Education in South Africa 2,930 indicators covering education for South Africa. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary 0.8487 GPIA 2023 up 72.0% 110th Out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and 578,783 2023 down 3.8% 33rd Out-of-school children, adolescents and youth of primary and 486,934 2023 down 31.8% 32nd Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary 9.1% 2023 down 7.4% 84th Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary 7.7% 2023 down 34.9% 86th Government expenditure on pre-primary education, US$ 382.65 millions 2024 up 12.5% 56th International expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP 0.0% 2023 down 25.8% 130th Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, male 5.2% 2022 down 44.8% 45th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in 1.13 GPIA 2023 up 61.0% 14th Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary 314,379 2023 down 46.9% 26th Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary 342,928 2023 down 27.9% 28th Repetition rate in Grade 5 of primary education, female 2.0% 2022 down 67.7% 63rd Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 15.3% 2024 down 17.3% 54th Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 15.8% 2024 down 14.1% 50th Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 14.9% 2024 down 20.4% 55th Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 56.3% 2024 down 0.7% 61st Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 55.4% 2024 down 2.9% 56th Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 54.5% 2024 down 5.0% 55th Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower 6.6% 2023 down 49.1% 68th Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower 0.9231 GPIA 2023 up 37.7% 94th Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower 7.1% 2023 down 29.2% 71st Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades) 10.6% 2022 down 14.0% 30th Administration of a nationally-representative learning assessment at 1 2025 unchanged 1st Administration of a nationally-representative learning assessment at 1 2025 unchanged 1st Administration of a nationally-representative learning assessment at 1 2025 unchanged 1st Administration of a nationally-representative learning assessment at 1 2025 unchanged 1st Administration of a nationally representative learning assessment in 1 2025 unchanged 1st Administration of a nationally representative learning assessment in 1 2025 unchanged 1st Repeaters in Grade 2 of lower secondary general education, both sexes 114,791 number 2018 down 4.4% 4th Government expenditure on pre-primary education, constant US$ 411.86 millions 2024 up 27.6% 53rd Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades) 6.4% 2022 down 33.9% 41st Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary 0.9846 GPIA 2023 down 29.2% 70th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, both sexes 62,467 2023 up 13.7% 54th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, female 35,767 2023 up 33.2% 54th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, male 26,700 2023 down 4.9% 54th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, both sexes 775,834 2023 up 21.8% 33rd Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 50.5% 2023 up 2.0% 26th Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 1.0% 2023 up 3.9% 26th Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 49.5% 2023 down 1.9% 144th Government expenditure on primary education, US$ 9,317 millions 2024 up 8.3% 20th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, male 281,626 2023 up 11.3% 37th Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, female 494,208 2023 up 28.7% 31st Repetition rate in lower secondary general education (all grades) 14.7% 2022 down 1.6% 26th Repeaters in lower secondary general education, all grades, both sexes 248,755 number 2018 up 1.8% 8th Government expenditure on secondary education, US$ 7,547 millions 2024 up 10.8% 26th Adolescents out of school, female 8.8% 2023 down 53.1% 64th Proportion of youth not in education, employment or training, by sex 34.6% 2024 up 10.5% 6th Adolescents out of school, male 10.4% 2023 down 26.1% 66th Theoretical duration of early childhood education 7 years 2019 up 133.3% 1st Official entrance age to early childhood education 0 years 2019 down 100.0% 156th Repeaters in Grade 5 of primary education, both sexes 62,396 number 2018 down 17.1% 13th Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 2.4% 2024 down 24.6% 59th Youth not in education employment training 34.61 2024 up 10.5% 4th Repeaters in Grade 1 of lower secondary general education, female 45,952 number 2018 down 22.5% 2nd Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female 91.2% 2023 up 12.3% 98th Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, adjusted gender parity 1.02 GPIA 2023 up 7.6% 52nd Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in private 50.0% 2023 down 5.0% 80th Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in private 1.0% 2023 down 9.1% 80th Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in private 50.0% 2023 up 5.6% 89th Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, male 89.6% 2023 up 4.3% 96th ← Previous Page 16 of 49 Next →