Youth literacy rate in South Africa 2007-2017, by gender

Published by Statista Research Department, Jun 3, 2025
According to the most recent available data, 95.3 percent of people in the age group of 15-24 years in South Africa were able to read and write a simple statement in 2017. Among females, the youth literacy rate was at 96.88 percent, while males that could read and write were slightly lower at 93.76 percent. Both represented a drop from the level in 2007. Throughout the period reviewed, more young females were literate than young males.
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Youth literacy rate in South Africa from 2007 to 2017, by gender

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Release date

July 2021

Region

South Africa

Survey time period

2007 to 2017

Age group

15-24 years

Supplementary notes

Literate people are those who can "read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life".

Figures have been rounded. Data was available only for the selected years.

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