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Secondary school enrollment — South Africa

Secondary school enrollment in South Africa in 2023 — 104.1%. Ranked 37 in the world out of 147. Since 1989, the indicator has risen by 40.3 pp.

2023 104.1% −0.4 pp vs 2022
World rank 37of 147
Period maximum 106.4%2021
Period minimum 63.8%1989

Trend over time

1989–2023 · % (gross ratio)

Secondary school enrollment — South Africa, 1989–2023608010012019891993199720012005200920132017202120231989: 63.8%1990: 67.8%1991: 72.5%1994: 87%1998: 82.8%1999: 79.1%2000: 74.3%2001: 73.9%2002: 74.4%2003: 75.5%2004: 78.3%2005: 80.4%2006: 83.8%2007: 85.5%2008: 84%2009: 86%2010: 86.6%2011: 88.9%2012: 92.2%2014: 101.2%2015: 104.6%2016: 103.9%2017: 105.6%2018: 101.4%2019: 103.8%2020: 103.5%2021: 106.4%2022: 104.5%2023: 104.1%
Change over the period: +40.3 pp Annual average: 1.19 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South Africa

South Africa 104.1%
World 77.2%
Sub-Saharan Africa 45.7%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 98.5%
Secondary school enrollment — South Africa, by year South Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 104.1 −0.4 pp
2022 104.5 −1.9 pp
2021 106.4 +2.9 pp
2020 103.5 −0.3 pp
2019 103.8 +2.4 pp
2018 101.4 −4.2 pp
2017 105.6 +1.8 pp
2016 103.9 −0.8 pp
2015 104.6 +3.5 pp
2014 101.2 —
2012 92.2 +3.2 pp
2011 88.9 +2.4 pp
2010 86.6 +0.6 pp
2009 86 +1.9 pp
2008 84 −1.5 pp
2007 85.5 +1.8 pp
2006 83.8 +3.4 pp
2005 80.4 +2.1 pp
2004 78.3 +2.8 pp
2003 75.5 +1.1 pp
2002 74.4 +0.5 pp
2001 73.9 −0.4 pp
2000 74.3 −4.8 pp
1999 79.1 −3.7 pp
1998 82.8 —
1994 87 —
1991 72.5 +4.7 pp
1990 67.8 +4 pp
1989 63.8 —

Southern Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

ZA South Africa 104.1 NA Namibia 81.6
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About the indicator

The gross secondary enrollment ratio — the ratio of the total number of secondary school pupils, of any age, to the population of the official age for that level. It can exceed 100% when pupils older than the official age are in school — because of repetition or a late start, for example.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.

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