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Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, both sexes (%)

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Timeline:

This timeline shows a graph from 1981 to 2016 of South Africa. No data until 1980. Number of actual observations by date: 9.

Source name:

World Development Indicators

Source organization:

UNESCO Institute for Statistics

Categories, topics:

Education

Last updated:

apr 23, 2017

Indicators value changes by year

Meaning:

89.851

Minimum:

76.2

jan 1, 1981

Maximum:

94.598

jan 1, 2016

At the date of observation

Value

Absolute change

Change from the previous value

jan 1, 1981

76.2

+76.2

0.0%

jan 1, 1997

82.402

+6.202

8.14%

jan 1, 2008

88.717

+6.315

7.66%

jan 1, 2010

92.895

+4.178

4.71%

jan 1, 2011

92.877

-0.018

-0.02%

jan 1, 2012

93.102

+0.225

0.24%

jan 1, 2013

93.729

+0.627

0.67%

jan 1, 2015

94.14

+0.41

0.44%

jan 1, 2016

94.598

+0.458

0.49%

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