3-13 Illiterate Population Aged 15 and Over by Sex and Region (2009)
Data in this table are obtained from the 2009 National Sample Survey on Population Changes. The sampling fraction is 0.873‰.
Region
	Population			Illiterate			Percentage
	Aged 15	Male	Female	Population	Male	Female	of Illiterate	Male	Female
	and Over			(person)			Population to
	(person)						Total Aged 15
							and Over(%)
National Total	968469	484277	484192	68795	18202	50593	7.10	3.76	10.45
Beijing	13599	6907	6692	374	71	303	2.75	1.03	4.53
Tianjin	9419	4738	4681	289	57	232	3.07	1.20	4.96
Hebei	51969	26120	25849	2538	672	1867	4.88	2.57	7.22
Shanxi	25137	12773	12364	1027	286	740	4.08	2.24	5.99
Inner Mongolia	18440	9394	9045	1382	398	984	7.49	4.24	10.88
Liaoning	34186	17054	17132	1094	298	796	3.20	1.75	4.65
Jilin	21386	10902	10484	733	237	496	3.43	2.17	4.73
Heilongjiang	29864	15076	14788	1328	376	952	4.45	2.49	6.44
Shanghai	15544	7674	7869	592	104	487	3.81	1.36	6.19
Jiangsu	59013	28572	30442	4275	919	3356	7.24	3.22	11.03
Zhejiang	39175	19636	19539	3156	715	2440	8.06	3.64	12.49
Anhui	44116	22139	21977	5889	1649	4240	13.35	7.45	19.29
Fujian	26616	13105	13510	2255	513	1743	8.47	3.91	12.90
Jiangxi	30564	15095	15469	1515	318	1197	4.96	2.11	7.74
Shandong	70735	35197	35538	5302	1301	4001	7.50	3.70	11.26
Henan	67885	33335	34550	4475	1315	3159	6.59	3.95	9.14
Hubei	43505	21951	21554	3399	944	2455	7.81	4.30	11.39
Hunan	47036	23660	23376	2372	593	1779	5.04	2.50	7.61
Guangdong	70246	34811	35435	2548	490	2058	3.63	1.41	5.81
Guangxi	33769	17446	16324	1708	401	1307	5.06	2.30	8.01
Hainan	6053	3182	2871	472	105	367	7.80	3.30	12.78
Chongqing	20635	10170	10465	1471	434	1036	7.13	4.27	9.90
Sichuan	59999	29753	30246	5503	1463	4040	9.17	4.92	13.36
Guizhou	25403	12941	12462	3357	826	2530	13.21	6.39	20.30
Yunnan	31760	16375	15385	4363	1335	3028	13.74	8.15	19.68
Tibet	2051	1002	1049	812	316	496	39.60	31.58	47.26
Shaanxi	28199	14063	14136	2030	632	1398	7.20	4.49	9.89
Gansu	18985	9520	9465	3026	955	2071	15.94	10.03	21.88
Qinghai	3899	1944	1955	575	151	423	14.73	7.79	21.63
Ningxia	4328	2188	2140	428	128	300	9.89	5.86	14.01
Xinjiang	14954	7555	7399	509	199	311	3.40	2.63	4.20
a) Illiterate population in this table refers to the population aged 15 and over who are unable or have difficulty in reading.