Education in Quiche, Guatemala: official figures

64.5% of people aged 15 and over in Quiche could read and write in the 2018 census (national: 80.8%), the lowest of 22 departments.

Literacy rate, age 15+ (census 2018)

64.5%

2018

What is the male literacy rate in Quiche?

Among men aged 15 and over in Quiche, 72.7% were literate in 2018 (national: 85.3%).

Among women aged 15 and over in Quiche, 57.4% were literate in 2018 (national: 76.7%), the lowest of 22 departments.

Men's literacy in Quiche was 15.3 percentage points higher than women's in the 2018 census (national: 8.6), 3rd widest gap of 22.

205,972 people aged 15 and over in Quiche could not read or write in 2018, 10.8% of the 1,905,223 nationally; the illiteracy rate was 35.5%.

Women make up 64.4% of the adults who cannot read or write in Quiche (2018 census), compared with 63.8% nationally.

Quiche ranks 22 of 22, highest first.

Rank	Region	Literacy rate, age 15 and over (census)
16	Baja Verapaz	73.7%
17	Chiquimula	73.1%
18	Solola	71.9%
19	Totonicapan	71.8%
20	Huehuetenango	70.5%
21	Alta Verapaz	66.2%
22	Quiche	64.5%

Quiche ranks 22 of 22, highest first.

Rank	Region	Women's literacy rate, age 15 and over (census)
16	Chiquimula	71.7%
17	Baja Verapaz	67.9%
18	Solola	66.4%
19	Totonicapan	64.9%
20	Huehuetenango	64.0%
21	Alta Verapaz	58.6%
22	Quiche	57.4%

Quiche ranks 3 of 22, highest first.

Rank	Region	Gap between men's and women's literacy (census, percentage points)
1	Alta Verapaz	15.5 pts
2	Totonicapan	15.5 pts
3	Quiche	15.3 pts
4	Huehuetenango	14.3 pts
5	Baja Verapaz	12.2 pts
6	Solola	11.9 pts
7	San Marcos	11.0 pts

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