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Argentina vs South Africa: Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)

Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.

In , Argentina's Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) was 99.14, compared to South Africa's 91.15. That makes Argentina's value 8.8% higher than South Africa's.

Argentina

Not reported

(insufficient data for trend)
Latest (2020)
99.14
Peak
99.14 (2020)
Trough
99.14 (2020)

South Africa

Rank #19 of 29 globally

South Africa trend
Latest (2024)
91.15
Year-over-year
+1.3%
10-year change
-3.2%
Peak
95.02 (2019)
Trough
88.72 (2007)

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Source: World Bank Open Data (SE.ADT.LITR.ZS), CC BY 4.0.