Education in South Africa 2,994 indicators covering education for South Africa. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 35-39 with secondary 73.5% 2010 up 61.7% 20th Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 35-39 with secondary 73.5% 2010 up 57.9% 22nd Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 40-44 with secondary 73.5% 2010 up 61.7% 20th Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 40-44 with secondary 73.5% 2010 up 57.9% 23rd Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 45-49 with secondary 54.0% 2010 up 48.9% 52nd Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 45-49 with secondary 55.6% 2010 up 48.3% 49th Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 50-54 with secondary 54.0% 2010 up 48.9% 48th Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with secondary 55.6% 2010 up 48.3% 45th Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with secondary 44.0% 2010 up 40.4% 48th Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 55-59 with secondary 45.9% 2010 up 39.0% 48th Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with secondary 44.0% 2010 up 40.4% 47th Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 with secondary 45.9% 2010 up 39.0% 47th Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15-19 with tertiary 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% 100th Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15-19 with tertiary 0.0% 2010 down 100.0% 102nd Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with tertiary 0.2% 2010 down 40.5% 141st Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 15+ with tertiary schooling. 0.3% 2010 down 39.6% 139th Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 20-24 with tertiary 0.0% 2010 down 70.0% 141st Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0.9115 GPIA 2023 up 26.3% 36th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 1.75 GPIA 2023 up 215.0% 5th Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent 0.9% 2024 up 707.3% 49th Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from Viet 0 GPIA 2023 down 100.0% 54th Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 0.5385 GPIA 2023 up 72.3% 42nd Inbound internationally mobile students from South America: Students 2 GPIA 2023 up 300.0% 1st Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0.7815 GPIA 2023 up 90.5% 23rd Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 1 GPIA 2023 down 12.5% 28th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, urban, both sexes 94.2% 2024 down 2.9% 33rd Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, urban, male 94.2% 2024 down 3.3% 36th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, urban, adjusted gender 1 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% 3rd Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0.4222 GPIA 2023 up 31.0% 21st Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 0.5 GPIA 2023 down 66.7% 49th Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 0.1429 GPIA 2023 down 42.9% 47th Inbound internationally mobile students from South America: Students 0 GPIA 2023 down 100.0% 50th Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent 0.2694 LPIA 2024 up 101.1% 41st Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent 1.17 GPIA 2024 up 87.8% 23rd Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 2 GPIA 2023 — 1st Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 2 GPIA 2023 unchanged 1st Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 0 GPIA 2023 down 100.0% 52nd Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 1.75 GPIA 2023 up 191.7% 5th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female, adjusted 1 LPIA 2024 up 1.0% 3rd Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 0.4 GPIA 2023 up 220.0% 30th Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 2 GPIA 2023 unchanged 1st Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural, female 83.9% 2024 down 2.8% 29th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female, adjusted location 0.89 LPIA 2024 unchanged 28th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female, adjusted location 0.91 LPIA 2024 up 1.1% 27th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female, adjusted 0.42 LPIA 2024 down 19.2% 38th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0.7177 GPIA 2023 up 1.7% 30th Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age 0.7163 GPIA 2024 down 25.3% 41st Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, adjusted 0.6278 GPIA 2024 down 17.9% 48th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male, adjusted location 0.99 LPIA 2024 unchanged 23rd Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 2 GPIA 2021 unchanged 1st Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0.4783 GPIA 2023 up 270.7% 24th Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 1 GPIA 2023 up 25.0% 35th Inbound internationally mobile students from South America: Students 0 GPIA 2023 down 100.0% 47th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted location parity 0.9 LPIA 2024 down 1.1% 29th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural, both sexes 84.8% 2024 down 4.1% 30th Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 2 GPIA 2023 unchanged 1st Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0.6384 GPIA 2023 up 64.3% 21st Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male, adjusted location 0.91 LPIA 2024 down 2.2% 29th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural, male 85.7% 2024 down 5.7% 30th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male, adjusted location parity 0.9 LPIA 2024 down 2.2% 32nd ← Previous Page 47 of 50 Next →