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South Africa: Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes

5.50Mcount · 2023+13.5% since 2012

Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator 20082. Annual figures for South Africa from 2000 to 2023.

20002023

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
20235,500,042
20225,380,515
20215,353,649
20205,100,811.3
20195,036,694
20184,878,960
20174,936,267
20165,041,862
20155,279,196
20145,220,975
20124,843,800
20114,756,111
20104,689,600
20094,687,958
20084,671,139UIS_EST
20074,815,932UIS_EST
20064,790,382UIS_EST
20054,657,674
20044,593,492
20034,446,841
20024,353,817
20014,250,400
20004,141,946

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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UIS (2026). Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-20082 (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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