South Africa Youth Literacy Rate 2020s

Literacy rate among youth ages 15-24 · World Bank
96.90% decade average (2020-2029)

South Africa's youth literacy rate during the 2020s ranged from 96.70% (2021) to 97.17% (2024), averaging 96.90% over 3 years of data.

2020s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2021 96.70% −1.71pp 27th
2024 97.17% +0.47pp 16th
2025 96.84% −0.33pp 41st