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South Africa: Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes

1.19Mcount · 2023+15.2% since 2013

Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator 25053. Annual figures for South Africa from 2012 to 2023.

20122023

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
20231,193,163
20221,224,380
20211,162,410
20201,184,215
20191,172,595
20181,177,684
20171,116,017
20161,053,607
20151,050,860
20141,018,543
20131,035,594
20121,005,721

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 tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-25053 (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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