List of Brazilian states by literacy rate
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The figures are based on the 2010 census by IBGE.
Rank | State | Illiteracy (%) | Comparable country (%) |
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1 | Distrito Federal | 1.08 | ![]() |
2 | Santa Catarina | 1.15 | ![]() |
3 | Rio de Janeiro | 1.75 | ![]() |
4 | São Paulo | 2.10 | ![]() |
5 | Rio Grande do Sul | 3.47 | ![]() |
6 | Paraná | 4.55 | ![]() |
7 | Mato Grosso do Sul | 8.59 | ![]() |
8 | Goiás | 8.77 | ![]() |
9 | Espírito Santo | 8.84 | ![]() |
10 | Minas Gerais | 8.86 | ![]() |
11 | Mato Grosso | 8.88 | ![]() |
12 | Amapá | 8.89 | ![]() |
13 | Rondônia | 8.97 | ![]() |
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9.49 | __ |
14 | Amazonas | 9.82 | ![]() |
15 | Roraima | 10.18 | ![]() |
16 | Pará | 11.69 | ![]() |
17 | Tocantins | 12.02 | ![]() |
18 | Acre | 14.83 | ![]() |
19 | Bahia | 16.71 | ![]() |
- | Brasilia | 17.32 | ![]() |
20 | Pernambuco | 17.66 | ![]() |
21 | Sergipe | 17.89 | ![]() |
22 | Ceará | 18.23 | ![]() |
23 | Rio Grande do Norte | 20.16 | ![]() |
24 | Maranhão | 26.7 | ![]() |
25 | Paraíba | 36.8 | ![]() |
26 | Piauí | 40.4 | ![]() |
27 | Alagoas | 45.9 | ![]() |
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