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

47.96percent · 2024+17.8% since 2014

Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator EA.3T8.AG25T99. Annual figures for South Africa from 2001 to 2024.

20012024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202447.963
202347.196
202245.511
202150.041
202049.127
201943.619
201842.826
201742.403
201641.188
201540.831
201440.722
201339.69
201138.115
201037.378
200936.599
200126.976

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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-ea-3t8-ag25t99 (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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