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LITERACY RATE IN South Africa

South Africa rises the literacy rate

According to UNESCO South Africa it has an adult literacy rate of 95.02%. While the male literacy rate is 95.55%, for females is 94.53%.

Compared to the rest of countries is number 73º in the ranking of literacy rate.

The literacy rate, has increased in recent years.

Here we show you literacy rate in South Africa. You can see also:

South Africa - Literacy rate
DateAdult literacy rate femaleAdult literacy rate maleAdult literacy rateAdult literacy rate 15-24 femaleAdult literacy rate 15-24 maleAdult literacy rate 15-24
201994.53%95.55%95.02%98.83%97.99%98.41%
201786.46%87.68%87.05%96.88%93.76%95.32%
201593.41%95.40%94.37%99.23%98.68%98.96%
201493.07%95.29%94.14%99.08%98.68%98.88%
201292.59%94.96%93.73%99.27%98.50%98.88%
201192.05%94.25%93.10%99.15%98.43%98.79%
201091.71%94.14%92.88%98.90%98.39%98.64%
200991.77%94.12%92.89%98.82%97.92%98.37%
200787.04%90.72%88.72%98.09%97.05%97.57%
199680.93%84.07%82.40%94.29%93.50%93.91%
198074.81%77.53%76.20%84.97%85.35%85.17%
South Africa - Literacy rate
South Africa - Literacy rate