Nigeria vs South Africa: Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.
In , Nigeria's Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) was 70.41, compared to South Africa's 91.15. That makes Nigeria's value 22.8% lower than South Africa's.
Nigeria
Rank #28 of 29 globally
- Latest (2024)
- 70.41
- Year-over-year
- +11.5%
- Peak
- 70.41 (2024)
- Trough
- 58.22 (2016)
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)
Source: World Bank Open Data (SE.ADT.LITR.ZS), CC BY 4.0.