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There are 26 States of Brazil, or Estados in Portuguese, which are the federal states of Brazil, plus the Federal District which holds the capital city, Brasília. The second number in bold corresponds to the map. This and the below figures are based on 2003 estimate data.
Brazilian states by literacy rate.
| Literacy of the states (2004) |
| Rank |
State |
Illiteracy rate |
| 1 |
Distrito Federal |
3,1% |
| 2 |
Rio de Janeiro |
3,6% |
| 3 |
Amapá |
3,8%[1] |
| 4 |
Santa Catarina |
4,2% |
| 5 |
São Paulo |
4,2% |
| 6 |
Rio Grande do Sul |
4,3% |
| 7 |
Paraná |
5,3% |
| 8 |
Amazonas |
6,1%[1] |
| 9 |
Roraima |
6,1%[1] |
| 10 |
Mato Grosso do Sul |
6,8% |
| 11 |
Mato Grosso |
7,2% |
| 12 |
Minas Gerais |
7,4% |
| 13 |
Espírito Santo |
7,8% |
| 14 |
Goiás |
7,8% |
| 15 |
Rondônia |
8,5% |
| 16 |
Pará |
9,9% |
| 17 |
Tocantins |
11,7% |
| 18 |
Acre |
13,6% |
| 19 |
Sergipe |
14,7% |
| 20 |
Bahia |
15% |
| 21 |
Pernambuco |
15,1% |
| 22 |
Ceará |
16,6% |
| 23 |
Rio Grande do Norte |
17,9% |
| 24 |
Maranhão |
17,9% |
| 25 |
Paraíba |
18,6% |
| 26 |
Alagoas |
20,8% |
| 27 |
Piauí |
21,2% |
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