South Africa literacy rate for 2024 was 91.15%, a 1.15% increase from 2021.
South Africa literacy rate for 2021 was 90.00%, a 5.02% decline from 2019.
South Africa literacy rate for 2019 was 95.02%, a 3.28% increase from 2016.
South Africa literacy rate for 2016 was 91.74%, a 2.63% decline from 2015.
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. The full historical dataset is available for download here: South Africa Literacy Rate | Historical Data | 1980 - 2024.