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South Africa: Out-of-school children of primary school age, both sexes

448,146count · 2023-58.5% since 2003

Out-of-school children of primary school age, both sexes (number). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator OFST.1.CP. Annual figures for South Africa from 2000 to 2023.

20002023

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
2023448,146
2022430,540
2021288,480
2020620,737
2019630,820
2018701,278
2017761,156
2015676,716
2005976,269UIS_EST
20041,013,763UIS_EST
20031,080,820UIS_EST
20021,180,313UIS_EST
20011,325,224UIS_EST
20001,430,587UIS_EST

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). Out-of-school children of primary school age, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-ofst-1-cp (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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