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South Africa: Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes

61.87percent · 2024+9.8% since 2007

Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator LR.AG65T99. Annual figures for South Africa from 2007 to 2024.

20072024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202461.87
202159.14
201976.35
201669.15UIS_EST
201572.1
201470.88
201269.15
201167.68
201067.15
200967.9
200756.34

Source

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). Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-lr-ag65t99 (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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