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

85.43percent · 2024+11.5% since 2014

Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator EA.2T8.AG25T99. Annual figures for South Africa from 2001 to 2024.

20012024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202485.428
202377.782
202276.629
202183.927
202079.255
201974.073
201873.451
201772.328
201671.12
201577.181
201476.585
201368.61
201275.33
201173.127
201072.242
200971.915
200867.999
200767.286
200666.353
200565.449
200464.394
200364.043
200261.417
200155.589

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 lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-ea-2t8-ag25t99 (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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