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South Africa Youth Literacy Rate 2010s

Name: South Africa Youth Literacy Rate 2010s
Creator: World Bank
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Literacy rate among youth ages 15-24 · World Bank

98.47% decade average (2010-2019)

South Africa's youth literacy rate during the 2010s ranged from 96.71% (2016) to 98.96% (2015), averaging 98.47% over 7 years of data.

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2010s Data▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2010	98.64%	+0.27pp	14th
2011	98.79%	+0.15pp	26th
2012	98.88%	+0.09pp	17th
2014	98.88%	+0.00pp	15th
2015	98.96%	+0.08pp	16th
2016	96.71%	−2.25pp	30th
2019	98.41%	+1.70pp	30th