Education in South Africa 2,928 indicators covering education for South Africa. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education 19 years 2019 unchanged 6th Official entrance age to post-secondary non-tertiary education 19 years 2025 unchanged 5th Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes 4.8% 2022 down 40.9% 50th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 42.4% 86th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, both sexes 25,648 2023 up 59.6% 31st Government expenditure on education, constant US$ 24,672 millions 2024 up 18.1% 29th Theoretical duration of post-secondary non-tertiary education 2 years 2025 unchanged 13th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, female 12,796 2023 up 82.1% 30th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, female 10,796 number 2018 up 76.1% 29th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 8 programmes, male 12,852 2023 up 42.1% 30th Repetition rate in Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes 5.7% 2022 down 42.0% 44th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 — 100th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 719.7% 156th Literacy rate, youth (ages 15-24), gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2024 up 2.0% 7th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.2% 2023 up 117.4% 173rd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying 0.3% 2023 up 105.7% 197th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South 125 2023 down 40.5% 56th Literacy rate, youth male 96.3% 2024 down 2.4% 52nd Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 30.33 2015 down 3.4% 43rd Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 13.2% 2018 up 71.3% 42nd Literacy rate, youth total 97.2% 2024 down 1.7% 52nd Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, male 15.5% 2018 up 60.3% 37th Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, female 5.1% 2017 down 39.3% 41st Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, male 8.6% 2017 down 12.2% 34th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, both sexes 329,214 2023 up 0.5% 21st Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, female 205,802 2023 up 11.8% 15th Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, both sexes 318,664 2023 up 17.2% 13th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 5 programmes, male 123,412 2023 down 13.9% 25th Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, female 211,806 2023 up 34.5% 9th Enrolment in post-secondary non-tertiary education, male 106,858 2023 down 6.6% 16th Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, female 4.4% 2022 down 67.0% 54th Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, male 8.1% 2022 down 53.8% 42nd Out-of-school children of primary school age, female 218,959 2023 down 49.3% 26th Out-of-school children of primary school age, male 229,187 2023 down 6.5% 27th Population, age 0, female 484,535 2015 down 9.0% 23rd Population, age 0, total 980,663 2015 down 8.9% 23rd Population, age 1, female 486,901 2015 down 7.4% 23rd Population, age 1, total 985,215 2015 down 7.2% 23rd Population, age 2, female 489,516 2015 down 5.9% 23rd Population, age 2, total 990,194 2015 down 5.7% 23rd Population, age 3, female 492,299 2015 down 4.6% 23rd Population, age 3, total 995,445 2015 down 4.4% 23rd Population, age 4, female 495,165 2015 down 3.4% 23rd Population, age 4, total 1.00 million 2015 down 3.2% 24th Population, age 5, female 498,027 2015 down 2.4% 24th Population, age 5, total 1.01 million 2015 down 2.1% 24th Population, age 6, female 500,804 2015 down 1.4% 24th Population, age 6, total 1.01 million 2015 down 1.2% 24th Population, age 7, female 503,409 2015 down 0.7% 24th Population, age 7, total 1.02 million 2015 down 0.4% 24th Population, age 8, female 505,758 2015 up 0.0% 23rd Population, age 8, total 1.02 million 2015 up 0.3% 23rd Population, age 9, female 507,767 2015 up 0.6% 23rd Population, age 9, total 1.02 million 2015 up 0.9% 23rd Population, age 10, female 509,583 2015 up 1.1% 23rd Population, age 10, total 1.03 million 2015 up 1.3% 23rd Population, age 11, female 511,359 2015 up 1.5% 23rd Population, age 11, total 1.03 million 2015 up 1.7% 23rd Population, age 12, female 511,838 2015 up 1.9% 23rd Population, age 12, total 1.03 million 2015 up 2.1% 23rd ← Previous Page 11 of 49 Next →