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Education & training

South Africa · Adult literacy

Share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short simple statement on their everyday life. Published for the countries where it is still an issue.
91.2%
2024
+1.2 ptsvs 2021
min 88.7 2007max 95.0 2019
%
Range
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Source: World Bank, UNESCO Institute for Statistics (via the WDI)· Data 2024
People aged 15+Upd. 10/2026Y-axis truncated
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