Secondary school enrollment — all countries

Secondary school enrollment — Southern Africa

Secondary school enrollment in Southern Africa in 2021 — 104.2%. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 92.5 pp.

2021 104.2% +1.2 pp vs 2017
World rank
Period maximum 104.2%2021
Period minimum 10.4%1971

Trend over time

1970–2021 · % (gross ratio)

Secondary school enrollment — Southern Africa, 1970–202105010015019701976198219881994200020062012201820211970: 11.7%1971: 10.4%1972: 11.6%1973: 14.5%1975: 17.1%1976: 18.1%1977: 19.2%1978: 19.5%1979: 20.8%1980: 21.6%1985: 28.1%1986: 29.5%1987: 30.6%1988: 31.5%1989: 60.8%1990: 64.5%1991: 69.1%1992: 41.8%1993: 43.5%1994: 82%1995: 47.1%1996: 43%1998: 79%1999: 75.8%2000: 71.7%2001: 71.6%2002: 72.1%2003: 73%2004: 75.7%2005: 77.7%2006: 80.8%2007: 82.6%2008: 82.4%2009: 84.1%2010: 84.4%2011: 86.8%2012: 89.9%2013: 68.1%2014: 98.3%2015: 101.6%2016: 100.9%2017: 103%2021: 104.2%
Change over the period: +92.5 pp Annual average: 1.81 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Southern Africa 104.2%
World 77.3%
Secondary school enrollment — Southern Africa, by year Southern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 104.2
2017 103 +2.1 pp
2016 100.9 −0.7 pp
2015 101.6 +3.3 pp
2014 98.3 +30.2 pp
2013 68.1 −21.8 pp
2012 89.9 +3.1 pp
2011 86.8 +2.4 pp
2010 84.4 +0.3 pp
2009 84.1 +1.7 pp
2008 82.4 −0.2 pp
2007 82.6 +1.8 pp
2006 80.8 +3.1 pp
2005 77.7 +2 pp
2004 75.7 +2.6 pp
2003 73 +1 pp
2002 72.1 +0.5 pp
2001 71.6 −0.1 pp
2000 71.7 −4.1 pp
1999 75.8 −3.1 pp
1998 79
1996 43 −4.1 pp
1995 47.1 −34.9 pp
1994 82 +38.5 pp
1993 43.5 +1.8 pp
1992 41.8 −27.3 pp
1991 69.1 +4.6 pp
1990 64.5 +3.7 pp
1989 60.8 +29.3 pp
1988 31.5 +0.9 pp
1987 30.6 +1.1 pp
1986 29.5 +1.4 pp
1985 28.1
1980 21.6 +0.8 pp
1979 20.8 +1.3 pp
1978 19.5 +0.4 pp
1977 19.2 +1.1 pp
1976 18.1 +1 pp
1975 17.1
1973 14.5 +2.9 pp
1972 11.6 +1.2 pp
1971 10.4 −1.3 pp
1970 11.7

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.