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
- 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
- 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.