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Education > Literacy rate Stats: compare key data on Mauritius & South Africa

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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.
STAT Mauritius South Africa HISTORY
Adult female > % of females ages 15 and above 80.5%
Ranked 66th.
80.93%
Ranked 64th. 1% more than Mauritius

Adult male > % of males ages 15 and above 88.38%
Ranked 61st. 5% more than South Africa
84.07%
Ranked 70th.

Adult total > % of people ages 15 and above 84.37%
Ranked 64th. 2% more than South Africa
82.4%
Ranked 65th.

Females aged 15-24 97.4
Ranked 56th.
97.5
Ranked 54th. About the same as Mauritius

Males aged 15-24 95.4
Ranked 64th.
96.1
Ranked 59th. 1% more than Mauritius

People aged 15-24 96.4
Ranked 60th.
96.8
Ranked 56th. About the same as Mauritius

Youth female > % of females ages 15-24 95.36%
Ranked 59th. 1% more than South Africa
94.29%
Ranked 61st.

Youth male > % of males ages 15-24 93.72%
Ranked 66th. About the same as South Africa
93.5%
Ranked 67th.

Youth total > % of people ages 15-24 94.54%
Ranked 61st. 1% 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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