List of China 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
Historical capitals
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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 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%