List of Chinese administrative divisions by illiteracy rate

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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
Tax Revenues
Historical capitals
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According to the UNDP Human Development Report 2007/2008 in 2005 the overall illiteracy rate in the People's Republic of China was 9.1 %.^[1] In the different regions the illiteracy rate varies considerably, though. The following 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.

Rank	Name	%
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%