Education in South Africa 2,928 indicators covering education for South Africa. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population, age 13, female 510,472 2015 up 2.3% 22nd Population, age 13, total 1.03 million 2015 up 2.6% 22nd Population, age 14, female 507,876 2015 up 2.8% 21st Population, age 14, total 1.02 million 2015 up 3.1% 22nd Population, age 15, female 504,888 2015 up 3.3% 21st Population, age 15, total 1.02 million 2015 up 3.6% 22nd Population, age 16, female 500,949 2015 up 3.8% 20th Population, age 16, total 1.01 million 2015 up 4.1% 21st Population, age 17, female 498,357 2015 up 4.1% 20th Population, age 17, total 1.00 million 2015 up 4.4% 20th Population, age 18, female 498,216 2015 up 4.1% 20th Population, age 18, total 1.00 million 2015 up 4.5% 20th Population, age 19, female 499,246 2015 up 4.1% 19th Population, age 19, total 1.00 million 2015 up 4.4% 19th Population, age 20, female 499,210 2015 up 4.0% 19th Population, age 20, total 1.00 million 2015 up 4.3% 19th Population, age 21, female 498,737 2015 up 3.7% 19th Population, age 21, total 1.00 million 2015 up 4.1% 19th Population, age 22, female 495,580 2015 up 3.8% 19th Population, age 22, total 999,387 2015 up 4.3% 19th Population, age 23, female 488,446 2015 up 4.6% 19th Population, age 23, total 986,674 2015 up 5.0% 19th Population, age 24, female 478,449 2015 up 5.7% 19th Population, age 24, total 968,716 2015 up 6.2% 19th Population, age 25, female 468,037 2015 up 6.8% 21st Population, age 25, total 950,028 2015 up 7.3% 21st Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 5.9% 2023 up 64.7% 80th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male 6.2% 2023 down 30.3% 82nd Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes 38,481 2023 down 9.1% 38th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 34.7% 101st Repetition rate in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, both 12.2% 2022 down 3.7% 31st Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female 695,479 number 2018 up 19.2% 33rd Government expenditure on tertiary education as a percentage of GDP 1.2% 2024 up 74.3% 41st Inbound mobility rate, both sexes (UIS estimate) 3.2% 2023 down 21.1% 81st Expenditure on secondary education 30.8% 2018 down 1.1% 90th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes 571,199 number 2018 down 3.6% 11th Expenditure on primary education 38.7% 2018 down 4.9% 47th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 505 2023 down 29.1% 33rd Share of all students in lower secondary education enrolled in 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged 50th Out of school children of primary school age by world region 448,146 2023 down 33.8% 23rd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 521 2023 down 27.9% 37th School age population, early childhood educational development 3.48 million 2025 up 0.5% 8th School age population, early childhood educational development 1.71 million 2025 up 0.5% 8th School age population, early childhood educational development 1.77 million 2025 up 0.4% 8th Secondary education, pupils 51.7% 2017 up 1.4% 23rd Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, male 6.2% 2022 down 50.5% 42nd Repetition rate in Grade 2 of primary education, female 3.2% 2022 down 63.9% 61st Children out of school, primary, female 218,959 2023 down 49.3% 26th Children out of school, primary, male 229,187 2023 down 6.5% 27th Total net enrolment rate, primary, adjusted gender parity index 1 GPIA 2023 down 4.9% 81st Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 22.3% 94th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 21.0% 96th Total net enrolment rate, primary, female 94.1% 2023 down 2.4% 100th Total net enrolment rate, primary, male 93.8% 2023 up 2.9% 97th Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, male 6.2% 2022 down 34.2% 37th Net enrolment rate, pre-primary, both sexes 18.4% 2023 up 46.2% 162nd Girls and boys who are out of primary secondary school 218,959 2023 down 49.3% 26th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, adjusted 0.9621 GPIA 2023 up 136.3% 96th Repetition rate in Grade 3 of primary education, female 3.2% 2022 down 50.7% 50th Repetition rate in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both 8.5% 2022 down 33.5% 43rd ← Previous Page 12 of 49 Next →