Chad vs South Africa: Adult literacy
Adult literacy: 30.6% in Chad in 2019 and 91.2% in South Africa in 2024, by UNESCO estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in South Africa, by 64.4 percentage points, or 3.1 times that in Chad.
ChadSouth Africa
Watch it change on the mapChange since 2016, percentage points · UNESCO
Latest figures
% of adults · UNESCO
| Country | Latest | 10 years before |
|---|---|---|
| Chad | 30.6 2019 | — |
| South Africa | 91.2 2024 | 94.1 |
| World | 87.7 2024 | 85.6 |
What the numbers say
- South Africa has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2016.
- The world as a whole: 86.8% in 2019.
Every year
% of adults · UNESCO
| Year | Chad | South Africa | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 91.2 | 87.7 |
| 2023 | – | – | 87.6 |
| 2022 | – | – | 87.4 |
| 2021 | – | 90 | 87.2 |
| 2020 | – | – | 87 |
| 2019 | 30.6 | 95 | 86.8 |
| 2018 | – | – | 86.8 |
| 2017 | – | – | 86.5 |
| 2016 | 22.3 | 91.7 | 86.3 |
| 2015 | – | 94.4 | 86 |
| 2014 | – | 94.1 | 85.6 |
| 2013 | – | – | 85.2 |
| 2012 | – | 93.7 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | – | 93.1 | 84.7 |
| 2010 | – | 92.9 | 84.4 |
| 2009 | – | 92.9 | 83.8 |
| 2008 | – | – | 83.5 |
| 2007 | – | 88.7 | 83.1 |
| 2006 | – | – | 82.5 |
| 2005 | – | – | 82.6 |
| 2004 | 28.4 | – | 82.6 |
| 2003 | – | – | 82.2 |
| 2002 | – | – | 81.7 |
| 2001 | – | – | 81.4 |
| 2000 | 25.7 | – | 81.1 |
| 1999 | – | – | 80.9 |
| 1998 | – | – | 80.5 |
| 1997 | – | – | 79.3 |
| 1996 | – | 82.4 | 77.3 |
| 1995 | – | – | 76.9 |
| 1994 | – | – | 76.4 |
| 1993 | 10.9 | – | 76 |
| 1992 | – | – | 75.5 |
| 1991 | – | – | 75.1 |
| 1990 | – | – | 74.6 |
| 1989 | – | – | 74.1 |
| 1988 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 1987 | – | – | 71.9 |
| 1986 | – | – | 71.3 |
| 1985 | – | – | 70.7 |
| 1984 | – | – | 70.2 |
| 1983 | – | – | 69.5 |
| 1982 | – | – | 68.9 |
| 1981 | – | – | 68.4 |
| 1980 | – | 76.2 | 67.8 |
| 1979 | – | – | 67.2 |
| 1978 | – | – | 66.5 |
| 1977 | – | – | 65.9 |
| 1976 | – | – | 65.6 |
| 1975 | – | – | 65.4 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
- Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time