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South Africa: Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, both sexes

775,834count · 2023+21.8% since 2013

Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 6 programmes, both sexes (number). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator 42654. Annual figures for South Africa from 2012 to 2023.

20122023

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
2023775,834
2022852,312
2021743,457
2020745,060
2019743,660
2018729,513
2017692,065
2016658,612
2015641,575
2014622,862
2013637,075
2012602,824

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, ISCED 6 programmes, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-42654 (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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