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

209,161count · 2023-56.1% since 2003

Out-of-school adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (number). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator OFST.2.CP. Annual figures for South Africa from 2000 to 2023.

20002023

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
2023209,161
202270,970
2021234,039
2020186,845
2019151,425
2018214,543
2017306,688
201572,716.974
2005340,074UIS_EST
2004403,084UIS_EST
2003476,411UIS_EST
2002539,711UIS_EST
2001598,569UIS_EST
2000570,430UIS_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 adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-ofst-2-cp (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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