Education in South Africa 2,921 indicators covering education for South Africa. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 287,310 2023 up 30.3% 22nd Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Duration of pre primary education 4 2025 unchanged 1st Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 2025 unchanged 56th Population ages 15-64 67.4% 2025 up 1.6% 57th Population ages 0-14 25.7% 2025 down 9.1% 91st Lower secondary school starting age 14 years 2025 unchanged 1st Primary school starting age 7 years 2025 unchanged 1st Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 101.77 2023 down 2.2% 95th School enrollment, primary 101.8% 2023 down 2.2% 88th Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0045 units per person 2023 up 12.7% 115th Primary education, teachers 287,310 2023 up 30.3% 22nd Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 2.21 2024 down 9.0% 96th Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 up 36.9% 95th School enrollment, primary, female 99.2% 2023 down 3.2% 108th School enrollment, primary, male 104.3% 2023 down 1.2% 67th Womens educational attainment vs fertility, annual growth rate -0.4939 % change on previous year 2023 up 36.4% 61st Fertility rate vs share of women between 25 and 29 years old with no e 2.22 2023 down 8.7% 96th Womens educational attainment vs fertility 2.22 2023 down 8.7% 96th Labor force, total, per capita 0.4129 units per person 2025 up 5.5% 125th Labor force, total 26.73 million 2025 up 20.4% 26th Labor force, female 46.6% 2025 up 1.8% 75th Primary secondary enrollment completion rates 101.77 2023 down 2.2% 92nd School completion, annual growth rate 0.2374 % change on previous year 2025 down 50.5% 70th School completion, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 16.5% 130th Labor force, total, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 2.3% 84th School completion 97.11 2025 up 2.9% 86th Labor force, total, annual growth rate 1.4 % change on previous year 2025 down 70.6% 88th Primary education, teachers, annual growth rate 13.45 % change on previous year 2015 up 19.5% 11th Secondary education, teachers, gaps filled 181,739 2023 down 4.4% 38th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9596 GPI 2020 down 0.2% 162nd Human capital composite index 0.626 standard deviations from the yearly mean 2024 up 6.0% 43rd School enrollment, secondary 104.1% 2023 up 13.0% 46th Precentage enrolled in private institutions at the primary education 5.78 2023 up 50.8% 150th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 11.6 per 1,000 2024 down 24.7% 27th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 7.1 per 1,000 2024 down 7.8% 32nd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 3 per 1,000 2024 down 21.1% 46th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 2.4 per 1,000 2024 down 41.5% 57th Primary education, teachers, per square kilometre 0.2368 units per square kilometre 2023 up 30.3% 137th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 69.45 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 10.4% 69th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 30.21 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 16.5% 86th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 0.3342 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 63.5% 110th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 80.29 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 up 8.4% 138th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 19.71 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 23.2% 20th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 39 - Projected youth 0.0012 Percentage of population aged 15-29 years 2040 down 99.5% 102nd Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 38 - Projected education 4.47 Percentage of population aged 15 years or over 2040 down 39.5% 89th Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, annual growth rate -0.6152 % change on previous year 2023 down 4.6% 138th Secondary education, teachers, per capita 0.0029 units per person 2023 down 14.2% 174th Secondary education, teachers 181,739 2023 down 4.4% 38th School enrollment, secondary, female 107.5% 2023 up 12.6% 34th School enrollment, secondary, male 100.8% 2023 up 13.3% 57th School enrollment, tertiary 23.5% 2023 up 26.3% 125th Secondary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 13.1% 124th Secondary education, teachers, female, gaps filled 109,909 2023 down 0.5% 34th School enrollment, primary, private 5.8% 2023 up 50.8% 142nd Official entrance age to upper secondary education 16 years 2020 unchanged 12th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male 590,215 number 2020 up 20.3% 21st Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female 576,960 number 2020 up 19.8% 21st Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both 1.17 million number 2020 up 20.1% 21st School age population, tertiary education, male 2.49 million number 2018 down 7.5% 20th Page 1 of 49 Next →