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  • Adult female > % of females ages 15 and above: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.
  • Adult male > % of males ages 15 and above: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.
  • Adult total > % of people ages 15 and above: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.
  • Females aged 15-24: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life."
  • Males aged 15-24: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life."
  • People aged 15-24: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life."
  • Youth female > % of females ages 15-24: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.
  • Youth male > % of males ages 15-24: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.
  • Youth total > % of people ages 15-24: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.
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STAT China South Africa HISTORY
Adult female > % of females ages 15 and above 86.53%
Ranked 55th. 7% more than South Africa 		80.93%
Ranked 64th.
Adult male > % of males ages 15 and above 95.14%
Ranked 37th. 13% more than South Africa 		84.07%
Ranked 70th.
Adult total > % of people ages 15 and above 90.92%
Ranked 46th. 10% more than South Africa 		82.4%
Ranked 65th.
Females aged 15-24 99.2
Ranked 40th. 2% more than South Africa 		97.5
Ranked 54th.
Males aged 15-24 99.4
Ranked 29th. 3% more than South Africa 		96.1
Ranked 59th.
People aged 15-24 99.3
Ranked 31st. 3% more than South Africa 		96.8
Ranked 56th.
Youth female > % of females ages 15-24 98.5%
Ranked 35th. 4% more than South Africa 		94.29%
Ranked 61st.
Youth male > % of males ages 15-24 99.2%
Ranked 28th. 6% more than South Africa 		93.5%
Ranked 67th.
Youth total > % of people ages 15-24 98.86%
Ranked 34th. 5% more than South Africa 		93.91%
Ranked 66th.

SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

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