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

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

In , Brazil's Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) was 94.74, compared to South Africa's 91.15. That makes Brazil's value 3.9% higher than South Africa's.

Brazil

Rank #13 of 29 globally

Brazil trend
Latest (2024)
94.74
Year-over-year
+0.2%
10-year change
+3.3%
Peak
94.77 (2021)
Trough
89.62 (2006)

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.