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South Africa: Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity index

0.86parity index (1 = parity) · 2024+7.5% since 2007

Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator LR.AG65T99.GPIA. Annual figures for South Africa from 2007 to 2024.

20072024

Every year

YearValue (parity index (1 = parity))Note
20240.86
20210.81
20190.91
20161UIS_EST
20150.88
20140.87
20120.87
20110.87
20100.86
20090.87
20070.8

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, adjusted gender parity index. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-lr-ag65t99-gpia (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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