Education in South Africa 2,933 indicators covering education for South Africa. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Repetition rate in Grade 6 of primary education, male 5.8% 2017 up 0.6% 44th Completion rate, primary education, both sexes 97.6% 2024 up 1.1% 43rd Participation rate in formal and non-formal education and training 55.4% 2024 down 2.9% 53rd Adjusted gender parity index for participation rate in formal and 1.03 2024 up 4.4% 73rd Completion rate, primary education, male 96.7% 2024 up 2.2% 45th Proportion of total government spending on essential services 20.5% 2024 up 25.4% 7th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.9863 GPIA 2024 up 1.7% 72nd Government expenditure on secondary education, PPP$ 19,041 millions 2024 up 53.2% 20th Adults' educational attainment distribution, by age group and gender 100 Percentage of population in the same sex and age 2025 unchanged 1st Government expenditure on primary education, PPP$ 23,506 millions 2024 up 49.8% 14th Government expenditure on secondary education, constant PPP$ 18,380 millions 2024 up 25.6% 20th Repeaters in Grade 6 of primary education, female 14,246 number 2018 down 55.0% 20th Government expenditure on primary education, constant PPP$ 22,690 millions 2024 up 22.8% 15th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 17.3% 2024 up 142.2% 84th Educational attainment, at least completed short-cycle tertiary 17.3% 2024 up 142.2% 84th 4.2.2 Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the) 73.11 2020 up 1.4% 103rd Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 16.1% 2024 up 112.4% 79th Educational attainment, at least completed short-cycle tertiary 16.1% 2024 up 112.4% 79th Educational attainment, at least completed short-cycle tertiary 18.4% 2024 up 172.6% 84th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 18.4% 2024 up 172.6% 84th Repeaters in grade unknown of primary education, both sexes 1,181 2023 — 3rd Literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index 1.02 index 2024 up 2.0% 7th Repeaters in grade unknown of primary education, female 675 2023 — 3rd Average years of schooling 10.47 years 2020 up 5.9% 41st Share of the population with tertiary education 5.4% 2020 down 14.3% 82nd Share of population with no formal education 1.9% 2020 down 52.5% 68th Share of the population with at least some formal education 98.1% 2020 up 2.2% 42nd Repeaters in grade unknown of primary education, male 506 2023 — 3rd Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 1.13 GPIA 2024 up 26.3% 51st Percentage of enrolment in tertiary education in private 62.8% 2023 up 14.9% 13th Percentage of enrolment in tertiary education in private 1.4% 2023 up 20.3% 13th Percentage of enrolment in tertiary education in private 37.2% 2023 down 18.0% 124th School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, both sexes 0.3029 years 2023 up 20.4% 44th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 1,945 2023 down 13.3% 9th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 10 2023 down 50.0% 44th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 8 2023 up 300.0% 32nd Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 6 2023 down 57.1% 38th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 6 2023 down 60.0% 32nd Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 2 2023 — 61st Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 175 2023 up 8,650.0% 14th Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 8 2023 down 46.7% 59th Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 9 2023 down 70.0% 71st Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 0 2023 — 68th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 1,184 2023 up 197.5% 2nd Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 0 2023 — 62nd Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 7 2023 down 30.0% 35th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 8 2023 up 300.0% 32nd Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 145 2023 down 22.9% 20th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 192 2023 down 4.5% 12th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 260 2023 down 54.5% 7th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 22 2023 down 4.3% 24th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 13 2023 down 13.3% 26th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 771 2023 up 72.9% 5th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 709 2023 down 33.9% 6th Inbound internationally mobile students from South America: Students 1 2023 down 88.9% 58th Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 3 2023 unchanged 50th Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 0 2023 down 100.0% 60th Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 5 2023 down 37.5% 45th Inbound internationally mobile students from North America: Students 391 2023 down 68.9% 34th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 457 2023 down 43.4% 5th ← Previous Page 22 of 49 Next →