Explore the literacy rate of adults aged 15 and above in South Africa with data from The World Bank.

Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life. South Africa literacy rate for 2021 was 90.00% , a 5.02% decline from 2019.

Most of the countries with the lowest literacy are located in South Asia, West Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa—regions which also include most of the poorest countries in the world. There is also a gender gap in literacy: Of the roughly 781 million adults worldwide who cannot read or write, nearly two-thirds are female.

2023年2月7日 · Basic literacy among children in South Africa has declined, a new report from the 2030 Reading Panel has found. Most children leave grade one without knowing the alphabet, while 82% of grade 4 children cannot read for meaning. Only the Western Cape and Gauteng are taking steps to address the literacy crisis.

2025年1月6日 · Over 925 thousand children were not enrolled in 2020. This increase is likely due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The gender parity index in youth literacy indicates that a higher share...

As more people get a better education, South Africa’s literacy rate has improved. Between 2010-2021, the literacy rate was highest in the year 2015 and lowest in the year 2017. The literacy rate reached 95.33% in 2021.

2022年6月23日 · Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) provides scientific knowledge that enables society to understand complex socio-economic phenomena. It draws its mandate from the Statistics Act, 1999 (Act No 6 of 1999) and POPI Act 2013 (Act 4 of 2013).

2024年10月24日 · Graph and download economic data for Literacy Rate, Adult Total for South Africa (SEADTLITRZSZAF) from 1980 to 2021 about literacy, adult, South Africa, and rate.

In 2020, the South African adult illiteracy rate was 10%, indicating an improvement of 2.1 percentage points from 2019 and a significant reduction of 8.6 percentage points over the past decade.

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) in South Africa was reported at 90 % in 2021, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources.