Education in South Africa 2,921 indicators covering education for South Africa. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 7,118 2023 up 81.2% 89th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 515 2023 up 11.0% 44th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 153 2023 down 12.1% 82nd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 610 2023 up 735.6% 92nd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in 982 2023 up 414.1% 19th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South 66 2023 down 53.5% 58th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 21 2023 — 45th Theoretical duration of lower secondary education 2 years 2020 unchanged 188th Theoretical duration of upper secondary education 3 years 2020 unchanged 52nd Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 10,132 number 1994 up 105.9% 51st Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 3.2% 160th Percentage of enrolment in primary education in private institutions 5.8% 2023 up 50.8% 147th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 49.0% 99th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female 98.0% 2024 down 1.1% 54th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 464.5% 44th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 — 106th Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2018 down 0.3% 45th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 465 2023 up 37.2% 30th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 456 2023 up 36.9% 29th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 819.8% 160th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying 0.3% 2023 up 98.5% 198th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.2% 2023 up 78.6% 180th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 21.7% 86th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 50.0% 80th Female teachers 78.52 2023 down 0.5% 93rd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 50.4% 81st Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 1.19 GPIA 2023 up 60.7% 15th Share of students studying abroad 1.11 2023 up 62.9% 158th Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, female 103,339 2024 up 110.8% 18th Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male 192,649 2024 up 167.5% 14th Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, both sexes 295,988 2024 up 144.5% 14th Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female 35.0% 2024 down 14.6% 49th Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 68,608 2023 down 63.6% 23rd End of the academic school year 2,025 2025 up 0.5% 1st Start month of the academic school year 1 2025 unchanged 185th End month of the academic school year 12 2025 unchanged 1st Enrolment in primary education, female 3.67 million number 2018 up 3.9% 19th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 91.4% 2023 up 8.6% 95th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 85.2% 2023 up 10.7% 103rd Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 1.07 GPIA 2023 down 1.6% 55th Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 11.6% 2017 down 28.3% 23rd Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes 52,004 2023 down 59.0% 26th Over-age students, primary 5.8% 2017 — 98th Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes 52,463 2023 down 50.3% 21st Repeaters in Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes 63,335 2023 down 39.0% 18th Secondary education, teachers 60.5% 2023 up 4.0% 90th School enrollment, primary, female 86.7% 2017 down 2.4% 120th School enrollment, primary, male 87.3% 2017 down 1.3% 116th Official entrance age to compulsory education 7 years 2019 unchanged 1st Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education 9 2025 unchanged 101st Number of years of compulsory pre-primary education guaranteed in 0 2025 — 60th Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 6.8% 2023 down 2.5% 171st Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, gender parity 1.06 GPI 2017 up 0.1% 23rd Over-age students, primary, male 7.1% 2017 — 93rd Over-age students, primary, female 4.4% 2017 — 106th Secondary net enrollment gpi 1.02 2023 up 7.6% 52nd School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both 1.94 million number 2019 down 9.3% 18th School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female 964,482 number 2019 down 9.1% 18th School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, male 976,471 number 2019 down 9.4% 18th Outbound mobility ratio to Central Asia, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2023 — 62nd ← Previous Page 7 of 49 Next →