South Africa vs United Kingdom: Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.
In 2024, South Africa's Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) was 91.15. United Kingdom did not report a value.
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)
United Kingdom
Not reported
No data reported by the World Bank for United Kingdom on this indicator.
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SE.ADT.LITR.ZS), CC BY 4.0.