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South Africa: Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes

17.28percent · 2024+142.2% since 2014

Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator EA.5T8.AG25T99. Annual figures for South Africa from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202417.285
202313.117
202212.357
202115.707
202012.107
201912.235
201811.924
201711.834
20169.827
20157.818
20147.137
201311.304
20126.45
20116.142
20106.188
20095.834
20084.653
20074.386
20064.166
20054.188
20044.904
20035.481
20024.751
20014.289
20004.412

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 short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-ea-5t8-ag25t99 (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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