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

617,571count · 2023-63.3% since 2003

Out-of-school adolescents and youth of secondary school age, both sexes (number). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator OFST.2T3.CP. Annual figures for South Africa from 2000 to 2023.

20002023

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
2023617,571
202294,299.357
2021644,235
2020685,194.81
2019755,918
2018836,561
2017833,077
2015232,569.974
20051,509,427UIS_EST
20041,616,759UIS_EST
20031,684,812UIS_EST
20021,742,098UIS_EST
20011,859,373UIS_EST
20001,688,578UIS_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 and youth of secondary school age, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-ofst-2t3-cp (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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