South Africa Literacy Rate | Historical Data | Chart | 1980-2021

South Africa literacy rate for 2021 was 90.00%, a 5% decline from 2019.
  • South Africa literacy rate for 2019 was 95.00%, a 8% increase from 2017.
  • South Africa literacy rate for 2017 was 87.00%, a 4.74% decline from 2016.
  • South Africa literacy rate for 2016 was 91.74%, a 2.26% decline from 2015.
South Africa Literacy Rate: Historical data from 1980 to 2021.