List of Brazilian states by literacy rate

The figures are based on the 2010 census by IBGE.

Brazilian states by illiteracy rate.
  below 4.5%
  4.5 to 9.0%
  9.0 to 13.5%
  13.5 to 18.0%
  above 18.0%
Rank State Illiteracy (%) Comparable country (%)
1 Distrito Federal 3.25  Albania (3,7%)
2 Santa Catarina 3.86  Qatar (3.7%)
3 Rio de Janeiro 4.09  San Marino (4%)
3 São Paulo 4.09  San Marino (4%)
5 Rio Grande do Sul 4.24  Portugal (4.6%)
6 Paraná 5.77  Thailand (5.9%)
7 Mato Grosso do Sul 7.05  Mexico (7.2%)
8 Goiás 7.32  Colombia (7.3%)
9 Espírito Santo 7.52  Malta (7.6%)
10 Minas Gerais 7.66  Malta (7.6%)
11 Mato Grosso 7.82  Indonesia (8%)
12 Amapá 7.89  Indonesia (8%)
13 Rondônia 7.93  Indonesia (8%)
 Brazil 9.02
14 Amazonas 9.60  Suriname (9.6%)
15 Roraima 9.69  Vietnam (9.7%)
16 Pará 11.23  Turkey (11.3%)
17 Tocantins 11.88  Dominica (12.0%)
18 Acre 15.19  Saudi Arabia (15%)
19 Bahia 15.39  Saudi Arabia (15%)
20 Pernambuco 16.73  Syria (16.9%)
21 Sergipe 16.98  Botswana (17.1%)
22 Ceará 17.19  Botswana (17.1%)
23 Rio Grande do Norte 17.38  Iran (17.6%)
24 Maranhão 19.31  Republic of the Congo (18.9%)
25 Paraíba 20.20  Swaziland (20.4%)
26 Piauí 21.14  Vanuatu (21.9%)
27 Alagoas 22.52  Tunisia (22.3%)

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