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South Africa: Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, both sexes

657,307count · 2023-57.8% since 2003

Out-of-school children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, both sexes (number). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator OFST.1T2.CP. Annual figures for South Africa from 2000 to 2023.

20002023

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
2023657,307
2022501,510
2021522,519
2020807,582
2019782,245
2018915,821
20171,067,844
2015749,432.974
20051,316,343UIS_EST
20041,416,847UIS_EST
20031,557,231UIS_EST
20021,720,024UIS_EST
20011,923,793UIS_EST
20002,001,017UIS_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 and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-ofst-1t2-cp (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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