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South Africa Literacy Rate 2010s

Adult literacy rate · World Bank
93.57% decade average (2010-2019)

South Africa's literacy rate during the 2010s ranged from 91.74% (2016) to 95.02% (2019), averaging 93.57% over 7 years of data.

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2010s Data▾
YearValueChangeRank
2010 92.88% −0.01pp 21st
2011 93.10% +0.22pp 31st
2012 93.73% +0.63pp 16th
2014 94.14% +0.41pp 17th
2015 94.37% +0.23pp 16th
2016 91.74% −2.63pp 27th
2019 95.02% +3.28pp 22nd
Source: World Bank (SE.ADT.LITR.ZS)
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