1-9    Illiterate population aged 15 and over by sex and region
Unit:person,%
Region Population Aged 15 and Over Illiterate Population Proportion of Illiterate Population to Population Aged 15 and Over
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Total 1111488248 562534596 548953652 54190864 14178921 40011943 4.88 2.52 7.29
Beijing 17924931 9235996 8688935 333098 72558 260540 1.86 0.79 3.00
Tianjin 11671125 6233160 5437965 271390 61570 209820 2.33 0.99 3.86
Hebei 59761172 29949767 29811405 1877395 472817 1404578 3.14 1.58 4.71
Shanxi 29606085 15144129 14461956 762030 224158 537872 2.57 1.48 3.72
Inner Mongolia 21229860 11020957 10208903 1004468 296627 707841 4.73 2.69 6.93
Liaoning 38749346 19516240 19233106 843695 214878 628817 2.18 1.10 3.27
Jilin 24161300 12175242 11986058 526915 164072 362843 2.18 1.35 3.03
Heilongjiang 33739550 17035262 16704288 789231 236863 552368 2.34 1.39 3.31
Shanghai 21036337 10797607 10238730 631363 120720 510643 3.00 1.12 4.99
Jiangsu 68427457 34038858 34388599 2982959 628653 2354306 4.36 1.85 6.85
Zhejiang 47237816 24135469 23102347 3057101 792161 2264940 6.47 3.28 9.80
Anhui 48924332 24393137 24531195 4843797 1313350 3530447 9.90 5.38 14.39
Fujian 31188519 15851739 15336780 899849 170160 729689 2.89 1.07 4.76
Jiangxi 34805564 17491580 17313984 1400042 300516 1099526 4.02 1.72 6.35
Shandong 80718510 40298252 40420258 4757257 1150538 3606719 5.89 2.86 8.92
Henan 74282621 36472067 37810554 3991461 1079950 2911511 5.37 2.96 7.70
Hubei 49273919 24975932 24297987 2619054 640893 1978161 5.32 2.57 8.14
Hunan 54124247 27438917 26685330 1754339 450640 1303699 3.24 1.64 4.89
Guangdong 86716429 44698591 42017838 2087720 395037 1692683 2.41 0.88 4.03
Guangxi 36032940 18500892 17532048 1247701 259452 988249 3.46 1.40 5.64
Hainan 6956142 3630278 3325864 352636 74911 277725 5.07 2.06 8.35
Chongqing 23942810 12009241 11933569 1215197 332012 883185 5.08 2.76 7.40
Sichuan 66770405 33632003 33138402 4376381 1270508 3105873 6.55 3.78 9.37
Guizhou 25970314 13184516 12785798 2959444 752519 2206925 11.40 5.71 17.26
Yunnan 36439974 18816485 17623489 2768143 830107 1938036 7.60 4.41 11.00
Tibet 2270481 1169099 1101382 733220 283161 450059 32.29 24.22 40.86
Shaanxi 31837984 16305991 15531993 1397847 404068 993779 4.39 2.48 6.40
Ganxu 20931128 10580564 10350564 2222201 687685 1534516 10.62 6.50 14.83
Qinghai 4449617 2304300 2145317 575773 185347 390426 12.94 8.04 18.20
Ningxia 4953320 2520725 2432595 387178 113808 273370 7.82 4.51 11.24
Xinjiang 17354013 8977600 8376413 521979 199182 322797 3.01 2.22 3.85