3-14  Illiterate Population Aged 15 and Over by Sex and Region (2011)
Data in this table are obtained from the 2011 National Sample Survey on Population Changes. The sampling fraction is 0.850‰.
Region
	Population	Male	Female	Illiterate	Male	Female	Percentage	Male	Female
	Aged 15			Population			of Illiterate
	and Over			(person)			Population to
	(person)						Total Aged 15
							and Over(%)
National Total	956619	484840	471779	49876	13240	36636	5.21	2.73	7.77
Beijing	15737	8012	7725	272	60	213	1.73	0.74	2.75
Tianjin	10344	5101	5243	251	60	192	2.43	1.17	3.66
Hebei	50971	26109	24862	1879	490	1388	3.69	1.88	5.58
Shanxi	25737	13139	12598	746	242	504	2.90	1.84	4.00
Inner Mongolia	18303	9081	9222	800	242	558	4.37	2.66	6.05
Liaoning	33193	16656	16537	757	197	560	2.28	1.18	3.38
Jilin	20501	10402	10099	458	143	315	2.24	1.38	3.12
Heilongjiang	28912	14474	14437	757	210	547	2.62	1.45	3.79
Shanghai	18394	9727	8667	442	87	356	2.40	0.89	4.10
Jiangsu	58720	28967	29753	2855	574	2281	4.86	1.98	7.67
Zhejiang	40789	19801	20988	2553	657	1896	6.26	3.32	9.04
Anhui	41801	20765	21036	3525	896	2630	8.43	4.31	12.50
Fujian	26774	13033	13740	1183	214	969	4.42	1.64	7.05
Jiangxi	30114	15532	14582	1115	249	866	3.70	1.60	5.94
Shandong	69550	34507	35043	4607	1147	3460	6.62	3.32	9.87
Henan	63576	32155	31421	3622	1017	2605	5.70	3.16	8.29
Hubei	42154	21402	20752	2469	596	1873	5.86	2.78	9.03
Hunan	46264	23459	22805	1959	541	1418	4.23	2.31	6.22
Guangdong	74285	39321	34964	2264	484	1780	3.05	1.23	5.09
Guangxi	30969	16127	14842	1261	283	978	4.07	1.76	6.59
Hainan	6003	3077	2926	290	64	226	4.82	2.07	7.73
Chongqing	20938	10616	10322	1043	298	745	4.98	2.81	7.22
Sichuan	57636	29278	28358	4156	1177	2978	7.21	4.02	10.50
Guizhou	22475	11793	10682	2751	723	2028	12.24	6.13	18.99
Yunnan	31821	16187	15633	2773	885	1888	8.71	5.47	12.08
Tibet	1994	1011	982	589	214	374	29.54	21.20	38.13
Shaanxi	27172	13772	13400	1410	461	950	5.19	3.35	7.09
Gansu	18211	9355	8856	1778	566	1212	9.77	6.05	13.69
Qinghai	3856	1929	1927	409	133	275	10.60	6.92	14.28
Ningxia	4320	2264	2056	362	110	252	8.37	4.86	12.23
Xinjiang	15107	7787	7320	541	221	320	3.58	2.83	4.37
a) Illiterate population in this table refers to the population aged 15 and over who are unable or have difficulty in reading.