan	3.9%
2	Liaoning	4.36%
3	Beijing	4.48%
4	Heilongjiang	4.81%
5	Tianjin	5.39%
6	Macau	5.5%
7	Shanxi	5.75%
8	Hong Kong	6.5%
9	Shanghai	6.54%
10	Hebei	6.76%
11	Guangdong	6.92%
12	Xinjiang	7.05%
13	Hainan	7.35%
14	Hunan	7.44%
15	Henan	8.08%
16	Guangxi	8.09%
17	Jiangxi	9.06%
18	Inner Mongolia	10.46%
19	Shaanxi	10.56%
20	Hubei	11.47%
21	Sichuan	11.53%
22	Chongqing	12.28%
23	Shandong	12.56%
24	Jiangsu	13.15%
25	Zhejiang	13.4%
26	Anhui	15.08%
27	Fujian	15.25%
28	Ningxia	15.65%
29	Yunnan	16.37%
30	Guizhou	16.98%
31	Gansu	19.42%
32	Qinghai	22.08%
33	Tibet	44.03%

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