List of Brazilian states by literacy rate

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The figures are based on the 2017 census by IBGE.^[1]

Brazilian states by literacy rate.

95-100%   90-94,9%   85-89,9%   80-84,9%

Rank	State	Literacy (%)	Comparable country (%)
1	Distrito Federal	97.4	Greece (97.4%)
2	Rio de Janeiro	97.3	Albania (97.3%)
3	Santa Catarina	97.2	Chile (97.2%)
3	São Paulo	97.2	Chile (97.2%)
5	Rio Grande do Sul	96.8	Singapore (96.8%)
6	Paraná	95.5	Portugal (95.5%)
7	Amapá	95	Turkey (95%)
8	Espírito Santo	93.8	Malta (93.8%)
9	Minas Gerais	93.7	Malta (93.8%)
10	Mato Grosso do Sul	93.7	Malta (93.8%)
11	Goiás	93.5	Lebanon (93.7%)
11	Mato Grosso	93.5	Lebanon (93.7%)
13	Roraima	93.4	Indonesia (93.4%)
14	Rondônia	93.3	Indonesia (93.4%)
15	Amazonas	93.1	Myanmar (93.1%)
–	Brazil	92.8	__
16	Pará	90.7	Libya (90.7%)
17	Tocantins	89.6	Mauritius (89.6%)
18	Pernambuco	87.2	El Salvador (87.2%)
19	Bahia	87	Iran (86.9%)
20	Acre	86.9	Iran (86.9%)
21	Rio Grande do Norte	85.3	Syria (85.3%)
21	Sergipe	85.3	Syria (85.3%)
23	Ceará	84.8	Burundi (84.8%)
24	Paraíba	83.7	Vanuatu (83.7%)
25	Maranhão	83.3	Gabon (83.2%)
26	Piauí	82.8	Nicaragua (82.8%)
27	Alagoas	80.6	Tunisia (80.6%)

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• Statoids data on Brazilian states
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