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

6.87percent · 2023-55.6% since 2003

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

20002023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20236.875
20225.223
20215.402
20208.367
20198.183
20189.712
201711.507
20158.336
200513.49UIS_EST
200414.279UIS_EST
200315.486UIS_EST
200216.913UIS_EST
200118.636UIS_EST
200019.227UIS_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 rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-rofst-1t2-cp (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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