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South Africa: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes

89.34percent · 2024+9.2% since 2014

Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator EA.1T8.AG25T99. Annual figures for South Africa from 2001 to 2024.

20012024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202489.337
202387.626
202287.012
202187.993
202088.445
201984.896
201884.296
201785.854
201682.591
201582.384
201481.783
201380.846
201281.098
201179.088
201078.463
200977.971
200874.361
200774.114
200672.987
200572.219
200471.473
200370.841
200268.684
200162.257

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). Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-ea-1t8-ag25t99 (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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