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South Africa: Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes

339,638count · 2023-38.5% since 2002

Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator 21516. Annual figures for South Africa from 2000 to 2023.

20002023

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
2023339,638
2022230,749
2021354,291
2020517,092
2019582,246
2018571,199
2016659,934
2015698,726
2004592,581
2003389,737
2002552,559
2001694,156
2000654,532

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). Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-21516 (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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