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%)

References

External links

• Statoids data on Brazilian states