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South Africa: Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes

92.60percent · 2024+4.1% since 2007

Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator LR.AG25T64. Annual figures for South Africa from 2007 to 2024.

20072024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202492.6
202191.27
201995.99
201692.96UIS_EST
201595.08
201494.83
201294.22
201193.41
201093.04
200993.09
200788.97

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Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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UIS (2026). Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-lr-ag25t64 (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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