Education in South Africa 2,921 indicators covering education for South Africa. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 102.9% 2023 up 4.3% 53rd Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 0.9979 GPIA 2023 down 1.4% 121st Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, female 107.5% 2023 up 12.6% 37th Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.06 GPIA 2023 down 0.6% 55th Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, male 100.8% 2023 up 13.3% 59th Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 5.5% 2018 up 3.3% 164th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 12.36 years 2023 up 3.0% 67th School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 1.18 years 2023 up 6.5% 127th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 0.9966 GPIA 2023 down 1.3% 121st School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 12.4 years 2023 up 4.4% 60th School life expectancy, secondary, male 5.1 years 2023 up 14.7% 126th School life expectancy, secondary, female 5.41 years 2023 up 13.4% 128th School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.06 GPIA 2023 down 1.0% 56th Secondary education, vocational pupils 48.5% 2017 up 18.9% 40th Outbound mobility ratio to East Asia and the Pacific, male (UIS) 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd Outbound mobility ratio to East Asia, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd Outbound mobility ratio to the Caribbean, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 — 2nd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 — 1st Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in East 0 2022 down 100.0% 2nd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in East 0 2022 down 100.0% 2nd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 0 2022 — 1st Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 7.5% 2017 up 12.1% 103rd School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 13.54 years 2018 up 0.3% 89th Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 28,902 2014 up 165.8% 47th School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 0.7786 years 2023 up 5.3% 179th Productivity vs educational attainment 19.42 2023 down 15.2% 74th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 103.7% 2017 down 13.9% 79th Completion rate, primary education, male (modelled data) 96.0% 2025 up 3.4% 87th Completion rate, primary education, adjusted gender parity index 1.02 modelled data 2025 down 1.0% 59th Completion rate, primary education, female (modelled data) 98.3% 2025 up 2.4% 84th Completion rate, primary education, both sexes (modelled data) 97.1% 2025 up 2.9% 86th Teachers in secondary education, female 109,909 2023 down 0.5% 34th Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female 60.5% 2023 up 4.0% 96th Vocational and Technical enrolment (% of total secondary enrolment) 5.8% 2023 up 33.1% 104th Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 48.5% 2025 up 9.7% 96th Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.19 modelled data 2025 up 4.1% 32nd Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (modelled data) 59.9% 2025 up 16.1% 95th Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 54.1% 2025 up 13.2% 96th Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (modelled data) 87.6% 2025 up 6.0% 81st Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1.06 modelled data 2025 down 0.8% 55th Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) 93.2% 2025 up 5.1% 76th Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 90.4% 2025 up 5.6% 78th Teachers in secondary education, male 71,830 2023 down 9.7% 36th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 32.4% 2025 up 28.8% 2nd Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 31.0% 2025 up 33.7% 2nd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 34.0% 2025 up 23.7% 4th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 17.3% 2023 up 12.4% 131st Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 29.8% 2023 up 36.2% 122nd Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.42 GPIA 2023 up 9.5% 28th Primary education, teachers 78.5% 2023 down 0.5% 93rd Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 28,902 number 2014 up 165.8% 43rd Repeaters, primary, total 8.8% 2016 up 10.4% 36th School life expectancy, tertiary, female 1.48 years 2023 up 15.9% 125th School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 1.4 GPIA 2023 up 11.0% 38th School life expectancy, tertiary, male 0.8901 years 2023 down 5.7% 133rd Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 11.0% 2018 up 99.7% 42nd School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 13.87 years 2023 up 4.8% 92nd Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 95.3% 2023 up 4.4% 91st ← Previous Page 5 of 49 Next →