South Africa Youth Literacy Rate 2010s

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.

2010s Data
YearValueChangeRank
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